Fuel pumps?

[charliecroker]

You guys that race, I'm hoping for some advice please? I've had two fuel pumps fail on me in the last 2 months admittedly they were poor quality. But now I'd like to get something much more reliable for the Elite, the are of the external inline electric pump type and would need to be follow suit. I'm thinking you guys that race should know a thing or two about the best options, any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks Charlie :-)

[Midas]

Not a racer per se but I've always had good results with Facet pumps.

[skylinedave]

+ 1 for Facet . They are tried and tested and been around for donkeys years . Not overtly expensive eith
You can see how big a company they are here

www.facet-purolator.com/markets-served.php


You can get them pretty much anywhere as well [ steer clear of ebay you never know hats fake ]

Demon tweeks , Burtons etc or here www.fuelpumpsonline.co.uk/facet-fuel-pumps-8-c.asp

[charliecroker]

My original pump was a facet that failed, but in all honesty it was old and on it's way out anyway. I then changed it for a cheap jobby off ebay which has worked ok but again failed today. So time to upgrade to something that will last?

[welshpug]

is it a low pressure carb pump you need or a high pressure Injection pump?

[charliecroker]

Low pressure carb, dell'ortos dhla 45 to be exact. Someone in the Lotus forum has just given another thumbs up for the facet.

[welshpug]

yeah I'd go for one of them, I don't know of any others for a carb setup.

[colnerov]

Hi, If you want a puller type pump rather than a pusher, then the Huco pump is good.-

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360758769989?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Colin

[Midas]

Whatever you fit, get a decent pre-filter on it and keep any rubbish from the tank out of the pump.

[ChasR]

People moan about the SU pumps but bar them oaccasionally sticking from a lack of use I have found them to be very reliable and never leave me stranded.

However, Facet pumps do work very well ; I would insulate it well however to dull down the noise.

[charliecroker]

Cheers lads, all good advice. I'm just wondering if my current pump failed because it was horizontally fitted? When reading the fitting instructions on the facet website they say 'vertical fitment', maybe something as simple as that clogs the thing up prematurely?

[adam73bgt]

Aug 29, 2015 19:49:47 GMT ChasR said:

People moan about the SU pumps but bar them oaccasionally sticking from a lack of use I have found them to be very reliable and never leave me stranded.

However, Facet pumps do work very well ; I would insulate it well however to dull down the noise.

+1 for SU pumps, the one in my B was a bit of an unknown quantity but worked fine for the 3 or so years I had it on the road, even when I wasn't using/starting the car for weeks on end

[charliecroker]

Cheers chaps, I put this question on the lotus forum aswell to get a cross section of views and most came back with the red top facet, so I've got one on order. Thanks again, really appreciate the advise. Happy days, Charlie ;-)