So my 223 Ford I6 had a webbed insulation wrap around the fuel lines, I'm ***uming for vapor lock prevention. My Dad's '54 Chrysler had the same thing and we can't find that stuff anywhere. Anybody run into this problem and/or found a good solution?
I just started this area on my 51 ford. I haven't seen or heard of this. As far as vapor lock... keeping it away from heat and if possible in the line of cooler air. For example. A lot of guys want to hide the fuel lines on the inner perimieter of the frame but if your exhaust is there it may be too hot. That sort of thing. I am sure you knew this already. But i have yet to see what your mentioning.
If you decide to go w/ insulation....look at Techflex.....lots of varied options. saw at SEMA and impressed with options. http://www.techflex.com/
I had a similar problem with my old stainless line, I pulled over at an O'reillys, got some rubber fuel line, cut a slit all the way down, and had it cover my stainless line. One of the workers there said people used to use the wooden clothes pins to wick away heat off the line back in the day. (don't know if that's true, someone verify?)
Wadded-up alluminum foil has worked for me. Its nice & shiney too. Get yo bling bling on, you feel me?.
Yea, the clothes pin trick works and was used alot back in the day. One time I went to look at a car for sale and saw about 10 clothes pins on the fuel line. I asked the seller if he had a vapor lock problem. He said no, why do you ask?
Well, Ive never had vapor lock issues, but ***umed Henry put it there for a reason. The way those 223s were designed, with the carb over the exhaust, seems like a recipe for vapor lock. The old insulation was a webbed clothlike covering. Never knew about the clothespins. That's pretty damn cool!
could it have been asbestos? I still have some of it on the wiring on my truck, too bad you wont be able to buy it anymore it was good stuff (just not for your lungs). Maybe you could try that aluminum foil trick like Mike said before having to buy that expensive shiny heat sheild stuff and find out it is a different problem XD that would ****!
i just did the fuel line on my lincoln useing air tight stove door rope.there are many styles and thicness. they are fibergl*** woven.imagine boiler stuff is available.if you can find one made like a ski rope that is hollow you could push it up the tube,think chinese fingers.i wrpped mine around.
It probably was asbestos. Stove door rope is a genius idea. What about the old cloth covered VW fuel hose? In a big enough diameter to cover the line...? Slice it up the length like trilobyte says, probably fray like a sum***** though.
On one of the TIG welding links here, the guy uses the fibergl*** woven tube covering to wrap one of his fingers so he can rest it on the piece he is welding. If you can find some of that, it should easily block exhaust temps. I haven't found a source for it, but I am looking.
I used clothes pins and tin foil back in the 60's. Not if it really worked but it looked good. I also had an excessively long gas line so I coiled it like a moonshine still. Never vapor locked but not sure if it really helped or not. The only time I really had a problem with my Y-block vapor locking was when it was in the 90's and I was running at the strip. Would the manifold wrap work. I use it for my OT turbo Sonoma. Its a web-looking material that should work. It's used to keep heat in on the exhaust so it may work. I got it from Summit Racing. I think it was about $40 for a 50 foot roll, not sure.
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