dan1120 0 Posted April 15, 2008 Got r1 carbs on my car took it to the rolling road today,and at the top end was running out of fuel,ive got my facet fuel pump bolted to the inner wing,but the bloke said i should put it in the back near the fuel tank as the facet pushes fuel better than drawing it??is this right if so can i use the ign fed live from the excisting fuel pump??and do i have to run a new fuel pipe in from pump to my filter king or can i use the old fuel pipe some how?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz_C 8 1 Cars Posted April 16, 2008 Got r1 carbs on my car took it to the rolling road today,and at the top end was running out of fuel,ive got my facet fuel pump bolted to the inner wing,but the bloke said i should put it in the back near the fuel tank as the facet pushes fuel better than drawing it??is this right if so can i use the ign fed live from the excisting fuel pump??and do i have to run a new fuel pipe in from pump to my filter king or can i use the old fuel pipe some how?? It shouldn't be running out of fuel ! My 16v is running over 200bhp and using a facet red top with no issues of running out of fuel. And thats mounted on the inner wing. Maybe you have a restriction somewhere ? Did you know the Facet Red top has a fuel filter built into the end so you don't necessarily need a filter king imo. Check the pump is getting the right voltage (s*itty connectors etc) as they are very sensitive to a voltage drop I have found. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swordfish210 20 Posted April 16, 2008 Hi, funnly enough i had my bike carb'd XT on the rollers the other day and it was running out of fuel at high rpm. The problem was that i didnt have the carbs angled down enough and it was draining the fuel out of the floats just enough for the main jet to stop picking up the fuel. How much mave you got your carbs angled at? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfield 20 Posted April 16, 2008 Did you know the Facet Red top has a fuel filter built into the end so you don't necessarily need a filter king imo. You'll still need the pressure regulator that comes on top of the filter though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz_C 8 1 Cars Posted April 16, 2008 You'll still need the pressure regulator that comes on top of the filter though In my experience a regulator isn't necessary if the carbs are in good condition as the float needle stops any fuel when the carbs are full. This is only my experience on the Webber carbs I've had running my 8v and 16v for near on 7 years with no issues in that area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dan1120 0 Posted April 16, 2008 In my experience a regulator isn't necessary if the carbs are in good condition as the float needle stops any fuel when the carbs are full. This is only my experience on the Webber carbs I've had running my 8v and 16v for near on 7 years with no issues in that area. thnaks for the replys,ill still had the pump pulling through my old injection fuel filter and the old fuel pump didnt have time to take these off,so maybe that was restricting it??as only had it running at low rpm and was ok but as soon as he did a power run is was running out!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dan1120 0 Posted April 16, 2008 Hi, funnly enough i had my bike carb'd XT on the rollers the other day and it was running out of fuel at high rpm. The problem was that i didnt have the carbs angled down enough and it was draining the fuel out of the floats just enough for the main jet to stop picking up the fuel. How much mave you got your carbs angled at? wasnt the carbs running out ive got the glass bowl type filter king and the fuel wasnt getting through that quick enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bensonmi 4 2 Cars Posted November 25, 2008 had that problem before on an old xr3i (shame) on twin 40's when the facet was up front, so moved it back closer to tank in the original position and it worked a treat. also never used a regulator with them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DM88PUG 0 Posted November 28, 2008 I have my facet redtop mounted on the inerwing and im on dello45s mine overfuels to about 5500rpm then its fine lol, filterking needed i recon then il see how it runs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTI6BOY 29 Posted November 28, 2008 Im running 200bhp and use standard fuel pump and i have never run out of fuel??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
