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I have an Innovate LC-1 in Brisbane Matt. On the bench right now. No gauge, just connects to the Megasquirt. If you have a sensor point in your exhaust, you can borrow it if you want.

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Looking very good Simon, can't wait to you get it on the road. My effort in EFIing my car (pales against yours ) is still going well, and I have done over 5000 Kms since installing it.

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Can you run a 'swirl pot' under a front guard and run your efi to and return lines from that with an efi pump, and simply supply that with a single line and a traditional carby style pump?

Does that make sense?

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Swirl pot = two small aluminium saucepans + mig or tig.


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swirl pot won't actually help the issue - what happens when that fills up....

I think I'll just put a ball valve in the RH tank line, either shut it off completely, or use it as a restrictor

I had a brain wave about using an LPG solenoid to shut it off until the level in the left tank drops to half, then open it up until the level rises again... it'd work I think


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My post but replace 'swirl pot' with 'surge tank'.

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I know you probably don't want to tamper with a genuine RH tank if you need to make holes but ....

A t-piece in the return line to feed it to both tanks?

It seems like the simple answer.

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mickmini wrote:
I know you probably don't want to tamper with a genuine RH tank if you need to make holes but ....

A t-piece in the return line to feed it to both tanks?

It seems like the simple answer.

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yeah, it is logical - but as you said, I don't want to put holes in the RH tank....

I put a tap in it after work today. That'll do for now.

Hopefully my guru and I will take a drive tomorrow evening, me behind the wheel and him with the computer on his knees


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poeee wrote:
My post but replace 'swirl pot' with 'surge tank'.


I think it would be the same scenario. It would have to have return to the tank, so if it's still only plumbed into the LH side could cause the same problem.

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I had a brain wave about using an LPG solenoid to shut it off until the level in the left tank drops to half, then open it up until the level rises again... it'd work I think


Another Arduino project perhaps? :) I think I've got a few LPG solenoids kicking around if you'd like one...

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Another Arduino project perhaps? :) I think I've got a few LPG solenoids kicking around if you'd like one...



nah, way too simple for that - 3 resistors and one little comparator IC, maybe a diode too

but I think the tap will work for now, then I'll go with our other idea


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guru and I did some 'seat of the pants' tuning tonight, getting very nice, but the software on the laptop kept crashing :roll:


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It is a little complicated but modern saddle tanks run a float that controls a tertiary pump, this pump fills the other tank when one gets low.

Of course the simplest answer is to run a levelling line between the two tanks from the bottom.


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Of course the simplest answer is to run a levelling line between the two tanks from the bottom.


Never had a RH tank - why were they not fitted with this from the factory?

Another simple answer overlooked by the beancounters?

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They were fitted with a pipe between the tanks to self level. It works fine till you start sucking it out with a high pressure pump to feed injection and then block one of the tank vents and return all the fuel to that tank.


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I like the idea. You should get good cruse mpg. How is the setup looking at WOT?

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