[Roadsters] --> elect. fuel pumps, elect. fans

[RWM]

With respect, neither, IMHO.  It's a $30 fuel pump and a slick installation.

On 8/2/2013 5:43 PM, Gary McCormick wrote:
> "An electric fuel pump (used in parallel with the mechanical pump 
> which I recently rebuilt but may ultimately remove) is valuable in 
> charging the fuel lines after long sits..."
>
> If that's all you're using it for, wouldn't a couple of squirts of 
> starter fluid be easier/cheaper?
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
>
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> *From:* RWM <RWM at RWMann.com>
> *To:* Larry Braddock <larrybraddock at ca.rr.com>
> *Cc:* datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> *Sent:* Friday, August 2, 2013 1:50 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Roadsters] --> elect. fuel pumps, elect. fans
>
> The electric fan benefit is primarily in limiting fan thrust/drag 
> power loss at speeds when forward motion alone provides sufficient 
> cooling air flow (no thermal clutch here), cycles to cool the engine 
> on a thermostatic basis, cycles after shut down, and I suppose 
> eliminates some water pump bearing wear associated withfan thrust 
> axial loading at all speeds.  Noise is much lower at high RPMs as well.
>
> An electric fuel pump (used in parallel with the mechanical pump which 
> I recently rebuilt but may ultimately remove) is valuable in charging 
> the fuel lines after long sits, without needing to strain the 
> electrical system and starter in order to motor the engine to do so.
>
> - Bob Mann, '68 2000 Solex, SPAL 14" puller fan, OEM mechanical and 
> P60504 3.5psi axial rotary electric fuel pumps
>
>
> On 8/2/2013 3:57 PM, Larry Braddock wrote:
> > I see a number of people posting re. electric fuel pumps and fans, 
> and as I've
> > never had a problem with mechanical ones, I've wondered what I may 
> be missing
> > as to the advantages of going electric.
> >
> > Larry