Fuel cell questions

Bbuchanan11

Bbuchanan11

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Hey guys not sure exactly where to put this thread but I plan on doing a fuel cell this winter. I’ve researched as much as I can I have the fuel pump feed and return figured out, I’ve read that I can get a cell with a certain level sensor to work with factory gauge after re scaling. My questions are I didn’t find much on return lines from the engine. Do I need a cooler? And how are you guys turning the return line in to AN fittings and hose? Also it’s for a drag truck the bed floor is cut out. Does there have to be a shield underneath the cell? Thanks for any help..... Brendon
 
PureHybrid

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Are you going to use the factory return fitting on the driver's side of the engine? Someone makes an adapter to AN, think it's Earl's
 
Bbuchanan11

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Ok I do still drive it to the track and home most times so I’ll put a fuel cooler on it. I did see that fitting from earls and I would like to go route But all I can find is 3/8 tube to -6 or -8 an.. I thought I read someone saying in an old thread that the lines are metric?
 
Chevy1925

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Bbuchanan11 said:
Ok I do still drive it to the track and home most times so I’ll put a fuel cooler on it. I did see that fitting from earls and I would like to go route But all I can find is 3/8 tube to -6 or -8 an.. I thought I read someone saying in an old thread that the lines are metric?
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nope, 3/8" clicks on without issue. 1/2" for supply side
 
Bbuchanan11

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I have one more question for you guys that have switched your airdogs over to an fittings. My air dog was manufactured in 17 (I think ) so it has npt threads where the fittings go, I have the suction and feed lines figured out no problem 3/8 npt to -10 the pump return fitting is only 1/8 npt. The factory hose it comes with looks like 1/2 inch . My question is would I be ok to run -6 line on the pump return to the tank? It doesn’t seem to me like it would be worth it to run -8 having to neck it down to 1/8 npt.
 
ZeroGravity58

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I used 6an for my lift pump return when I put my sump in my stock tank. Haven't had any problems with it in the 10k miles I've put on it.
 
1TRIKHD

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Looks good, I would like to do something similar to what you have done. Ill have to look up Rhodes

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Bbuchanan11

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Yeah it’s the 0-90 ohm... I still need to wire it and the fuel pump... the factory fuel gauge is 40-250ohm. Apparently you can rescale the factory gauge with efi live but I don’t tune my truck so I’m going to try putting a resistor in line.. still have some research to do on that.
 
1TRIKHD

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Bbuchanan11 said:
Yeah it’s the 0-90 ohm... I still need to wire it and the fuel pump... the factory fuel gauge is 40-250ohm. Apparently you can rescale the factory gauge with efi live but I don’t tune my truck so I’m going to try putting a resistor in line.. still have some research to do on that.
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Right on thanks

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DAVe3283

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You can rescale it, but you will also need to add a 40 Ω resistor or so inline. If the ECU sees close to 0 Ω, regardless of what you scale it at, it fails a diagnostic and reports the fuel as 0%. At least on the LS motors. But add a resistor, then rescale it as if you had a 40-130 Ω, should work great.

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