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At 04:54 PM 8/1/2004 -0500, you wrote:
After ordering
pumps from Tracy, Laura informed me (see email below) that the inlet side
is fixed as a barb connection. So again I must go to the well of
knowledge for help. Anybody out there have a part number or source
for an EFI pump capable of using AN fittings on both sides. Thanks
again.
Ron,
This may sound weird coming from a Lancair guy, but Van's carry's a
Airflow Performance EFI pump that is very simlary to the one Tracy
carries (see attachment), but it has fittings on the inlet and
outlet. You can see their kit at
http://www.vansaircraft.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?ident=1091453251-382-303&browse=engines&product=fi-install
As you can see, it is much more costly, but then it includes much more
than just an efi pump.
With that said, I had an Airflow Performance pump that I had purchased
from an auto parts store in S. Calif. (don't remember the name) that was
around the same price as Tracy's pumps. You should be able to find
these at a good parts store in your neck of the woods. I am using
it on my 3-rotor installation. The only thing I don't like about it
is that the outlet is a banjo type fitting which requires the fuel system
make a 90 degree turn as it exits the pump. But that is a minor
annoyance. The problem was that the banjo fitting had a hose-barb
connection. I cut that down and tig welded an AN bung in place of
the barb. That solved that little problem.
Hope this helps some.
Mark S.
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