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Bike Carbs pump options.
r1_pete - 7/7/08 at 12:01 PM

I've been collecting the parts for my fuel system, using ZZR1100 carburettors, was planning on using a Facet pump approx 5 psi, and a filter king to regulate the pressure down to about 1.5 psi. I've since looked back and seen threads reccomending using the bike pump, which isn't a problem, but, I wondered if the bike pump would cope with the additional lengths of pipework, and lack of gravity feed from the tank..

Any experiences or reccomendations welcome.
Cheers.
Pete.

coozer - 7/7/08 at 12:14 PM

I have ZXR9carbs with a ZZR1100 pump.

The pump is down under the tank so it fills up gravity then pumps the fuel. As long as the pipe is big enough (mine is 8mm) then it pumps and stops at the correct PSI.

omega0684 - 7/7/08 at 02:17 PM

i have a facet pump and filter king that i have just taken off my car and was about to put on ebay. i ran my yamaha r1's with them and had no problems,

u2u me if your interested

alex

r1_pete - 7/7/08 at 02:18 PM

Think I'll go with the bike pump, I'm the opposite way round, zzr carbs and have a 9R pump...

r1_pete - 7/7/08 at 02:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
i have a facet pump and filter king that i have just taken off my car and was about to put on ebay. i ran my yamaha r1's with them and had no problems,

u2u me if your interested

Cheers, I've got all the bits, just thinking about which route to go....

alex

coozer - 7/7/08 at 02:44 PM

I reckon ZZR1100, 600, & ZX9R pumps are all the same. I had a ZX9 engine in my last car (Striker) and looked identical to the ZZR one.

bob - 7/7/08 at 03:38 PM

I've used an R1 carb fuel pump to fuel the fireblade carbs on the zetec, the pump is fitted to one side of the tank and the fuel pick up is located on the top of the tank.I did wonder myself if it would be man enough for the job,been running for over a year like this now and no problems.I went for the bike pump so i had no need to mess around with the regulator,the R1/R6 external pumps are a neat unit and easy to fit too.

Hope this helps

whitestu - 7/7/08 at 03:52 PM

I use a ZX6R pump with ZX6R carbs. The pump is mounted in the engine bay and works fine.

Stu

[Edited on 7/7/08 by whitestu]

Stuart_B - 7/7/08 at 06:01 PM

i got cbr 600 carbs and a cbr600 fuel pump, and it is working fine.

mounted in the engine bay on the side of the carbs


stuart

[Edited on 7/7/08 by Stuart_B]

UncleFista - 7/7/08 at 08:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Stuart_B
i got cbr 600 carbs and a cbr600 fuel pump, and it is working fine.


Same as our setup

We first used our Facet SS (carb pressure) pump, but fuel squirted from the carbs, bike carbs seem to need only very low pressure...

David Jenkins - 7/7/08 at 08:57 PM

I have CBR600 carbs and ZZR1100 pump - seems to be happy!

I think bike carbs need low pressure but a high flow rate.