Fuel System Upgrade

[JET]

This isn't a big project, but I thought a few people might be interested. I am upgrading my fuel system to a fuel cell with SS lines. I will be switching to E85 this year and I was running out of fuel pump last year, so it was a good time to upgrade. I am going to attempt to run a single Bosch -044 pump. -8 AN lines from the cell to the pump, then -6 AN out of the pump and all the way back. That is a 16 gallon cell with foam in it, -8 fittings. Click on the picture for a hi-res version.

Parts in order, fuel cell, -8 line, Magnaflow 25 micron filter, -8 line, Bosch 044 pump, -6 line, Golan 10 micron filter, fuel rail, Aeromotive pressure regulator, -6 back to the fuel cell.




Here is the flow chart for the pump. It tops out at about 300 l/hr and holds pressure very well.

[Super Bleeder!!]

that looks like serious business.

[carltalon]

looks good. Are you runnign 1600cc or 2 sets of smaller ones controled with the AEM?

[JET]

I plan on running 1600's if someone would buy my 950's!

[Goat Blower]

Run both.

[JET]

I don't think I need 2550cc's of fuel

[92EvilTalon]

Wow Jet looking great. Hope the switch will help ya out.

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by JET

I don't think I need 2550cc's of fuel

Plan for the future. Two years ago we would've both laughed at using 1600's. I'm just trying to figure out what combo of injectors to run myself. I've got 1600's, 720's and 450's, and eight injector bungs. Hmmmmm.

[Halon]

Buy Jet's 950's, and use your 720's, and you'll have your 1600cc's worth of fuel without dealing with the down falls of the 1600cc injectors! Then sell off the 1600's since they're worth a good penny now a days.

Looks good Jet. I plan on running the same pump once I run out of fuel. They are supposed to flow a ton!

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Looks good, hopefully the single Bosch will be enough.

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by Halon

Buy Jet's 950's, and use your 720's, and you'll have your 1600cc's worth of fuel without dealing with the down falls of the 1600cc injectors! Then sell off the 1600's since they're worth a good penny now a days.

Looks good Jet. I plan on running the same pump once I run out of fuel. They are supposed to flow a ton!

There's no downfalls to the 1600's when you've got an EMS. Besides that I don't want to limit myself to *just* 1600cc's total, my calculations show I'll need more than that.

[JET]

It will be really easy to add another 044 if I need to. I am also about done with mods on my car, it is getting to be rediculous on the street. This switch to E85, intake manifold and the bigger FMIC I have here with 3" piping will be about it. I may go to a slightly bigger turbo later (4088R), but nothing huge. I don't see it going much over 550 awhp.

[JET]

Alright, got the gas tank and injectors out tonight! I was expecting the tank to be heavier than it is. I will finish emptying it tomorrow and do a comparrison between the weight of the fuel cell and stock tank.

[Jakey]

Originally Posted by JET

-8 AN lines from the cell to the pump, then -6 AN out of the pump and all the way back.

Why did you decide to reduce your line size feeding into the FPR, FPR port size availability?

[JET]

A -6 is already a lot bigger than the stock lines, so it should flow plenty. My FPR and fuel rail were already set up for -6 also.

[JET]

Here are some pics from the final result. I will try to get a better pic of the bracket to hold up the fuel cell when I get the car back in the air, it turned out pretty sweet! Click on the pic's to see a larger version.

[Halon]

Looks great man. Is the car up and running now?

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Nice job.

[scheides]

Wow, very nice man!

[JET]

The car will be running once I get a new 90* -6 fitting. I got a cheap summit one and the damn thing stripped out when I tried to tighten it when it was leaking. I'll grab one tomorrow, then it should be ready to rock! I'll have to take one more pic from the back, it doesn't hang down any lower than the stock tank and you can just see the 2 blue fittings from the back

Thanks guys!