I went out to the garage today to start building my fuel system, little did I know that I'd make little progress.
This is a 78 Mustang II that's getting a 2.3 turbo.
My original plans were to have a bung welded in the gas tank and pipe the original 1/4" main line into that for the return line and use the original tank pickup as the main line. I planned on running rubber fuel line from the pickup to the pump, it's only 6" so I thought no need for a metal line there. Then run metal line up to the engine compartment, and bridge the gap between the fuel rail and metal main and return lines with rubber fuel lines.
For starters, I had the bung welded 1" to high in the tank and it hits the support, doh! Then I realized that I can't use rubber, low-pressure fuel line in a high-pressure fuel injected system. Then, from another post by Stinger, I realized that the fuel line size on the fuel rail and inline pump (from a Merkur) are the goofy Ford lines and wouldn't even take my rubber lines anyways.
So now, I need to plug the first bung I had welded in, have a new one put in. Figure out how to safley connect the original carburated pick-up line to a high pressure line (maybe just cut off the flange and use the connecting things). Then get some Ford fuel line connectors and get them mounted to a high pressure line.
I know the Ford connectors have a hard plastic line on them, how do you connect that to a metal line?
Any other comments about this new system would be great, I really wish I would have asked the first time around instead of wasting so much time, oh well, all in the name of learning.
This is a 78 Mustang II that's getting a 2.3 turbo.
My original plans were to have a bung welded in the gas tank and pipe the original 1/4" main line into that for the return line and use the original tank pickup as the main line. I planned on running rubber fuel line from the pickup to the pump, it's only 6" so I thought no need for a metal line there. Then run metal line up to the engine compartment, and bridge the gap between the fuel rail and metal main and return lines with rubber fuel lines.
For starters, I had the bung welded 1" to high in the tank and it hits the support, doh! Then I realized that I can't use rubber, low-pressure fuel line in a high-pressure fuel injected system. Then, from another post by Stinger, I realized that the fuel line size on the fuel rail and inline pump (from a Merkur) are the goofy Ford lines and wouldn't even take my rubber lines anyways.
So now, I need to plug the first bung I had welded in, have a new one put in. Figure out how to safley connect the original carburated pick-up line to a high pressure line (maybe just cut off the flange and use the connecting things). Then get some Ford fuel line connectors and get them mounted to a high pressure line.
I know the Ford connectors have a hard plastic line on them, how do you connect that to a metal line?
Any other comments about this new system would be great, I really wish I would have asked the first time around instead of wasting so much time, oh well, all in the name of learning.