Fuel pumps

[Cro]

Anyone have an idea if the fuel pumps are the same on the meganes and 197's? No idea why but something triggered in my mind when I was looking at Wills RR results that I can't for the life of me remember if I changed out the fuel pumps or not when I did the build :S

 

[Willis]

Nope, they're different mate and Megane one won't fit in the Clio carrier.

Litchy has been doing allsorts of experiments with carriers and pumps to see what fits what and what can fit in the Clio tank.

 

[MikeLYR27]

Just get an external fuel system like i have, much easier!

 

[Williamspaul]

Isn't the 197 up to the job of fueling a 225 engine ??

 

[Willis]

Yeah more than capable, Litchy and Oscar360 are 300BHP+ on it.

 

[MikeLYR27]

Isn't the 197 up to the job of fueling a 225 engine ??

Yeah but up to a point, at 300bhp they are near enough maxed out.

 

[Willis]

The 225 one gives up not far after too from what I've read.

 

[shakey_hand_man]

Worth noting is that when you start getting beyond 300bhp, the fuel rail starts to become an issue

 

[Williamspaul]

I never plan to run more than 300 so I'm more than with its tolerances

 

[Cro]

Yeah 300 will probably be my absolute max this time round, just in case if gets anywhere near there

 

[litchy]

Fuelling has been my biggest challenge since SteC sorted my conversion. Car runs fine but I know there's another 20bhp+ Eq torque, general adjustability and importantly safety if it's sorted properly. It's safe at 308 bhp at mo. I know I could go with the external set-up but my philosophy is it's important that the cost justifies the potential gain. It's makes no sense at mo playing £500 and the cost to map, another £300 for those gains.

Most things can be resolved by money, but the fun for me (not for SteC cause I keep peckin' his head with different ideas) is coming up with easier and potential cheaper solutions. The idea is these solutions can then be passed on making the conversion even more complete.

 

[Williamspaul]

If I wanted more power I would 250 engine it

 

[litchy]

If I wanted more power I would 250 engine it

Guess so. For me it made sense cause the 250 engine only had 6k on it, and they are good for 350+ Standard without the need to forge them. Was a no brainer cause cost me less than a 225 engine too!!!

 

[Womble]

I did this with my Focus RS, use the standard pump to lift into the swirl pot, then feed a Bosch 044 copy, enough for about 500bhp, I was running 330bhp and 400 ftlb of torque at 30psi of Boost on a stock Turbo, woohoo



I used copper pipe for oil boilers for the piping and it cost about a £100 to do

 

[shakey_hand_man]

Cheap option I already fabricated: you could run 5bar static or run a regulator...

You could run 400bhp + with this

BR
Andy

 

[litchy]

Cheap option I already fabricated: you could run 5bar static or run a regulator...

You could run 400bhp + with this

BR
Andy

First Dibs please......

 

[930Tech]

Will a walbro pump not fit in the standard pump housing?

 

[shakey_hand_man]

Walbro might fit, the pic I posted was just a lash up with bits I had in the garage. I used an aero pump

 

[litchy]

Inbox is full Andy

 

[shakey_hand_man]

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