furryeggs
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| posted on 5/9/15 at 04:00 PM |
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To swirl pot or not
Going to be plumbing my fuel tank next week and am wondering if i should add a swirl pot?. I'm not likely to be doing any track days and if i do
only 1 or 2 a year at most. I'll be running a 2.0 zetec on R6 throttle bodies and MS. I have currently got 8mm fuel line and return ran through
the tunnel ready and some braided fuel line coming next week.
adding a swirl pot will obviously cost more in fittings a 2nd pump and the pot itself. Is it worth the extra money. This is meant to be a Low cost
build afterall.
cheers
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mark chandler
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| posted on 5/9/15 at 06:07 PM |
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I would add a 1" deep cup sized sump into the bottom of the tank then arrange the pickup so it draws from within this which will provide a 1/8
pint comfort zone in your situation.
My low pressure pump failed on an event so I bypassed it, my tank is set like this and it caused no issues so have not bothered to restore it.
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blakep82
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| posted on 5/9/15 at 07:36 PM |
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I can't find the pic of mine, but that's what I did.
A small pot on the bottom of the tank, about 1" deep, 3 or 4" diameter, but crucially, only fed by a 1" hole, so fuel goes in easy
by gravity, but can't slosh back out under cornering
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big_wasa
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| posted on 6/9/15 at 03:52 AM |
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If you are using the standard flat bottom tank and intend on doing fast road and track I would say a swirl pot is very much needed with fuel
injection. If you have a sumped tank then you won't.
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snapper
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| posted on 6/9/15 at 10:07 AM |
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Sump & baffles or swirl pot
My standard box tank with no sump or baffles needs a swirl pot for quick roundabouts, use to cut out or splutter just after the roundabout
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