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retroboy:
Man what next. The story so far ... been nearly 30 years since I ran a FED with a single 4 barrel carb 302 Ford and clutch-flite. Three years ago I bought a basket case FED and front halved it, up graded the cage and fitted a Chrysler small block and torque flight. Went out last October and killed the engine straight away. I rebuilt and initially ran the engine with a carb to run it in a bit (flat tappet engine) then decided to run a meth carb but got stiched up by a speedway guy so have re fitted my injection.  Have a vertex. These old ideas were great in thd old days of push starts but short of going to two batteries how do I get an easy start from this thing. I' m too old for all these "challenges " this car is throwing up. Lol. I want a simple set up hence the mechanical injection and magneto.
Cheers
Tony with the hair pulled out.

Supercat:
 We us an XS power 16+ battery. We ran the car for 1 season without recharging the battery. I could not afford the battery charger for this battery at first but had been sponsored the battery.
Not cheap but I haven't had any regrets and the 13.5 -1 engine with mag and 4 port spins right up..

I can get you the info if you want to look into it?

Paul New:
A vertex and alky injection should just have to squirt a little gas and it should start on 12v easy

hotrod316:
we have used 2 x 12 v = 24 volts
maybe your vertex needs a little tune up

Paul New:

--- Quote from: hotrod316 on September 04, 2016, 07:35:04 AM ---we have used 2 x 12 v = 24 volts
maybe your vertex needs a little tune up

--- End quote ---

We switched to 2-12v in series when we went from a vertex to a MSD Pro Mag. I know several cars that also switched to 24v just because it starts so much quicker. But not necessary with a Vertex unless it is a little weak like is said above

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