tpi for an early jaguar

[Bob Wooten]

I have a 71 Camaro that i put a TPI into.  to get the return line into my
take i took out the sending unit from tank.  I took it down to my radiator
shop & had him put into the sending unit the return line.  He had on hand
an old high pressure line for a power steering pump for an old Mercedes. 
the end of that that goes over & under the motor to get to the steering
gear is pre bent SS tube.  it had a shape that was close to putting the
fuel @ the bottom of the tank (so as not to splash & create foam).  we cut
the rubber line off & used the sending unit in the "empty" position to
guess where the bottom of the tank was.  he popped a hole in the top of the
sending unit, braised in the tube & i took it home & stuck it in.  I used a
-6 or -8 AN fitting on the other end & plumed a short section to the return
line (that was the original feed line to the carb).  I had plumbed a 1/2"
line, for the previous application (drag racing), as the feed line, so it
all worked our perfect.

worked great for me.

Bob Wooten



> [Original Message]
> From: Diane Stowe <DianeS at speakeasy.org>
> To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Date: 12/5/00 9:58:09 PM
> Subject: tpi for an early jaguar
>
> Hello out there. I need some advice. I just re-joined the list here.
> 
> I finally purchased, a tpi system for my '72 xj6 that has a 350
chevy/700r4
> and a 2:88 posi rear. the tpi is a '86 vintage. I thought I'd have the
> injectors checked out/cleaned and take it apart slowly and have it cleaned
> up. While I work on the problems below.
> 
> I know that I need to get an inline fuel pump. I know that holley makes
one.
> Does anyone have a part number suggestion ? or any other suggestion than a
> holley ?
> 
> also I am trying to resolve a tough problem with my return line design. I
> have 2 tanks one in each rear fender. There isn't really a gas filler neck
> to use for a return line. Neither are their fuel return lines natively in
my
> series of xj6. Later year replacment tanks, without cleaning and all, will
> cost me about $150 to $175 apiece. I'm desperately trying to think of some
> other solution like a small tank in the back to plump the return line to
and
> to pump fuel from. But I don't want to really experiment much at the tpi
> fuel pressures, nor do I want to create a bomb. Can anyone think of any
> other solution for this ?
> 
> thanks a lot, Diane Stowe
> 
>
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--- Bob Wooten
--- r71chevy at earthlink.net
--- 71-91 Camaro


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