Fueling My Mini
#1
Posted 29 February 2012 - 09:52 PM
also on fuel injection cars they have 3 petrol lines i now 1 is the in to the injector rail the other is retern the the 3rd is a thinner pipe that goes to the fuel preshure valve on the tank does this just need to be connected to a vacume of the engine
and one last question will my mpi pump fuel my b16 or will i need a heigher flow pump
thanks for any help
#2
Posted 29 February 2012 - 09:56 PM
..i think the standard was 6mill though, but not too sure!
#3
Posted 29 February 2012 - 09:58 PM
If its any help, i used 8mill microbore from the local plumbers!
..i think the standard was 6mill though, but not too sure!
Don't use normal copper pipe for fuel or brake hoses, please
It's not flexible enough, and will crack over time, and the next thing you know you'll have a burnt out shell.
#4
Posted 29 February 2012 - 10:08 PM
If its any help, i used 8mill microbore from the local plumbers!
..i think the standard was 6mill though, but not too sure!
Don't use normal copper pipe for fuel or brake hoses, please
It's not flexible enough, and will crack over time, and the next thing you know you'll have a burnt out shell.
Very good valid point, household stuff is not designed to cope with what a car throws at it.
#5
Posted 29 February 2012 - 10:26 PM
#6
Posted 29 February 2012 - 10:33 PM
If its any help, i used 8mill microbore from the local plumbers!
..i think the standard was 6mill though, but not too sure!
Don't use normal copper pipe for fuel or brake hoses, please
It's not flexible enough, and will crack over time, and the next thing you know you'll have a burnt out shell.
iv already had one burned out shell i bort a brake pipe kit for a mini of ebay is that not good enough
im not planning on using house hold stuff for my mini going to but braided fuel pipe wen i find out what size
#7
Posted 29 February 2012 - 10:37 PM
iv already had one burned out shell i bort a brake pipe kit for a mini of ebay is that not good enough
Depends, it's not unknown for big companies to sell brake pipes made of bog standard copper.
#8
Posted 01 March 2012 - 08:15 AM
Get some copper piping from B&Q in the plumbing section, 8mm outside diameter, thats what I used and others have used aswell, no problems using that whatsoever, use this bore for both the feed and return lines
You can use the MPi pump if you want, others have, me personally I like to know I'm not gonna run out of fuel past 8000rpm, the MPi one might be ok but then again something like a walbro 255lph intank jobbie would be better, its got more than enough than you need so it caters for any mods you might choose later on aswell, don't get a cheap copy from ebay as you will regret it, I got mine from CLICKY just get anyone for a jap turbo car as they are all the same, the one I'm using is for a supra TT
Also make sure you have got a MPi pump rather than a SPi one if you are gonna be using it, check the numbers stamped on the side, if its got 5 numbers followed by 7 then its a SPi, if its got 8 numbers followed by 5 then its a MPi one
#9
Posted 01 March 2012 - 05:18 PM
#10
Posted 01 March 2012 - 09:57 PM
The correct material for brake pipes is Kunifer (one trade name), also known as cupro-nickel, and it is properly rated and approved. In the correct diameter it is also perfectly ok for fuel.
#11
Posted 03 March 2012 - 02:54 PM
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