[DeTomaso] Replacement for banjo fitting on fuel cell ...

[Mark]

Great idea!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: <eanderson at geotracinternational.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Replacement for banjo fitting on fuel cell ...


> In a message dated 1/12/09 11:45:43 AM, eanderson at geotracinternational.com
> writes:
>
>> I've seen pix of some fuel tanks that appear to have replaced the banjo
>> fitting at the top with a larger diameter (3/8" ?) 90-degree connector to 
>> the
>> tank's feeder line.
>>
> The banjo threads into a welded boss, which with care could be retapped to 
> a
> little larger SAE or AN thread. Be careful not to enlarge the boss so far 
> you
> break the inner welded line free of the weld. This seems like a reasonable
> idea as the stock banjo fitting is restrictive, except that the primary
> restriction then becomes the welded line inside the tank which is smaller 
> than 3/8".
> Personally, its not that hard to simply reproduce the late fuel-out line 
> in an
> early gauge sender with a 3/8" section. This leaves the banjo and its line 
> for
> a carb return line, or even for an EFI return and moves the primary
> restriction to the fuel pump fittings and ports. Good luck- J Deryke
>
>
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