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Reply to "Help with warm start issues on my Speedster"

@MarylandGuy posted:

I have to crank it for probably 10+ seconds or so until the fuel/carbs sort themselves out and the engine starts.  Pretty embarrassing when everyone is looking at your cool car and it barely starts.



With a mechanical pump, the action of turning the engine over is what fills the carbs back up. With an electric pump, you just turn the ignition to have the pump fill the carbs before you start cranking. This gives you time to smile at the onlookers, giving them a head nod, while reaching for the exhaust cutout all while listening to the gurgle coming from the carbs. When the gurgling stops, THEN you crank it to start the beast that lives under your deck lid.

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