Fuel pump fitment.
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Fuel pump fitment.
I'm currently in the middle of a 2l 8v conversion in my GT2, Where is the best place to fit a fuel pump?
I was thinking in the engine bay just because there's plenty of access, but of course the pump is meant to push not pull from the tank.
So yeah, where do I fit it?
I was thinking in the engine bay just because there's plenty of access, but of course the pump is meant to push not pull from the tank.
So yeah, where do I fit it?
Re: Fuel pump fitment.
Why not fit it where the old one was mounted? Makes sense really. It's under the rear wheel arch on the driver's side.
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Re: Fuel pump fitment.
I thought the carb models didn't come with fuel pumps and they had mechanical ones built in to the block, or something of the sort?
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Re: Fuel pump fitment.
On the injection scirocco/golfs its just infront of the fuel tank, near the rear driverside axle mount. If you lift your rear seat and pull down the carpet by the rear seat there should be hole already there were the wires goes through for the fuel level float in the tank so you could run power on the inside of the car then out of that hole.
Im not sure if there is any mounts already there on the GT2 but worth a look.
Im not sure if there is any mounts already there on the GT2 but worth a look.
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Re: Fuel pump fitment.
Didn't know it was a carb, sorry - as above :) you should be able to fabricate something if the mounts aren't there.
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Re: Fuel pump fitment.
Yes they have a mech pump bolted on the block which is operated by a cam via a lobe on the pump.AndyPt wrote:I thought the carb models didn't come with fuel pumps and they had mechanical ones built in to the block, or something of the sort?
I suppose if you're wanting to locate the pump in your engine bay you could pretty much fit it wherever there's going to be room, I'd imagine you'd need to fashion some sort of bracket to hold it in place.
There's a nice little space at the front of the engine bay (drivers side under the headlight) that's got a nice flat surface and it's pretty low down which is good because I'd imagine it's better to have the pump at fuel tank level rather than higher up, that might be a good place to fit it, connect it via an inline filter to your fuel feed pipe on the bulkhead.
That'll make it easily accessible too.
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Re: Fuel pump fitment.
Yup, that's where I put mine.Eurobox wrote:There's a nice little space at the front of the engine bay (drivers side under the headlight) that's got a nice flat surface and it's pretty low down which is good because I'd imagine it's better to have the pump at fuel tank level rather than higher up, that might be a good place to fit it, connect it via an inline filter to your fuel feed pipe on the bulkhead.
That'll make it easily accessible too.
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Re: Fuel pump fitment.
Excellent cheers guys.Risocco wrote:Yup, that's where I put mine.Eurobox wrote:There's a nice little space at the front of the engine bay (drivers side under the headlight) that's got a nice flat surface and it's pretty low down which is good because I'd imagine it's better to have the pump at fuel tank level rather than higher up, that might be a good place to fit it, connect it via an inline filter to your fuel feed pipe on the bulkhead.
That'll make it easily accessible too.
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Re: Fuel pump fitment.
'Under the headlight' doesn't sound as if there is much space between the front of the car and fuel components in the event of a front end crash.AndyPt wrote:There's a nice little space at the front of the engine bay (drivers side under the headlight) that's got a nice flat surface and it's pretty low down which is good because I'd imagine it's better to have the pump at fuel tank level rather than higher up, that might be a good place to fit it, connect it via an inline filter to your fuel feed pipe on the bulkhead.
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Re: Fuel pump fitment.
True, but its not like the metering head is out of harms way really?
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Re: Fuel pump fitment.
Carb models have the mounting points for a fuel pump and accumulator as standrard. if it was me though i'd mount it under the chassis leg near the driver side engine mount. Hidden then, and you could use the original pump and mounts on anti vibration bobbins.
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