[trackday_prep] My 205 GTI-6 Supercharged Track Car

[Spiky 37]

once i get them, i take some pics and show

[Spiky 37]

Made a start on the fuel lines today

 

here are some pics from tonights progress

 

Edited November 22, 2007 by Spiky

[projectpug 0]

Looking good did you repaint the shell? Looks very clean inside too looking to respray the floor in mine eventually

[Spiky 37]

no, haven't painted anything,

 

thought i think i will at some point as it has a few scratch's where i have be walking around on the inside now

[Garry 1]

Looks good Spiky, this is what I intend to do over christmas.

Can you confirm the details of the Swirl pot kit please?

[Spiky 37]

i got my pot from

 

http://www.sm-engineering.co.uk/alloy_fuel_surge_tank.php

 

the rest of the fitings i got from summitracing in the US

 

 

i run two fiters, one either side of the external pump

 

i needed more fittings so cant really do much no,

 

so today/tonight i will start ripping the brake lines up as i plan to run these in the car now

[Garry 1]

Can you explain how the system runs?

 

I assume you connect the 'in tank' pump to the swirl pot, so that it fills it with fuel. The external pump is then gravity fed from the swirl pot and pumps the fuel to the engine.

Where does the fuel return pipe go to?

 

Also, does the 'in tank' pump keep running and circulating the fuel to the pot and then it returns to the tank? Is there a risk of the 'in tank' pump not being able to keep up and the pot being emptied?

 

Thanks

[Spiky 37]

the way i'm setting ming is as follow

 

the in tank feeds the second from bottom connector to fill the swirl pot

the return to tank connects to the top fitting on the swirl pot

then from the bottom fitting goes to the first filter, then to pump then to filter, then to enging

the return from the engine goes to the second from top fitting to fill the tank

 

i will eventually probably change the intank to a facet low pressue pump (if i get issues)

 

 

you are right the intank will keep circulating from petrol tank to swirl pot

[felix2566 2]

Been following this for a while its looking real good!

 

I was looking on the summit web site, very good prices on stuff, but, how much did you pay for postage to the UK? Was there a minimum order value? How much did you have to pay for customs duty?

[Alastairh 47]

Great progress!

[Spiky 37]

cheers guys:)

 

the first order i did was 550$ and had to pay 60 quid on top to get it off parcel force

 

my second order was only 180$ so i'm hoping for it to be a lot less

[Jon_Bmw 13]

Import tax is a pain in the behind, its a shame they have wised up to the whole gift thing.

[stuart 31 3 Cars]

How do you plan on sealing up the fuel pump / sender access holes and where the fuel lines come through into the cockpit? Also, how do you make up the ends of the fuel lines with the PTFE lined pipe?

 

I'm building a 205 rally car at the mo (see thread in technical section) and will be doing something like this myself fairly soon.

 

Cheers

Stu

[Spiky 37]

to seal the dodgy looking hole, i will put some rubber around the pipes then seal with polyutherne sealer

 

it's not ptfe lined, its high spec high pressure rubber reinforced

 

EAR-420006ERL thats the part number on www.summitracing.com for the pipe

[smighall 1]

If it isn't PTFE lined aren't you going to get a strong fuel smell in the cabin?

[Spiky 37]

i'm told, that with this pipe i shouldn't

 

soon find out i guess

[smighall 1]

Be very interested to know what you find, as that's pretty much exactly what i plan to do.

[Spiky 37]

once i get my next lot of bits delivered and fuel rail back (as it's off getting the dash fittings braised on) i will se if it smells

 

just need to finish the wiring off for the pumps too, just awaiting my inline fuses to be delivered

[Spiky 37]

well here's tonights progress

 

finished off the wiring for the fuel pumps :top:

 

 

 

all the fuel pump fittings are now here and fitted, just need some mounts for the pumps and filters now and the done, and just need joints tighened up :DD:

 

 

 

 

new rear discs and DS3000 pads :DD:

 

 

 

better than what it did look like

 

[Powers 13]

Looking sweet. Keep up the good work.

[Spiky 37]

see my other post about the rear brakes

[Powers 13]

I have now, dumb ass! Pmsl!

Take the sliders out, clean them, and re grease. I have a mintex product designed for these if you can wait until Monday. Don't use copper grease as its to abrasive.

[projectpug 0]

Looking sweet

[Spiky 37]

well decided to make some more profress today :DD:

 

 

 

here's the fittings for and new pipe for the fuel system

 

 

decided to get some more through for the oil cooler

 

 

old fan cowling "slightly" modified :DD:

 

 

oil cooler location

 

[Spiky 37]

plenty of room between the oil cooler and rad

 

 

new spal fan

 

 

and fitted