08-15-2020, 10:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Orangeville Illinois
Posts: 461
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Re: Fuel pressure at the carburetor?
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Originally Posted by 1930-Pickup
The specific gravity of car fuel at 60C is about 0.73 (Google).
The vertical distance from the carb inlet to the top of a late 1930 full tank is about 22 inches.
If the liquid was water, then the pressure would be 22 in/H2O.
But this is fuel, so
22 x .73 = 16.06 in/H2O
16.06 = 0.58 PSI.
What do you guys think? Sound about right?
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Ugh........... what???????! 
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