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Re: Fuel Pump

To: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: Fuel Pump
From: Stu Brennan <stubrennan@attbi.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 23:43:22 -0400
It's noisy, but once I start my engine (260 2 barrel stock exhaust) It's
not noticable at all. And I used no sound isolaters.

I would not let it hang by the connections.  I made a new bracket to
replace the original, to hold it in the original Mk 1A location.

Stu

Theo Smit wrote:
> 
> I had one of those Facet pumps feeding the carburetor from a pressurized 
>header
> tank on my turbo Corolla, and never had a problem with it, even though I 
>stacked
> the odds against it by using silicone to seal a gasket on the header tank. It
> pumps silicone strands AND fuel, no problem. How the carburetor dealt with it 
>was
> another matter...
> 
> I'd recommend them - I don't recall what their flow rate was, but mine would 
>keep
> up with about 180 hp worth of fuel, anyway. Either just let it dangle from two
> short rubber coupling hoses or find some rubber isolators for the mounting 
>ears -
> it's noisier than the Lucas pump.
> 
> Theo
> 
> Stu Brennan wrote:
> 
> > I'm using one of those little square Facet pumps, to feed my stock 2
> > barrel 260.  No problems so far.  And I put a filter before it to catch
> > the crud from my tanks.
> >
> > Stu Brennan

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