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Swirl Pot

Started by _CHOPPER_ , Jan 14 2006 05:28 PM

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#1 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 14 January 2006 - 05:28 PM

I'm after one that has the same diameter as a Torana charchol cannister. Are they available off the shelf, or will I havve to get one made?

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#2 _jap-xu1_

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Posted 14 January 2006 - 06:44 PM

do you mean a surge tank?
a friend of mine owns a metal spinning business and he makes anything and everything aluminium.
you can buy the parts and weld them up.
his website is down atm so here is his number.
0242 571000.
his name is steve,tell him leigh recommended you and he will look after you

btw if he cant do it nobody can

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#3 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 14 January 2006 - 08:31 PM

That looks like a Sydney number. I'm no where near Sydney.

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#4 _jap-xu1_

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Posted 14 January 2006 - 09:13 PM

he supplies the australian automotive market with aluminium products.
if you want to pay a middleman,be my guest

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#5 Racehatch

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Posted 15 January 2006 - 12:38 AM

I bought a fuel swirl pot from triumph rover spares, reasonably priced...

give him a ring and see if he can help

Triumph Rover Spares
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#6 _Oldn64_

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Posted 17 January 2006 - 01:55 PM

Best bet is to make one, or even better, build it into your fuel tank..

Cheers

PS: When designing the tank it is better to run teh return to the pot, that way if the tank does suck air you have at least 2 minutes of runnign before the car stops...

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#7 LS1LX

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Posted 17 January 2006 - 08:58 PM

Best bet is to make one, or even better, build it into your fuel tank..

Cheers

PS: When designing the tank it is better to run teh return to the pot, that way if the tank does suck air you have at least 2 minutes of runnign before the car stops...

You should always run the return into the swirl pot,you need to keep it as full as possible.
You then have an overflow fitting on the top of the pot which runs back to the fuel tank, as you can not build up pressure in the pot.

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#8 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 17 January 2006 - 10:06 PM

Best bet is to make one, or even better, build it into your fuel tank..

Cheers

PS: When designing the tank it is better to run teh return to the pot, that way if the tank does suck air you have at least 2 minutes of runnign before the car stops...

Fuel tank? Don't have room for one of those. Need the room for the subbies.

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#9 _mike_nofx_

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Posted 19 January 2006 - 04:24 PM

What is a swirl pot?

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#10 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 19 January 2006 - 05:59 PM

With EFI cars, when the tank gets lows, the engine can cut out momentarily when cornering. This is because the fuel pickup in the tank gets exposed to air. The EFI pump can't pump air very well. The swirl pot ( or surge tank ) is a reservoir between the tank and pump to help avoid that happening.

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#11 _Terrible One_

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Posted 22 January 2006 - 11:55 AM

I bought one from Hardcore Racing Components for $90 on sale. It's fairly big, I might need to have about 100mm taken out of the height of it so it doesn't get ripped off by a speed bump. <_<

What happens is a low pressure (carby style) fuel pump like a Holley red or blue sucks fuel from the fuel tank and pumps the fuel straight into the surge tank. Then you have your one or two (or more!) EFI pumps drawing the fuel out of the surge tank and to your fuel rail. It's got an overflow hole up top so if it gets overfull it just dumps back into the fuel tank. Mine will be mounted upside down under the boot of my LJ to the passenger side (exhaust on the other side).

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#12 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 10:20 PM

how do we set these up for carbs?? just have a low pressure eleci pump pumping into it, return line back from the surge tank to the fuel tank incase it fills up, then fuel lines going to the motor???

Edited by lc boi, 23 January 2006 - 10:21 PM.

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#13 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 10:49 PM

Shouldn't really need them for a carby motor, as the carb has a reserve tank in it already.

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#14 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 11:06 PM

true, but i'm toying with the idea of going efi later (probably v8) and basicaly i'm setting everything up for this wih the sixes....ie i'm gonna run 3/8th line with remote filters ect to a bloody 202....and i'll be running su's, i have heard of these running out of fuel??? i thikn thats more the fuel bowls not being very big and the lines tending to be fairly long from the splitter block...

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#15 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 24 January 2006 - 06:48 PM

In that case, you may as well set it up properly now. No point doing it twice.

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#16 _Terrible One_

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Posted 25 January 2006 - 06:57 PM

May aswell...

Got any ideas about where you're going to mount it?

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#17 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 25 January 2006 - 07:47 PM

As the drag UC doesn't require the charcol cannister, I'm mounting it in there. There should be enough room to get one made that will hold 2 litres of fuel. The bracket is already made, there's a hole in the panel directly beneath it for the outlet and it's close to the engine. What more do you want?