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Please stop sending this junk to me I don't know how you got my address but please delete from your records!!!!Please!!! Jim Adney wrote: > On 18 Jul 2001, at 23:54, Dave Hall wrote: > > > With twin carbs and a flat engine and 34 mpg (imp), compared with the > > upright engine Type 2 at about 25 mpg (imp) and higher rpm, I can't believe > > the flow rate or pressure needs to be more in a Type 3 than a Type 2. On a > > steep uphill gradient, the fuel flows into the carbs under gravity (so don't > > forget the electro-magnetic cut-off valves!). > > I've been told by someone who owned a dual carb type 3 many > years ago that they got their car home without a fuel pump once > just by bypassing the pump and keeping the tank more than half > full. > > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/