The Bird under construction
Getting ready for the Fuel System Part 3
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This will use a pusher type electric fuel pump, so the inlet of the fuel pump must be below the
discharge of the tank. Since electric fuel pumps can be easyly damaged by dirt, a fuel filter
is installed before the pump. The fyel supply line will go up over the rear suspension, then along
the right side, then up inside the right front shock tower, and terminate at a bulkhead fitting on
the front of the shock tower. The return will go from the rear of the shock tower, and along side
of the supply to near the rear, where it will come up through the flat area in front of the fuel cell.
It will use a bulkhead fitting here also.
There is a slight drop from the cell sump area to the fuel filter, and also from the fuel filter
to the fuel pump. This will make sure a good supply of fuel is at the pumps inlet at all times.
