Joseph Schneider wrote:
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> vapor lock may be less likely with an electric pump, but many american iron
> dirt track racers avoid electric pumps because they may keep feeding the
> fire (literally) long after the engine stops after a crash, whereas a
> mechanical pump won't pump when the engine stops- it's worth considering
> joe
This is why you install an oil pressure cutoff switch in the line that
powers the fuel pump. Now, unless you replace your oil pump with an
electrical one, too, that eliminates that concern. I don't think the
dirt track racers you spoke to looked into electric fuel pumps very
seriously.
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