Hi all I know htis topic has bene briefly touched upon recently over the past few days but was wanting to ask a question more relevant to my own car set up. As some of you know it is a morris minor traveller and I really dont have much room under the car and as it is an estate car I have no boot. My fuel system comprises of a facet red top pump sucking out of the tank and filling the 1.5lt swirl pot and then a ccosworth sierra pump sucking out an dback into fuel line. Fuel lines then exit the car and run along a chassis rail.
As I have the fuel system inside the car i was intending to box it all in in 3mm aluminium plate. Is htis ok? I know it isnt the best set up but am hoping it will be a safe one?
cheers, any advice is good. michael.
If there is some sort of firewall michael then whilst not ideal is okay the cosmo\'s fuel system is also in the boot but with a firewall between it and the passenger compartment.
Kevin
if it were me i would get some fire retarden blankets for the insideand use fire proof selant around the joints.
have you a spare wheel well, i have seen a pic of a setup in one with a sheet of metal sealed over the top but im not sure if a horizontal swerl pot would be as effective (i supose if its designed to work horizontaly).
matt
No wheel well unfortunantly!!!! It willl all be completely boxed in so that it wont be visible, just a silver ally box. Will also have 2 fire extinguishers in the car. And a kill swich for the fuel pumps.
cheers for hte advice, michael.
Come on michael i know how your getting on so how about sharing it with the rest of the guys with some pics.
Kevin
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh I have soooo many people wanting photos and I still dont know how to post up the damn things.........Will try as I hav beensaying i would for months now.
chers for the advice, michael.
Hi michael,
If you can e-mail em to me I will reduce them and put em up for you
Hi Michael,
You can allways use a low pressure pump to feed a swirl pot that is in the engine bay,then have a high pressure pump coming from it,going to the fuel rail(s) and then back to the swirl pot.
Regards
Carl
Stick it all in a battery box?
funny you should say that!! as it was an original thought. Had found a nice alloy one but wouldnt all fit!!!!
cheers, michael.
Atomicrex\'s setup, which passes requiremnts from race scrutineering, uses fairly lightweight ali panelling and isn\'t 100% sealed BUT the idea is to give you time to get out in the event of an accident.
Obvuiosly some form of cutout switch would be handy too.
personally i would want it vapour sealed from the interior and a free air vent to the outside, petrol vapour is worse than fluid and if a jobs worth doing...............
ive not seen atomicrex\'s setup but i have looked at tonyc\'s setup but i dont want to fully strip out my interior.
matt
Quote from: iaintAtomicrex\'s setup, which passes requiremnts from race scrutineering, uses fairly lightweight ali panelling and isn\'t 100% sealed BUT the idea is to give you time to get out in the event of an accident.
Obvuiosly some form of cutout switch would be handy too.
It isnt 100% but pretty close. It was improved towards the end of the season, and it became a lot better sealed.
The good thing about ours is that it covers the rear wheel well, and so doesnt need major stripping of the interior.
any chance of a pic or two atomic.
matt