[Fot] Water in gas

[Greg And Alison Blake]

I use Facets (2 of them) and I have a gauge in the dash this indicates
pressure at the carb. I routinely see fluctuations (3.5 to 0) during a race.

I typically I see the near zero pressure under full load at 6000 rpm. My car
stumbles a bit sometimes right before I am shifting from 3-4 at 6500 rpm. I
have assumed the two are related.

It use to be a lot worse when I ran a regulator. Tony Drews pointed out that
Facets do not have enough pressure to be regulated. I removed the regulator
and I only have the issue right at the top end.

I plan to make a switch to a higher pressure pump as Bill recommends and
regulating it to 3 psi. I run SUs.

Two questions for the group. Do you use a return line on the regulator or do
they just reduce line pressure with no return to the cell?

Favorite higher pressure (15psi +-)fuel pumps?

Thanks,

Greg

> On May 20, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Bill Babcock <ponobill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I dont use Facets, I like the idea of having more than enough flow and
> pressure, and regulating it to exactly what I want. I think it solves a lot
of
> problems. I like the Holley, Carter or Jegs electric fuel pumps (all
similar)
> and the Holley or Jegs regulator. A tiny bit more money, but you can set
your
> fuel pressure anywhere from 1 to 10 pounds and have it never change all
year.
> And no pulsing pressure. 60+ GPH. They just work.
>
>> On May 20, 2014, at 6:49 AM, Michael Moore <mmoore at mtmcpafirm.com> wrote:
>>
>> Among many problems, my car was stuttering intermittently on turns this
>> weekend, and after replacing a blown head gasket because of overheating
>> problems, and then a bad water pump, I still had problem until I found
> water
>> in the float bowls.
>>
>> I took apart fuel cell, cleaned and dried it, purge fuel lines, cleaned
> bowls
>> again and got new gas. There was a lot of water in bottom of fuel cell.
>>
>> My question is, could the water have damage my Facet electric fuel pump?
>>
>> On Sunday the overheating was gone, but it was still starving for fuel in
> some
>> turns.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mike
>>
>> 62 TR4, Race car
>> 63 TR4, Street car
>>
>> Mike & Becky Moore
>> 6050 Ruhl Road
>> Fairview, PA 16415
>>
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