8AN, 1/2 inch fuel line

[RodgerH]

Originally Posted by greg schroeder

Sorry no pics.

I've sealed mine up however if you were to remove the carpet in your trunk(Velcro attached), then the screws on your trunk bottom access area you could see the tank. From there remove the screws on the round plate. That's your fuel level sending unit. You can look inside the tank once that's removed. Inside you'll see a 3/8 inch line with a bend at the bottom. At the fuel pick up location it has a bevel cut facing upward. That line is within a little boxed in area to keep fuel around at low level around corners and such.

I put in the 1/2 fuel pick up line right next to the old one with the same design while being careful to have good bends that don't restrict flow. So far it works good with as little as 1/8 of a tank. The fuel tank is baffled in addition to the little slosh box area at the pick up location. I used the overflow inlet from the gas fill location down for a fuel tank vent and capped off the original fuel line pick up with a vacuum line cap and safety wire.

From the tank I used 8AN line with all 8AN high quality parts to the carb. I changed the self regulating fuel pump with another self regulating fuel pump of higher volume and slightly higher pressure and put in a 7000 rpm rev limit.

All of this is in anticipation for my new side pipes which should be on this next weekend before a club drag race day. My goal is to be able to have a non-aggressive start from low RPM and produce high 10 second passes around 130 mph consistently. I don't want to beat up on the car to make it go. I just want it to go.

Thanks Greg.

I remember seeing a cutaway of an SPF fuel tank at Dynamic when I ordered the car (due around March 1). I'll look at it closer the next time I'm there.

How did you seal the new 1/2" line where it goes thru the tank?

If I do something similar to what you did, I might use the original 3/8" line for the regulator bypass return.

I like your last two sentences...you should add it to your signature!

Rodger