fuel pump question

[John Wu]

I didn't think so.
Paxton has a product that drops the voltage to the fuel pump to 6V when the
engine isn't at WOT or on boost. They claim it prevents the pump from
"burning out." Sounded a little phoney to me.
Sorry for the dumb question.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Haines <jhaines at lingenfelter.com>
To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: fuel pump question


>No, the pump won't burn itself out (the pump doesn't know if you are using
>the fuel in the engine or returning it to the tank). Using too big a pump
>can hurt you in terms of added and unneeded current draw, additional noise
>(bigger pumps tend to be noisier but this is probably not an issue on a
>ZX-11) and increased fuel temperature.
>
>
>Jason