[DeTomaso] Fuel Line Question

Art Stephens artstephens at charter.net
Fri Jan 25 13:57:28 EST 2008


Hello Dave,
     I never thought about the potential 21 gallons of fuel to feed the 
fire!  Yikes!  I like your idea,  but at the moment,  I think I'm too eager 
(read lazy) to get the car running.  I will keep that in mind for a future 
project.

Thank,
Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David & Marilyn Bell" <davidabell at worldnet.att.net>
To: <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>; "'Art Stephens'" <artstephens at charter.net>; 
<detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:17 AM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Fuel Line Question


> I'd agree with Larry that you need to be careful pulling a line off the
> bottom of the tank.  I know others have done this with no problems.  But
> I've personally pulled a significant amount of debris out from around the
> tank mounting bracket after off-track excursions.  And if a bottom fitting
> gets cracked or removed, then gravity will drain your tank of gasoline for
> you very quickly.  While it's true that a shield covering the bottom 
> fitting
> would help, and it may be that you will be able to keep your car on the
> pavement better than me - but it would still make me highly nervous.
>
> An alternate solution is to have a second stainless pick-up pipe (1/2" or
> 3/8") inserted into your current sending unit.  Ron Siple did mine and it
> works great.  The old pick-up line can then be used as a return line if
> you're running a bypass regulator.
>
> Muscat Dave (who once watched one of his cars burn to the ground from a
> gravity fed gasoline fire)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On
> Behalf Of Larry - Ohio Time Corp
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:56 AM
> To: 'Art Stephens'; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fuel Line Question
>
> Art,
>
> That is a very good idea. What I do not like about it is that you are
> pulling gas right off the bottom of the tank. That is where water and dirt
> live. If you replaced the fitting with a longer one to extend into the 
> tank
> a bit it will not pull right off of the bottom.
>
> If the plug is on the large side you may be able to weld / braze on an
> extension tube with your tapped hole in the center of it.
>
>
> Larry - Cleveland
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Art Stephens
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 12:30 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Fuel Line Question
>
>     I'm getting ready to drill and tap my fuel tank drain plug for a 3/8
> NPT fitting and fuel line to run to my fuel pump.  I don't imagine there 
> is
> a readily available reducer to go from the tank threads to NPT?  I thought
> about using a 1/2 inch line from the tank to the pump,  but it looks like
> 3/8 fuel filters are a lot easier to come by.  I am using the RobbMc
> mechanical fuel pump with 3/8 ports that is supposed to support 550 HP. 
> Any
> thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Art
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