Good ol Clarence has been wrong some times. He's not infallible.

He also made the "fuel stays in the back of the tank on downlines" statement which like the "inverted engine / tank height" problem are both myths that have resulted from erroneous extrapolation of potentially real conditions ( aka: junk science ). I e-mailed him on that linking him to the video disproving the "fuel in back of tank" myth.


I would have no problem fixing your engine and making you a believer.

BTW: Quoting non-relavent information doesn't really establish anything.

Here is one for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pressure since you quoted Pascal's law, note the section on pressure increase/decrease due to altitude applied to the fluid.


That .5" height difference that you are SOOO concerned about is simply unimportant to a running engine.

If it were so dramatic to the engine, our engines would cut out or misbehave even with a slight nose up/down state, which lowers/raises the engines FAR in excess of a tank height difference caused by running an engine inverted. What is not to understand?

Tune the engine properly, eliminate plumbing problems and there are no issues at all... almost all of my engines run inverted without a hiccup. I've never bothered moving the tank either.

I guess I just figured out how to do this while some have not.