Hammy360
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| posted on 30/9/16 at 03:28 PM |
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Swirlpot position
Just thinking,
Why does everyone seem to put their swirlpot in the engine bay? I was thinking of doing the same but I thought cold fuel ignites better than hot
fuel?
Or am I going mad and I should join in with the engine bay bling and chuck it on the firewall?
Cheers
Hammy
Hammy
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chris
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| posted on 30/9/16 at 04:16 PM |
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I am about to try the in tank swirl pot
Didn't want one in the engine bay
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Hammy360
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| posted on 30/9/16 at 04:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chris
I am about to try the in tank swirl pot
Didn't want one in the engine bay
That's where mine was on my Zero
Hammy
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Chris_Xtreme
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| posted on 30/9/16 at 05:17 PM |
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mines at the back of the car, I had started thinking about removing the battery and putting the swirl pot there, but thought it was a bad idea. pot of
fuel near the hot stuff.. didn't sit well with me. works just fine with the hp pump at the back too.
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Hammy360
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| posted on 30/9/16 at 06:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris_Xtreme
mines at the back of the car, I had started thinking about removing the battery and putting the swirl pot there, but thought it was a bad idea. pot of
fuel near the hot stuff.. didn't sit well with me. works just fine with the hp pump at the back too.
Yeah cold fuel cold pump works for me I think and makes sense
Hammy
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 30/9/16 at 06:26 PM |
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Mines at the back built into a sump in the tank.
Duratec Engine is fitted, MS2 Extra V3 is assembled and tested, engine running, car now built. IVA passed 26/02/2016
http://www.triangleltd.com
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Smoking Frog
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| posted on 30/9/16 at 06:28 PM |
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Mine's external to the tank at the rear. More room to position well above the HP pump, which was cavitating before fitting swirl pot.
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snapper
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| posted on 30/9/16 at 07:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammy360
Just thinking,
Why does everyone seem to put their swirlpot in the engine bay? I was thinking of doing the same but I thought cold fuel ignites better than hot
fuel?
Or am I going mad and I should join in with the engine bay bling and chuck it on the firewall?
Cheers
Hammy
Erm... no they don't. Most I have seen are near the tank in the back.
1. The lift pump has less to do.
2. More room, no heat, easier to fit and get at.
3. Both pumps are near each other, when one of mine stopped working it was a simple job to swap pipes around and run home on 1
4. I to don't like the idea of at least a litre of fuel in the engine bay ready to ignight and come back towards me, rather have it behind.
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 30/9/16 at 07:29 PM |
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It's generally brake-fluid that's the problem for under-bonnet fires. Saying that, once it gets going having a litre of petrol looking to
go off won't help.
When all you have is a hammer, everything around you is a nail.
www.furyrebuild.co.uk
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Hammy360
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| posted on 13/10/16 at 08:31 PM |
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Erm... no they don't. Most I have seen are near the tank in the back.
1. The lift pump has less to do.
Paul,
Im saying that because on lots of blogs you read you see them mounted proud as punch "bling" in the engine bay......
I agree with all your points about the rear and mine is now there with both pumps
[Edited on 13/10/16 by Hammy360]
Hammy
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