oliwb
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 01:09 PM |
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Adjustable Fuel Regulator
Wanted 1x adjustable fuel regulator for use with bike carbs to tone down a facet solid state fuel pump! Cheers Oli.
If your not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 01:11 PM |
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My advice would be you need a bike fuel pump rather than a fuel regulator, 99% sure you will run into fuel probs with a facet pump and regulator, you
have too bring pressure down that much flow becomes a problem.
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givemethebighammer
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 02:26 PM |
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I second that. I tried to turn the pressure down on my facet pump with a malpassi filter king regulator and couldn't get it low enough. The way
to go is an R1 fuel pump from ebay (mine cost £15), no regulator required then.
[Edited on 1/11/05 by givemethebighammer]
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oliwb
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 04:06 PM |
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Should this pump be fitted in place of the facet one?? Or does it need to be closer to the carbs??? Cheers Oli.
My pump is about 9" from the tank outlet at the rear of the car. Thanks
If your not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room!
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JoelP
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 05:49 PM |
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i have a spare pressure regulator, but i too would recommend a bike fuel pump. Most will be ok  Im sure i got one for £5 on ebay 
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 06:00 PM |
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What pressure does an R1 pump run at?
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 06:17 PM |
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most carb engine bikes run around 2-3 psi but flow loads,
Any pump off a big bike will do, i run a R1 pump at mo cos its what local breakers had in, a blade, bird will do too.
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givemethebighammer
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 09:03 PM |
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My R1 pump is mounted horizontally in the same place as the old facet pump (rear of car next to the tank). I have two inline filters fitted as well,
one before the pump and one after. As Jon says the pump will deliver fuel until it senses back pressure in the line (needle valves closed) and then
slowdown / shut off, so no regulator required.
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niceperson709
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 10:25 PM |
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one way you can solve your problem is to put a t junction between the pump and the carbs with the other branch of the T conecting to a fuel return (to
the tank) I di this on a Feet Forward bike I built to solve the same problem when running a fuel pump to a carb normally gravity fed .
Best wishes IAIN
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mkblade
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 10:47 PM |
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i am currently using a facet pump and regulator i bought from mac1 its working ok at moe no problems.i havnt done any track days with this set up yet
though.
simon
blade 919cc
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 01:01 PM |
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I'm using a Facet + regulator set to about 1psi, seems OK but I'm all for simplification......
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