Who's runnin injection?

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  1. mavtricks71

    mavtricks71 Member

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    Where are you injection guys running your fuel return line at? im tryin to find the best spot on the gas tank. pics would be appreciated:thumbs2:
     
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    I plan to just have a bung welded into the filler neck. I got an inertia switch off a '95 Crown Vic that will be wired to the fuel pump relay so that, god forbid, I should ever get rear ended bad enough, it'll stop the fuel pump immediately and not fill the trunk with gas...
     
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    Yea a lotta people do that....but i think id rather keep all the fuel under the car than inside the trunk, im just wandering if gas tanks can even be welded on? id like to just have a tube welded onto the tank somewhere.
     
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    Sam M. Just a nobody

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    I drilled a hole in the side of the tank, put one of those trans drain fittings in there with a 90 degree fitting and attached braided hose to it. Simple and cheap. As I recall, it was a bitch getting my arm inside the tank to tighten the fitting but I got it done. My inertia switch is mounted in the trunk on the support brace like the factory installations.
     
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    Both are good ideas....i just gotta figure out wich way too go....can tanks be welded or are they too thin?
     
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    <-- Return line ran parallel to feed line on the way to a JIC fitting going into the top of the fuel cell.
     
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    i used the carcoal canister vent line for mine..............went right in the top of the tank.
     
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    chirt Carlos Hirt

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    same as me!:Handshake
     
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    You can weld on a gas tank with no problem.

    If you use the cannister vent line, I would think you would either need to use a vented gas cap or add another vent to the top of the tank.
     
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    vented cap on mine.........
     
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    yes:)
     
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    my Holley Projection system said:
    "do not use the cannister vent line." :huh:

    vented cap on mine...

    ...:yup:...
     
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    dont know why mine seems to works ok........
     
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    well on my tank where the line goes it had a kind of a filter/breather black round plastic thing, anyways i took all that crap off so the fuel would flow with no restrictions and it's working fine for me!
     
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