An Updraft Manifold Used as a Downdraft

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An Updraft Manifold Used as a Downdraft

Post by TRDxB2 » Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:34 pm

Stumbled on this photo was wondering if any ever tried it.
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Re: An Updraft Manifold Used as a Downdraft

Post by Scott_Conger » Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:41 pm

Yes

A friend of mine had a '26 with the remains of a vaporizer exhaust and an upside down manifold. He ran an old leaky carb which used fuel fast enough at speed, but ominously dropped raw fuel onto the hot exhaust when parked. It resulted in little gassy "puffs" of smoke when dripping. Scared me to death.

I would not recommend it under any circumstances without some sort of deflector/heat shield.
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Re: An Updraft Manifold Used as a Downdraft

Post by Ruxstel24 » Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:44 pm

Makes a fuel pump “non optional equipment”... :P

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Re: An Updraft Manifold Used as a Downdraft

Post by Mark Gregush » Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:24 pm

Saw a swamp buggy T that used the same exhaust, flipped the intake over and used standard T carb. The gas tank was mounted up high on the firewall.
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