>Remember a couple of things:
>
>One--they tend to be noisy. tick tick tick tick etc. May not be bothersome.
>
>
>Two--they don't turn off except when the key (or other racing type aux.
>switch is turned off). Think about it: a minor rear ender, your motor quits,
>fuel keeps pumping, you are preoccupied with the incident and forget to turn
>off the key. Manifolds are hot, fuel line or carb is damaged. Fuel goes all
>over the place. Hmmm.
>
>I'm not totally against them. Just aware of some of the drawbacks. My son's
>Bugeye had a 30 year old SU model. Still worked fine after all these years.
> Even after 17 years of storage.
>
>All the best
>
>Brian
One other thing to consider. I had one of those electric ones and it decided to
quit on my way to work one day. I was glad I left the mechanical one in place.
I think the standard one is much more reliable. Just my .02¢
John Matthews
'61 & '65 Heralds
Cupertino, CA USA
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