Show me your fuel cell set-up??? PLEASE!

[1962savoy]

I'm putting a fuel cell in the trunk of my car and I just wanted to see what everyone that has done this what they run? I'm going to be using the Aeromotive 2000 fuel pump and regulator as well as the Aeromotive fuel pump speed controller to slow the pump down so I can drive it in the streets.
sorry about the large and shaky pics :tongue8:

 

[Stumper]

Here's mine. Floor is notched so sump sits below and cell is flat on floor of trunk.

 

[1962savoy]

Thanks Stumper! how big of a pump you running?

 

[Stumper]

Holley HP150. Straight shot, no return line.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

Here are mine. I like the raised fuel cell. I patched my trunk so everything is inside the trunk.
Putting fuel pumps under the car, they get hit with the elements much harder and they corrode alot easier. Make sure your suction line is at least a -10AN to the pump. I like -12AN to pump and then -10AN up to the regulator.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

obtw, if you havent bought your fuel pump yet, get the product engineering one with built in filter. best pump out there. more vanes for less drag and less voltage useage.
i'm a dealer for product engineering also. also use there fuel regulators with there return system,
only way to go.

 

[satellite plumah]

holly pump and filter below,didnt want them inside,but wanted it neat

 

[Stumper]

I like the aluminum look. That'll be one of my next moves when I get some disposable cash. The plastic crap in mine is reminents of the former owner's work. Also - how did you make your floor so flat?

 

[Stumper]

SUPERSTOCKRACER - question for you. What are all the top lines on the cells in your first two cars? One is a vent and one is a return line I assume but what is the third???

 

[1962savoy]

holly pump and filter below,didnt want them inside,but wanted it neat

Yea I'm looking for the neet look as well. Im running an aeromotive 100 micro prefilter from the tank to the pump then the Aeromotive 2000 pump and a 10 micron post filter to the 2000 regulator. I also found out by using such a big pump i have to have an eltronic gizmo to slow the pump down to drive it on the street!
The wiring should be a nightmare!!!!

 

[1962savoy]

Thanks for showing me your guys setup and keep em coming! I find visual eye candy gives me the best ideas!!!

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Yea I'm looking for the neet look as well. Im running an aeromotive 100 micro prefilter from the tank to the pump then the Aeromotive 2000 pump and a 10 micron post filter to the 2000 regulator. I also found out by using such a big pump i have to have an eltronic gizmo to slow the pump down to drive it on the street!
The wiring should be a nightmare!!!!

Aeromotive is the only one that reccomends that gizmo.I have the Magna 500 with filter dead headed.One of these days I will do a return from the regulator:sleepy2:

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

SUPERSTOCKRACER - question for you. What are all the top lines on the cells in your first two cars? One is a vent and one is a return line I assume but what is the third???

There are 2 return lines,one from the pump and one from the regulator.

 

[Stumper]

There are 2 return lines,one from the pump and one from the regulator.

What is the purpose of two return lines??:smilie_help:

 

[1962savoy]

There are 2 return lines,one from the pump and one from the regulator.

As well Aeromotive tells you NOT to use the return line on the pump but to use the -10AN return on the regulator? It doesnt really make sense to me to have two returns you could possibly starve the regulator??? just thinking out loud????

 

[Stumper]

That pump has to be running it's heart out to maintain pressure at the regulator. I understand the logic behind a return line at the regulator, for a street car at least. I can't see any benefit to a recirc right after the pump and at the regulator though. Maybe I'm missing something? Aside from working the pump harder I would be concerned with whipping up air in the fuel.

 

[1962savoy]

That pump has to be running it's heart out to maintain pressure at the regulator. I understand the logic behind a return line at the regulator, for a street car at least. I can't see any benefit to a recirc right after the pump and at the regulator though. Maybe I'm missing something? Aside from working the pump harder I would be concerned with whipping up air in the fuel.

I think you will find that pump will be one speed only unless you have a Aeromotive setup with the eletronic speed controller to slow the pump down. It works off the tach and the rpm of the engine.I would be concerned as well with whipping up air in the fuel at the pump.

 

[Stumper]

The pumps run at one speed but use power in relation to the actual flow. If you look at any pump curve the Hp requirements go up with flow. Not that the power is a huge factor for a little pump like this but I'm still curious of what the intended benefit is. If it were on an application where the pump was huge in relation to what was normally needed for flow (but needed for WOT runs with power adders) I could see bleeding some off for everyday running around. But in that case there would need to be a valve to close off the recirc when the flow was needed at the motor. I'm hoping Hehi-Itis will come back to the thread to help me understand the logic here.

 

[WmBaldwin57]

I have the Aeromotive Tsunami pump on a Dakota with all the filters and setup just like Aeromotive says in their literature and even though it is called a street strip pump it will not work on the street more than 1.5 hours because it runs Wide Open all the time. The device that tones it down based on RPM's is pretty much required. Although in my conversations with Aeromotive they will not admit to that and indicate it must be a problem in my setup, BS. I've had 2 of these pumps, removed filters based on their recommendations and anything else I could think of and about a 1.5hrs of street driving is all it will do and it overheats and stops. Let it rest a bit and it will start right back up but is sure is a pain in the a.. I've removed it and put on a stock pump with NO problems. I just couldn't see installing $1500 worth of Aeromotive stuff and then needing another $300 gizmo to make it work. Sorry for the rant, but I've been stuck on the side of the road so many times fighting with this thing I'll never use another Aeromotive part.