[Spridgets] Fuel lines for Bugeye with a 1275 engine

Hal Faulkner frog.aye at gmail.com
Fri Dec 10 16:37:19 MST 2021


Thanks for the quick reply Rick.  Pump  is mounted  just forward of the
rear axle.  Any suggestions where to source such a fuel line?

Hal

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 3:32 PM Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:

> Where is your pump located?  The Bugeye originally had a steel line all
> the way from the tank to the engine mounted mechanical pump, with no rubber
> hoses at all.  If your electric pump is mounted in front of the rear axle I
> would install a steel line from there to the engine with a short rubber
> hose connecting the steel line to the front carb.
>
> Rick
>
> > On Dec 10, 2021, at 6:25 PM, Hal Faulkner via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Listerati, I am getting back on the upgrade to my Bugeye.  When I got
> the car it had a 948 engine, the fuel line was rubber from the tank
> (actually the replacement electric pump} to the engine.  Since the 1275
> doesn't have a block mounted fuel pump I need to replace the  fuel line and
> feel it would be best to use something more durable than rubber.  Any
> suggestions?
> > thanks, Hal
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