[DeTomaso] Fw: IR-EFI PLUMBING SANITY CHECK - NEED PHOTOS

Will Demelo wdemelo at cogeco.ca
Mon Jan 14 19:28:16 EST 2008



> Speaking of EFI plumbing...Is there such a thing as a quiet EFI fuel pump?
> Will
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kirby Schrader" <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
> To: "Mad Dog Antenucci" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] IR-EFI PLUMBING SANITY CHECK - NEED PHOTOS
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>> How quickly you forget....
>>
>> :-)
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>> http://web.mac.com/kirbyschrader/tws/tws2/kirbyefi.jpg
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>> The fuel pump is mounted horizontally under the tank on the angled
>> frame rail.
>> The fuel filter is there, too.
>> I use no surge tank on the Pantera. Only on the GT40.
>> I use only an HP pump on the Pantera. On the GT40, I need an LP pump
>> to keep the surge tank full.
>>
>> I also pull fuel from the top of the tank. Although many have advised
>> that this is 'a bad thing', I have had _zero_ problems with it. Well,
>> OK... with less than a quarter of a tank of fuel, on the track it will
>> starve in a fast corner.
>>
>> Three pictures are attached for your benefit. The list will strip
>> them, of course.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kirby
>>
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>> On 13 Jan, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci wrote:
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>>> If you have PHOTOS of your Pantera with EFI with the fuel plumbing
>>> modifications I'd like to see 'exactly' where you mounted the fuel
>>> surge tank, fuel pumps, and filters in proximity to engine,
>>> firewall, fuel tank and headers.
>>>
>>>  Right now ours are mounted in line in stacking order on left side
>>> fire wall (behind driver). We have engine in Pantera, plumbing
>>> mocked up, and should have Mike Trusty's system in mail in next
>>> couple days....
>>>
>>>  Before we complete installation of the system it would be a big
>>> help to see what some others have done. Again photos of what you or
>>> others have done would help me the best in completing a sanity check.
>>>
>>>  Thanks in advance for your photos.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mad Dawg Antenucci
>>> Team Pantera Racing
>>>  The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing
>>> www.teampanteraracing.com
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