n00b yo, Fuel Pump question

[isnowi]

Couple of well priced pumps off Trademe:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Car-parts-accessories/Performance/Core-engine/auction-52978993.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Car-parts-accessories/Mazda/Engines-drive-trains/auction-52794769.htm -This is the pump i have, very noisy though...

Cheers Dan

[ProZac]

Ive got a couple of starion pumps knocking around, should do the trick.

Thanks heaps isnowi, those pictures are gold .

[isnowi]

No dramas, i'll get some new shots this weekend, got rebuilt starion struts and brakes going on, brand new shocks, rekitted calipers, skimmed rotors, braided hoses, nolathanes etc, etc.

Then all i'll be waiting on is my new (free) motor to arrive ..

cheers Dan

[Gaz]

Yeah you do, otherwise the surge tank won't fill up.

Yes it will if you put the pump after the surge tank so it sucks from tank thru surge tank.

[isnowi]

Yes it will if you put the pump after the surge tank so it sucks from tank thru surge tank.

Tecnically this could work, however the nature of a high pressure fuel injection pump is such that it will die very quickly if you try and 'suck' with it. They really need to have a head of pressure above the level of the pump, and generally speaking surge tanks are fed from the top to prevent backflow and cavitation, thus making it impossible to use the HP pump to both fill the tank and preovide pressure to the rail..

cheers dan