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andyinchville1
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HI All,
Lots of good and interesting information being tossed around here....Thanks!
Concerning the vapor lock issue, I think that seems to have resolved itself...Vapor lock in a fuel line is definitely not a good thing BUT vapor in a boost bottle IS....i.e. you really don't want the fuel vapor in the boost bottle or the line leading to the boost bottle to
to condense out and reform liquid gasoline....If it does....you will have problems.
With that in mind, I am wondering if it would be worthwhile to evaluate using different different materials in the making of a boost bottle and possibly thinking of better locating such a boost bottle....Basically, since we don't want the vapor to condense into liquid gasoline we have to ensure that the air / fuel mix in the bottle stays hot enough so that this does not happen....That would seem to imply that the bottle be located near a heat source (engine or exhaust) and be made of a material that would readily accept the heat from the heat source (in this scenario possibly a metal would be best since metals tend to conduct heat better....I am not sure which is best but in computer heat sinks copper seems to be the metal of choice and aluminum follows as a second).....I am not certain that a good heat sink make for a good heat absorber (unless directly connected to the heat source) BUT following this line of thought maybe a hard metal line leading to the boost bottle would be good too...possibly even going so far as to insulate said metal line and bottle? (I realize that most riding is done in moderate temps so possibly condensation of fuel is not likely?....But then again I do recall a thread in another forum where the user had a bottle with liquid gasoline in it.....)
On the flip side, if we assume that the air/fuel mix is warm enough to stay a vapor for a short period of time....then we need to ensure that the boost bottle and tubing does not lose enough heat to promote condensing the air / fuel mixture into a liquid....In this case
(assuming a cold outside temp), a bottle made of something with an insulating quality
would be beneficial....Perhaps a "foamed" plastic of sorts would be good here (fuel resistant of course)..again possible insulating the line and bottle may be a good idea?
Overall, some of the above thoughts maybe be a little "over kill" in most cases BUT ultimately we have to keep things a vapor for things to work well as far as boost bottles are concerned....Has anybody had condensation issues (i.e. air / fuel vapor turning back into liquid gasoline)?....If so how cold out was it or what were the circumstances around it happening?
As cold as it is out there recently we should have some good test weather! Brrrrrrrr
Andrew
Lots of good and interesting information being tossed around here....Thanks!
Concerning the vapor lock issue, I think that seems to have resolved itself...Vapor lock in a fuel line is definitely not a good thing BUT vapor in a boost bottle IS....i.e. you really don't want the fuel vapor in the boost bottle or the line leading to the boost bottle to
to condense out and reform liquid gasoline....If it does....you will have problems.
With that in mind, I am wondering if it would be worthwhile to evaluate using different different materials in the making of a boost bottle and possibly thinking of better locating such a boost bottle....Basically, since we don't want the vapor to condense into liquid gasoline we have to ensure that the air / fuel mix in the bottle stays hot enough so that this does not happen....That would seem to imply that the bottle be located near a heat source (engine or exhaust) and be made of a material that would readily accept the heat from the heat source (in this scenario possibly a metal would be best since metals tend to conduct heat better....I am not sure which is best but in computer heat sinks copper seems to be the metal of choice and aluminum follows as a second).....I am not certain that a good heat sink make for a good heat absorber (unless directly connected to the heat source) BUT following this line of thought maybe a hard metal line leading to the boost bottle would be good too...possibly even going so far as to insulate said metal line and bottle? (I realize that most riding is done in moderate temps so possibly condensation of fuel is not likely?....But then again I do recall a thread in another forum where the user had a bottle with liquid gasoline in it.....)
On the flip side, if we assume that the air/fuel mix is warm enough to stay a vapor for a short period of time....then we need to ensure that the boost bottle and tubing does not lose enough heat to promote condensing the air / fuel mixture into a liquid....In this case
(assuming a cold outside temp), a bottle made of something with an insulating quality
would be beneficial....Perhaps a "foamed" plastic of sorts would be good here (fuel resistant of course)..again possible insulating the line and bottle may be a good idea?
Overall, some of the above thoughts maybe be a little "over kill" in most cases BUT ultimately we have to keep things a vapor for things to work well as far as boost bottles are concerned....Has anybody had condensation issues (i.e. air / fuel vapor turning back into liquid gasoline)?....If so how cold out was it or what were the circumstances around it happening?
As cold as it is out there recently we should have some good test weather! Brrrrrrrr
Andrew