Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #10156
From: DaveLeonard <daveleonard@cox.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: EFI Pumps
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:31:13 -0700
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

My pumps came with barb fitting on both sides, and they seem to work fine.
The inlet side is very low pressure and should cause even less of a problem.

Dave Leonard



Hi All,

   FWIW, I did some poking around with Google, and turned
up another alternative.  It, too, is a bit pricey - $145
(USD) for the pump and the AN8 fittings are another $7.20
each.  Moreover, the flow rate may be a bit of over-kill
@ 225L/Hr.

Take a look at:

http://www.fuel-pumps.net/inline.html

Dale R.
(wondering how they got away with a ".net" address on a
 commercial website)
((I remembered to delete all the attachments this time))

>
> >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=1091453251-3
82-303&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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