fuel filter location

[Stuart Baly]

Simon wrote:
>This is what I have found out about installing your own efi.....

>1) the fuel pump needs to be as clost to the tank as possible.
>2) In line filters can go any where.
>3) the Fuel pressor regulator has to be on the fuel rail.
>4) the return fromthe regulator needs to go back to the tank.
>5) a surge tank is a VERY good idea when using a std fuel tank.

I'll be installing my own system on my Datsun 1600 soon, and this is 
the setup I'm planning to use:
The standard fuel line enters the engine bay right up the front on 
the drivers side. I plan to take the output from the standard 
mechanical fuel pump to a surge tank at the front drivers side of the 
engine bay. The EFI pump will be mounted next to the surge tank, and 
the return line will go back to the surge tank. The part of the 
engine bay where the tank/pump goes is fairly unaffected by engine 
heat. If vaporisation is a problem, I'll extend the return line back 
and forth in front of the radiator a couple of times. The only other 
problem might be that the return line will be under pressure - the 
standard fuel pump will keep the surge tank/return line at about 3-4 
psi.

Any comments/suggestions?

Stuart.
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Stuart Baly (s.baly at bom.gov.au)
Technical Officer
Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station
'71 Datsun 510, '81 Yamaha RD350LC, '89 Kawasaki GPz900R
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