fuel pump

[scousebryan]

Is it possible to fit the gte fuel pump in the engine bay so I dont have to change the fuel tank?

would this hamper the performance of the car i.e fuel shortage when cornering.

Ta

[Will F]

The reason you need a GTE tank is for the internal swirl pot, not the pump.

[robb]

Also the pump is gravity fed so the pump must go on the rear chassis leg, what a bi*ch it is to change the fuel tank (filler breather is a c*nt) and get the stupid bolts in for the pumnp to leg.

[scousebryan]

ok swirl pot, what does it do??

i was buying everything in bits engine box an stuff separate shafts now am thinking of buying a whole gte to strip for the engine box loom tank an then scarp the rest.

[robb]

Swirl pot provides a constant feed of fuel to the pump so that when you go around a corner the pump isn't starved of fuel and then starve engine of fuel.

It is possible to use the old tank without a swirl pot but you will have to keep it above half full.

[Philsutton]

for xe i have the cav fuel pump in the engine bay, this is only for a short time until i go on to carbs. Like you say i cant go below about 3rd of a tank of petrol or it dies.