Lonnie-S wrote:
Hi Lee,
It's looking very nice.
What kind of (black) lines are those going to the tank? Did you make them yourself, or have them made up? I've not seen hoses like that before. Since you have a return line, I assume your EFI is high pressure. The one on my Mustang donor operated at 45 PSI, nominal. Do you know what yours operates at?
What the blue anodized fitting for? I'm going to guess at some kind of connection for a breather/vent since you have a supply line already.
Is the yellow connector for your fuel pump or the fuel gauge sender? Didi you get the tank and fittings from a single vendor, or put the components together yourself?
Sorry for the thousand questions, but these are things I'll need to do in the near future, so I keep my eye out for good solutions.
Cheers,
Glad to answer any questions. The fuel lines are OEM style nylon lines that are pretty common now and I think they are rated at 200psi but im not 100% sure. The lines are the same type of lines lines that Saturn used originally and operates at is 36 PSI at idle and 48psi engine off. The lines I used are Dorman but there are a few other companies making them, or you can pull them from a lot of cars at the junkyard if you are feeling ambitious. I assembled the lines myself using a K tool international KTI-75300 tool that pushes the barbed fittings on and does not use clamps. SUR&R makes barbed fittings that slide on and are secured with a clamp that crimps on eliminating the need for a special assembly tool. Allot of shops have the tools to do it and your local auto parts store might have the tool you could borrow or take the lines to them to have the fittings installed. I went this way instead of the typical hard lines because it allowed me to use the OEM fuel filter and fuel rails without having to mess around with a bunch of adapters to convert from the quick connects to hard lines. In areas where abrasion could be a concern I and put regular rubber fuel over the nylon line in those areas which is also what the oems do.
The blue AN fitting in the tank I got from JAZ came with it and will be plumbed in as a vent.
The yellow connector came from racetronix and is a metripac connector for the fuel pump power wires and the sending unit. You can buy it prewired from them or save a couple bucks and buy the components separately and put it together yourself but you need a metripac crimp tool. If you are using it on a plastic tank the material is to thick to secure it. It was designed to go through a metal plate. I just made a metal plate that seals to the tank and allows the connector to attach properly. Inside the tank is the oem fuel sender unit and then the power wires and fuel lines run out through there bulkhead fittings.
http://www.racetronix.biz/itemdesc.asp?ic=BCWS-001Hope that answered your questions. Let me know if you have any more.