Many cars with an electric pump, including the Stag, have an inertial cutoff
switch. Why not see if you can purchase one of these? If you run the pump
through the oil pressure switch, the car won't start until you've been
cranking the engine a bit.
Keith S. Ehrlich wrote:
> A number of folks at VTR suggested I replace my mechanical fuel pump
> with a low pressure electric pump to better feed the Webers. In the
> interest of safety, how could the electric pump be wired to guarantee
> its shutoff in the event of a collision? I heard one concept about
> routing the wiring through the oil pressure sensor, which sounded nifty.
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Keith Ehrlich
> 74 TR6
>
> PS BTW the intermittent power loss I suffered a few weeks back turned
> out to be the mechanical fuel pump ( now replaced), which apparently was
> slowly going bad to the point where it could not keep up with the Webers
> at idle. The bowls would go almost dry before I'd drive off and the call
> for fuel under acceleration would finish off what fuel was left thus
> causing a power loss to follow until the fuel would begin to flow back
> into the bowls under higher RPM pressure. Nasty little problem to find.
> Thanks to all the listers who helped me bracket my way through the
> systems to isolate it.
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