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Fuel surge tank location

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:12 am
by BenTaylor
Is there any reason why I can't mount a fuel surge tank to the underside of the car or does it have to be above the fuel tank for the overflow to work properly?

Most people seen to put them in the boot, but I'm not keen on that idea and wanted something a bit tidier and hidden away.

Cheers :)

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:42 am
by Stuart
This may be interesting reading Ben, and knowing that your preferred tuner rates AMS stuff, you could do worse
http://www.turbomagazine.com/tech/turp_ ... ewall.html

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:58 am
by BenTaylor
Thanks, good article :)

I've been looking at these from Integrated Engineering (they also do a dual 044 setup):

http://www.intengineering.com/integrate ... -with-pump

I reckon it would make for a tidy setup mounted to the floor by the chassis rail. All the hoses could pretty much follow the standard routing...

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:15 am
by Stuart
You know that I am no engineer, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work save for some of the manufacturers suggesting that the tanks need to be upright. The idea of a stealthy set up would also satisfy your theme of discrete performance :)

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:08 pm
by BenTaylor
Ok, so I found another alternative that looks to have been specifically designed to mount horizontally:

http://www.034motorsport.com/fuel-injec ... 21527.html

This one even has the inlets/outlets on the correct sides so is currently winning for me :)

Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 6:13 pm
by BenTaylor
Well I ordered the one from 034 Motorsport as I liked the low pickup for the pump.

Also ordered a Sard 'jet pump killer', which is basically a high flow version of the in tank venturi for shifting fuel from the other side of the tank.

http://www.sard.co.jp/after_eng/product ... iller.html

Just need Gary to plumb it all in for me ;)

Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 6:35 pm
by Stuart
The 034 stuff looks superb :thumbs: