Advice: Fuel Pump Relocation Location Options

[bkrantz]

What do you all think of this location for mounting my new pump in the front?

Besides space, I have some other goals:

1. Avoiding mounting on any sheet metal shared with the passenger compartment.
2. As much protection as possible.
3. Short fuel line runs between the tank, filter, pump, and hard lines.
4. Access to the lines without pulling the tank.
5. Access to the pump without pulling the tank.

My proposed location probably does not satisfy goal 5 (maybe), but otherwise I like it.

[914_teener]

What do you all think of this location for mounting my new pump in the front?

Besides space, I have some other goals:

1. Avoiding mounting on any sheet metal shared with the passenger compartment.
2. As much protection as possible.
3. Short fuel line runs between the tank, filter, pump, and hard lines.
4. Access to the lines without pulling the tank.
5. Access to the pump without pulling the tank.

My proposed location probably does not satisfy goal 5 (maybe), but otherwise I like it.

Don't put it under the tank or the rack cover.

All goals including 5 can be had by putting it just behind the firewall behind the passenger seat on the engine compartment side. It's not near the exhaust and you can easily get to it to inspect the filter and run minimal flexible fuel lines. If there is an issue with the pump, you can easily get to and and no Rube Goldberg arcs with the fuel line to kink to try to hit the fuel line opening in the tunnel.

Mount it with some rivnuts and the stock threaded bushings.

Did a thread on it many many moons ago.

Good luck...you did ask for advice.

[bkrantz]

What do you all think of this location for mounting my new pump in the front?

Besides space, I have some other goals:

1. Avoiding mounting on any sheet metal shared with the passenger compartment.
2. As much protection as possible.
3. Short fuel line runs between the tank, filter, pump, and hard lines.
4. Access to the lines without pulling the tank.
5. Access to the pump without pulling the tank.

My proposed location probably does not satisfy goal 5 (maybe), but otherwise I like it.

Don't put it under the tank or the rack cover.

All goals including 5 can be had by putting it just behind the firewall behind the passenger seat on the engine compartment side. It's not near the exhaust and you can easily get to it to inspect the filter and run minimal flexible fuel lines. If there is an issue with the pump, you can easily get to and and no Rube Goldberg arcs with the fuel line to kink to try to hit the fuel line opening in the tunnel.

Mount it with some rivnuts and the stock threaded bushings.

Did a thread on it many many moons ago.

Good luck...you did ask for advice.

Comments appreciated. In my previous life episode with 914s I tried to get both a street car and race car to work with fuel pumps in the engine compartment (stock location and elsewhere), and never had 100% success. In both cars I ended up with the pump up front, which also makes sense (to me) as pushing the longest distance instead of "pulling", more like relying on gravity.