"While I'm waiting for my
"While I'm waiting for my intake gasket to show up, I went and had both of my flexible fuel lines re-made. The ones that go from the pump up to the shutoff valves.
Should I be concerned about the inside diameter of the fitting being smaller? The I.D. of the hose itself is the same. The I.D. of the fittings are not.
I was standing there when he made them up and verified the hose size. I pointed out that the I.D. of the fitting was smaller he said it would be fine.
This is a place that makes these types of hoses for all of the local marinas and they come highly recommended.
Using a drill bit, I believe the original is 7/32" and the new one is 5/32".
I'm envisioning a high speed fuel starvation during my spring launch by maybe I'm being paranoid. I asked the guy again as I was leaving and told him it was a big block engine will WOT be affected. He assured me no...
What do you guys think?
Bob"
"While I'm waiting for my intake gasket to show up, I went and had both of my flexible fuel lines re-made. The ones that go from the pump up to the shutoff valves.
Should I be concerned about the inside diameter of the fitting being smaller? The I.D. of the hose itself is the same. The I.D. of the fittings are not.
I was standing there when he made them up and verified the hose size. I pointed out that the I.D. of the fitting was smaller he said it would be fine.
This is a place that makes these types of hoses for all of the local marinas and they come highly recommended.
Using a drill bit, I believe the original is 7/32" and the new one is 5/32".
I'm envisioning a high speed fuel starvation during my spring launch by maybe I'm being paranoid. I asked the guy again as I was leaving and told him it was a big block engine will WOT be affected. He assured me no...
What do you guys think?
Bob"