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Originally Posted by ultra
If I ever end up in Cali you can school me pretty good on that bit, no doubt.
It's just kind of weird that nobody's come up with a fuel surge solution in the course of boosting and building these cars yet. It's a known issue (I think?) and these cars aren't new to being boosted anymore so I had assumed that somebody would have looked at doing stuff with fuel pumps and senders in order to address fuel starvation issues at some or other by now.
Edit: something along these lines perhaps:
http://store.bimmerworld.com/e36-fue...-kits-p39.aspx
At least the heat seems manageable but I just hope that people don't automatically equate effective heat management and a good tune with being ''Reliable', particularly when driving hard.
Tracking a car that might suddenly stutter or run lean in corners just seems like a considerable risk to keep in mind, particularly if you're boosted and can't get a blown motor replaced under warranty anymore.
Apologies if off topic; figured that surge and starvation issues are somewhat related to cooling in the 'overall reliability' sense.  |
A few reasons. The biggest one is that there's not really a good place to locate a surge tank. We've discussed with several manufacturers, and its effectively a "racecar only" solution, whereas with other platforms like the Evo, 02-14 WRX/STI, S2k, etc, there's a way to conveniently place the surge tank without intruding in trunk or passenger cabin space. This severely limits the market for such a solution.
On the other hand, fuel starvation hasn't been a huge issue... but we're also not pushing a ton of power. We do use a large pump.