to vacuum pump, or not to vacuum pump, that is the question?

SC1448 · 10-01-2007, 03:14 PM

I switched from gas to alcohol injection (Terminator) this year and I love it. One thing nobody's mentioned here is using a primer system. I start mine on gas, warm it to about 160 then switch to alky. No more starting troubles at all. I also switch back and forth to make regulating the engine and oil temperatures easier. If I need a few degrees of heat for whatever the reason, I just shut off the alky and turn on the primer then vice-versa when it gets to where I want it. At the end of the day, turn the primer on again, run it up to about 200 degrees then shut it down and let it cook. The oil looks just fine. (I'll try to remember pulling the breathers next time though...) The other big thing is, $5.50 / gal. for C-14 vs. about $150.00 / drum for alky & $2.50 / gal. for pump gas? Do the math.
-Don

10-01-2007, 03:14 PM	#9
SC1448 Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Southampton, PA Posts: 226 Likes: 5 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: to vacuum pump, or not to vacuum pump, that is the question? I switched from gas to alcohol injection (Terminator) this year and I love it. One thing nobody's mentioned here is using a primer system. I start mine on gas, warm it to about 160 then switch to alky. No more starting troubles at all. I also switch back and forth to make regulating the engine and oil temperatures easier. If I need a few degrees of heat for whatever the reason, I just shut off the alky and turn on the primer then vice-versa when it gets to where I want it. At the end of the day, turn the primer on again, run it up to about 200 degrees then shut it down and let it cook. The oil looks just fine. (I'll try to remember pulling the breathers next time though...) The other big thing is, $5.50 / gal. for C-14 vs. about $150.00 / drum for alky & $2.50 / gal. for pump gas? Do the math. -Don