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Fuel swirl pot ??!
Twin40 - 1/6/12 at 06:34 AM

Hey guys, i've done a few searches on here without a defiinitive answer, so hopefully you can help!

I'm building an MK running a Gen II hayabusa, with the fuel pump mounted in the base of the fuel tank.

My question is - do i need to run a fuel swirl pot? I was advised i'd need to but i can't see the reason why?

Anyone else have this setup? Fuel starvation an issue on track?

Cheers for the help.

C


Twin40 - 1/6/12 at 07:31 AM

Actually i've done some more reading and answered my own question!!! doh!


adithorp - 1/6/12 at 09:03 AM

Depends whether the pump is into a sump on the bottom of the tank or not (some in-tank pumps have their own sump built in but don't know about the BUSA one).

If it is and there's a decent lip around the top of the sump you'll be fine. If it's a flat bottom tank then you'll have problems with fuel surge starving the pump. In that case switch to a swirl tank set-up or have the tank altered; I'd go with the later as the final system will be a lot simpler (so less to go or get wrong).