[Fot] Water in gas

[rkramer3 at austin.rr.com]

Greg,

I run two Carter 7 psi pumps picking up opposite sides of the fuel cell,
through a Holley fuel filter and forward to a Holley regulator near the carbs.
The pressure gauge in the dash fluctuates less than a 1/2 pound during racing
conditions, whether I am running on one pump or two. I think that is just
vibration. The Carters are cheaper than Holley's and in my experience have
outlasted them.

Bob Kramer
rkramer3 at austin.rr.com

---- Greg And Alison Blake <ablake2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 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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