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Re: 74 Is Alive!/elec. feul pump

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 74 Is Alive!/elec. feul pump
From: "Terry L. Thompson" <tlt@digex.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 10:42:39 -0500
I've been debating where to mount my electric fuel pump,
and one of the suggestions is that the pump should be below
the fuel tank (when the car is level) so that the pump is
gravity fed, and has less work to do. 

The two places I've considered are A) in the trunk near
the gas tank which is some distance from the carb or B)on 
the frame perhaps next to the starter, which puts it very
close to road debris from the tires. 

If anyone has a decent mounting point, away from a hot spot
and interference of moving parts, I'd like to know, so I
only have to re-run the fuel line once.

-Terry

At 08:43 AM 3/7/00 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I also have an electric pump. The one thing that
>bothers me about it is the chance of it continuing to
>pump in the event of a crash causing a fire hazard. How
>do other list members deal with this "problem". Other
>than that I love the reliability of it. Also where is
>the best place to mount. Mine is on the firewall just
>in front of the driverside under the bonnet.
>            Dave Gebhard
>            1977 Spitfire...coming back to life
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dan Buettner <danb@thelittlemacshop.com>
>To: Patrick Baize <speedracre@netzero.net>
>Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 9:07 PM
>Subject: Re: 74 Is Alive!
>
>
>


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