QUOTE(bbrock @ May 22 2020, 05:27 PM)
QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ May 22 2020, 02:05 PM)
I'm wondering if those with the 1/8 tank scenario were running around with debris plugging the coffee can in/out orifice holes.
I just assumed the engine was being starved when they cornered. Obviously if the car is running level you would be able to run them dry because I don't think the supply/return tubes make a liquid tight seal with the can, but that isn't how we are supposed to drive these cars.
I would prefer to have my last quart of fuel in that bowl rather than sloshed up against the far end of the tank. Also, with the orifice holes half way up the sides of the can, I'm not sure how much fuel would wind up sloshing into the can when the tank gets low.
I also ran a 914 and a bus on carbs without return lines. I really can't remember if there were any issues with stuttering as the tanks got low. Didn't do a lot of hard cornering in the bus though as I had an annoying habit of not wanting to tip it over.
I'll have to look at my tank closer again to see where my coffee can orifice holes are, I think there are two or four much smaller holes down by the bottom of the coffee can.
I don't recall having any gas left at all when I looked in the tank but I also didn't have a good bright flashlight looking in there. That was the era of dim bulb 2AA cell Mag light in glovebox and I was looking though the filler hole itself so can't see as much as you've shown in the photo when you can pull the whole filler assembly.
Granted I wasn't cornering like an AX or track situation when I ran out but I was on curvy roads (North Michigan remember, not CA canyon roads). I got some sputtering in the corners (long below 1/8 tank), slowed down when I looked at the guage and realized how screwed I was. I then tried to limp it at 40-45 mph into town. Almost made it.
Now I'm super curious!