Had a day at the track but suffered going round bends on power , looking at getting a fuel swirl pot but wondering where the best spot is to put one , presumably the boot ??

 

My set up
To give you an idea


Cheers
Steve

 

Some nifty pipe work Steve ! Thanks

 

just started doing mine today

 

 

I bought this swirlpot works wel and easy to install.
http://www.biesheuvel.nl/automotive/...ltr-19627.html

 

I feel safer with it mounted in the engine bay on road cars , reason being if someone hits you hard in the rear there is a chance that a pipe could be broken or pulled off and fuel would be spraying inside the car with no fire wall as protection , so if the worst did happen and it caught fire it would only take secs to burn though the rear seat

Just my own reason for mounting it in the engine bay on a road car with rear seats still in place

 

Thanks one of my main reasons for it going in the engine bay. Will be putting a cold air feed to the swirl pot and have a plumbed in extinguisher system that will have a couple of nozzles over it

 

Rbon I would of sitted it nearer the back as its a bit close to the front corner,if you have a front end collision it could turn out bad,just something to think about when positioning one as it does and will hold a fair bit of fuel in it.like the idea about the fire extinguisher,as that is exactly what I have done.Your car is coming along well mate.SJ.

 

Sorry Rbon, this isnt pointed specifically at your setup, but crash zones of a car are normally seen as in front of front wheel centreline or behind rear wheel centreline, so ideally it wants to be tucked up under the strut brace rather than right behind the headlight.

You could say that in a heavy shunt its still at risk as the engine will be stuffed back into the swirl pot, but its alot more protected than ontop of the crush can of the chassis rail.

Completely agree about the added risk of it in the boot and not being firewalled away from the occupants, even if it is out of the crash zone and right up by the rear bulkhead.

Just my 2p.

 

FYI, this is where i stuck mine, picking up on the inner front tower and supported on the inner edge to the strut brace.

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Struggling for room further back unfortunately. Thinking of boxing it in and doing a heat shield aswell. And just hope that I never have a front end tbh ..

Thanks Yeah car is finially getting there

 

Yes mate totally agree with you. When I next take my engine out I will be making something at the rear of the bulk head to support the swirl pot. And will move it..

 

cool beans.

Pic above (and below is the first attempt which highlighted a few shortcomings, learnt alot from it and ive just had another pot made slightly differently to package things a bit better.

If you need any pointers (im no expert but some unexpected issues popped up as i was doing it), or something drawn up for a custom fabrication then just shout.

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