Reason or just for looks #2
 

Whazzit for?

Re: Reason or just for looks #2
 

Fuel coils induce more power

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Cooling the fuel before it gets to the carbs. Looks neat too!

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Copper lines can work harden from vibration. The coils act like a shock absorber. The coiling in the picture is a bit excessive, but that is one of the reasons its done.

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Actually, probably all of the above, but I still say "cooling" because you don't need that many coils to dampen vibration. A lot of applications (including some very early automobiles) use "cooling coils" instead of radiators.

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Speeds up the fuel entering the carb thus acting like a supercharging effect :D

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I must be missing something. Every car I have had has a higher temperature in the engine compartment than in the back where the tank is located. If anything it would be heating.

Charlie Stephens

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It is an accident waiting to happen. The mass of the coils combined with vibration from the engine will result in the copper tubes cracking and spilling gas all over the engine.

Charlie Stephens

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Charlie, I respectfully disagree. Coils, although overkill in this case, tend to dampen vibrations as opposed to straight connections point to point without coils.

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I agree - once the engine get up to temp it will heat all those coils.

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The fan should keep a steady flow of air over the coils. Did you ever think about why automatic transmission coolers are in a lower radiator tank in a car with 195° thermostats? Cool is relative.

Plus, I never said it would work (but it probably does), just what I thought it was for.

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I am wondering if all 3 coils come off a common fuel log?

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It's gotta work better then the clothes pins I've seen so often on the fuel lines to the carbi I did the coils like that out of new brake line once for my oil lines to and from the filtor for cooling . I never new if it worked or helped. Tim