Fuel System !
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I have no clue ? it wasn't one of my requirements for a race truck , I would call them and ask if your interested in them .
Did BD step up and help sponsor the truck or did you have to come off the hip for 2 new pumps? I know you had a fass unit at one time why didnt you just buy another fass unit?
Setup looks very nice trent. Do you have individual lines run to both pumps or do they T off?
As long as the fuel level doesn't get low enough to slosh the fuel away from the outlet fitting, I don't see what kind of issue he might possibly have. As long as the pumps are mounted in front of the tank, there would be no other advantage to having the tank mounted the other direction.Why go against the laws of physics if you don't have too.
They def weren't free but BD did help me out with a pretty decent discount on them along with an Intercooler and the filter setups , got an equal offer from FASS (cost) but wanted to try these out. A friend of mine has one and they are pretty quite and flow the same as the rest .
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Josh on take off all the fuel goes to the back and stays there with the force. So think about it if it gets low even on one pass and sucks air your done.
I think the fuel would have to get under 1/2 a tank maybe less for that to happen Henry , I could be wrong , i guess we will find out soon enough . I can say from seeing Simons logs that he never had any fuel issue's launching with his setup this same way .
In order for all the fuel to go away from the front of the tank, you would have to be able to pull a significant amount of Gs. I would guess the most a diesel pickup at this level could pull is about 1.5, and that would only be at the launch. As long as Trent makes sure he keeps the tank topped off, I doubt he could starve the pumps for fuel.
I know in my car before the sump in the tank at take off I would fall on my face. then added the sump and fixed that. I was pulling 1.57 area 60' in the Camaro and running 10.67 @133 on dot M&H's.
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Fill a milk carton(with the top cut off) full of water and put it on the dash of your car or truck and take off fast. See how much water comes out. You really shouldn't have the cell that way. Now before I get slammed i'm the king of cheap! I still run a stock tank,pick-up,lines and everything with a $100 Holley pump with no problems. I just don't like to try and reinvent the wheel and I like simple things. Jeff
Fill a milk carton(with the top cut off) full of water and put it on the dash of your car or truck and take off fast. See how much water comes out. You really shouldn't have the cell that way. Now before I get slammed i'm the king of cheap! I still run a stock tank,pick-up,lines and everything with a $100 Holley pump with no problems. I just don't like to try and reinvent the wheel and I like simple things. Jeff
Thats a good analogy Jeff , only problem is the will be a lid on the milk carton
I may flip it around just to be safe I agree with opinions from both sides of the fence and I understand the logic and forces involved the bottom line is I think it would work fine still, but at this point i will probably flip it because i am running out of time and dont want to re-do stuff even if not hard 10 - 30 min tasks can add up to 6 hours so........... Thanks for all the input Fellas with out all the help on this site I doubt the truck would be coming along so well :hug:
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Ya know...another idea would have been to buy a tank with no outlets and use one of those bottom sumps. Then you could have set the tank like you want, place the sump in the rear like the guys describe, and the lines could've come out the front like you wanted.
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