Fuel starvation issue? Help please!

[M Sutton]

After my first trackday in my Nova a few weeks ago the car ran great! but once the fuel got between 1/2 and 3/4 of a tank when I was taking a right hand corner hard it coughed and spluttered. I then filled it up and it was fine again so ive come to the conclusion its fuel starvation?

The engine is a 1.6 16v on tbs and all i know is it has an uprated fuel pump.

Just want to know the easiest/cheapest method to sort the problem out?
Did a search but i couldnt find a spesfic answer! Im led to believe I may need a GTE fuel tank or plum in a system with swirl pot etc.
Any help/a guide would be great! ;)

Thanks

[Dan Stanley]

What tank does it have in it now? I was always lead to believe that a fuel injected car needs a tank with a swirl pot inside to stop the problem you described. The fuel sloshes down to one side of the tank (on cornering for example) and so the fuel pump cant maintain a constant supply.
Nova's that came with a fuel tank to suit were GTEs/GSIs/SRIs. Apparently you can also use a tank from a SPI engined nova, such as late mk2s with the 1.2 and 1.4spi. They have a fuel pump mounted on top of the tank which may need upgrading to a mk3 astra item.

[M Sutton]

Thanks for the great advise! I will try and source a tank from one of the above! Guessing there quite rare?!

As far as I know it has the orginal 1L fuel tank! I didnt carry out the engine convertion so not totally sure! its the first time ive used the car in anger so that must be the reason, as normal road driving its fine!

[Andy]

Or fit an external swirl pot,as the above mentioned tanks are hard to find these days

[chrisd1986]

Yes i go one but it was rotted inside but got lucky and found a patent one that was new, its got the odd dent n it but it should las a while or you glcan get new ones from germany for around 350 euros lol

[Will F]

I had the same issue on long righ-handers. It was worse with slicks - it would do it at 3/4 of a tank!!

I had to swap to an external swirl pot system and that sorted it!

[M Sutton]

Cheers guys!

Think i will do that Will F. What will i need and is it fairly straight forward to do?

[meritlover]

piece of p1ss:

you will need another pump, some wiring, hoses and jubilee clips

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads21/2010+08+19_140629_swirl_pot_diagram1346249852.jpg

...or just find a injection tank.

[M Sutton]

Ok, brilliant! Thanks for your help lads ;)

[Will F]

piece of p1ss:

you will need another pump, some wiring, hoses and jubilee clips

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads21/2010+08+19_140629_swirl_pot_diagram1346249852.jpg

...or just find a injection tank.

I have an injection tank... They are ok on road cars. Not on track cars with any sort of suspension!

[Hobbit]

^ Same, I have an injection tank but still struggle when i get down to half a tank. Looking to fit a swirl pot over the winter.