Reed,
I'd like to know more about your project - please email me off list with
info on PI for a spit; I'm intrigued!
On the tank question -- I've just converted a US-spec TR6 to Lucas PI (as
originally fitted in the UK), but the tank does not have the UK-fitted
swirl pot. There are a number of ways of overcoming the problem that you
are encountering (including fitting a swirl pot in the tank -- many buck$
however). After researching a solution, the easiest and most economical is
to use a low-pressure pump and a feed tank system.
If you install a Facet red pump between the main tank and a weed-wacker (or
any small engine 3 port sealed tank) 1pt tank, and feed your Ford EEC
system from that source, you will eliminate the problem of starvation. The
small engine tank will operate as a reservoir for your PI system.
You will need to route a return from the feed tank back to the main tank
(the weed-wacker tanks usually have a return fitted already) to ensure that
the feed tank is always full. Make sure that you ask for a non-vented cap
for the feed-tank!
Good luck,
Tony Gordon
72 TR6
80 Spit
At 10:50 PM 7/12/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:41:34 -0700
>From:
>Subject:
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>One thing I've noticed since switching my car to fuel injection
>is that it starts to cut out under hard acceleration and/or
>cornering when the tank is below about 1/4 full. I assume that
>this is less of a problem when you have a carb, because the
>float bowls have a reserve of fuel. Have any of you folks
>who race/autox spits run into this ?
>A friend who's into RC airplanes suggested that I use what they
>call a clunk. They put a piece of flex hose on the inlet, with a
>weight on the end, so that it hangs in whatever direction the
>G-forces are pulling the gas. Sounds cheap and simple to me. My
>one concern would be the flex hose getting caught up in the
>fuel gauge sender.
>Alternatively, I could use a fuel cell (expensive) or a surge tank.
>Any thoughts on the pros and cons of these approaches ?
>
>BTW, I used the original spitfire tank, with the inlet routed to an
>external ~50psi ford electric pump, and the return coming in where the
>charcol canister outlet used to be. I use a vented cap to keep the
>tank from developing a vacuum.
>- --
>Reed Mideke rfm(at)collectivecomputing.com
>If that doesn't work: rfm(at)portalofevil.com
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