Re: Fuel filter location ?

[Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>]

I think the Allpar site is correct.  
 
Akron Don Gallimore



----- Original Message ----
> From: Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 6:15:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Fuel filter location ?
> 
> 
What you describe sounds like what is shown in this picture as 
> factory:
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1962-1964-dodge-polara-500-57-3.jpg

Max 
> Wedge motors had a gas filter above the valve 
> cover:
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh233/skfury440/0051_3.jpg

But 
> you could route it like the 
> 413:
http://www.allpar.com/photos/bios/weertman/1963-413-V8.jpg

I'd 
> only use a metal gas filter not plastic kind above the engine, fwiw. 
> 

Thanks,
Gary H.



-----Original Message-----

> 
>On a 1963 Polara 500 with a 383 and a 4 barrel, where would the 
> proper
>location for the fuel filter be?  The original two barrel had 
> it in
>between the fuel pump and carb up top above the valve covers, which 
> is
>where I kept it when I added the 4 barrel.  A friend who's a 
> good
>mechanic and a drag racer from back in the day says it seems like 
> a
>bad spot and could get hot and percolate or vapor lock.  I looked 
> in
>the service manual and parts book, and neither show a 383 4 
> barrel
>combination.  Where I have it is up above the valve cover 
> about 3
>inches away and about 6 inches from the exhaust 
> manifold.
>
>As always, thanks.
>
>- Jim
>Jim 
> Altemose, Long Island, NY
>'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
>'63 Polara 
> 500 (383)
>'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
>'71 
> Bronco
>
> 


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