[DeTomaso] Fuel tank return for electric fuel pumps?

Wed Aug 1 13:37:46 EDT 2018

With this Valve, it looks like it would stick out of the tank pretty far? Would you be afraid of hitting a Bump and knocking the valve off? Just Curious?
Curt    

    On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 8:33 AM, Garth Rodericks via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

   Hi Corey,
  I'm not running EFI yet, but may someday in the future.  Anyway, I put
  a Groco 90-degree fuel valve on the bottom of my gas tank in place of
  the drain plug.  The 1/2" NPT thread on the Groco valve will thread
  into the metric drain opening on the tank and seals with quality pipe
  dope and a generic O-ring from O'reilly Auto Parts.
  Benefits of the Groco valve are...
  1. It doesn't restrict fuel flow like a Banjo fitting - it never ceases
  to amaze me when I see high horsepower engines with 1/2" fuel lines
  connected to a restrictive banjo fitting that likely has a 1/4" (or
  less) internal diameter at best!
  2. You can close the valve if you ever need to remove your
  engine, change your fuel pump, or just replace the fuel line - no
  futzing around with clamps or vice grips to try and stem the flow of
  fuel from the tank if you ever need to perform one of these tasks.
  AND, it serves as a great anti-theft device as well.  If someone
  manages to hotwire the car, they won't get more than a few yards down
  the street before it'll run out of gas.
  Here are a couple of links to the valve - I have the stainless version.
  I imagine brass would be just fine too.
  [1]http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/Fuel_Valves-Groco_FV590_90_Deg
  ree_Brass_Fuel_Valve.html
  [2]https://www.carid.com/groco/groco-1-2-npt-90-degree-fuel-valve-62788
  5382.html
  [3]https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid
  =56744
  Anyway, if/when I add EFI to my car I will use the original pickup
  location on top of the tank to plumb the return line.
  Cheers!
  Garth

References

  1. http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/Fuel_Valves-Groco_FV590_90_Degree_Brass_Fuel_Valve.html
  2. https://www.carid.com/groco/groco-1-2-npt-90-degree-fuel-valve-627885382.html
  3. https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=56744
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   With this Valve, it looks like it would stick out of the tank pretty
   far? Would you be afraid of hitting a Bump and knocking the valve off?
   Just Curious?
   Curt
   On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 8:33 AM, Garth Rodericks via DeTomaso
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     Hi Corey,
     I'm not running EFI yet, but may someday in the future.  Anyway, I
   put
     a Groco 90-degree fuel valve on the bottom of my gas tank in place of
     the drain plug.  The 1/2" NPT thread on the Groco valve will thread
     into the metric drain opening on the tank and seals with quality pipe
     dope and a generic O-ring from O'reilly Auto Parts.
     Benefits of the Groco valve are...
     1. It doesn't restrict fuel flow like a Banjo fitting - it never
   ceases
     to amaze me when I see high horsepower engines with 1/2" fuel lines
     connected to a restrictive banjo fitting that likely has a 1/4" (or
     less) internal diameter at best!
     2. You can close the valve if you ever need to remove your
     engine, change your fuel pump, or just replace the fuel line - no
     futzing around with clamps or vice grips to try and stem the flow of
     fuel from the tank if you ever need to perform one of these tasks.
     AND, it serves as a great anti-theft device as well.  If someone
     manages to hotwire the car, they won't get more than a few yards down
     the street before it'll run out of gas.
     Here are a couple of links to the valve - I have the stainless
   version.
     I imagine brass would be just fine too.

   [1][1]http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/Fuel_Valves-Groco_FV590_90_
   Deg
     ree_Brass_Fuel_Valve.html

   [2][2]https://www.carid.com/groco/groco-1-2-npt-90-degree-fuel-valve-62
   788
     5382.html

   [3][3]https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?
   pid
     =56744
     Anyway, if/when I add EFI to my car I will use the original pickup
     location on top of the tank to plumb the return line.
     Cheers!
     Garth
   References
     1.
   [4]http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/Fuel_Valves-Groco_FV590_90_Deg
   ree_Brass_Fuel_Valve.html
     2.
   [5]https://www.carid.com/groco/groco-1-2-npt-90-degree-fuel-valve-62788
   5382.html
     3.
   [6]https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid
   =56744
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