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Morning all!
Now I've moved back up this neck of the woods for good, I thought it right to say 'Hello', and as the title suggests, make use of your knowledge.
I'm building up a kit car (Mini Marcos) and need the new mini van tank I have modifying. I'm looking to use injection and need the tank fitting with a return and also some sort of breather (to go to the charcoal cannister).
Can anyone recommend somewhere to do the work? I'm located in Ashington.
Cheers,
Graham
P.S. Better warn you - this'll probably be the first of many, many questions!!!
Now I've moved back up this neck of the woods for good, I thought it right to say 'Hello', and as the title suggests, make use of your knowledge.
I'm building up a kit car (Mini Marcos) and need the new mini van tank I have modifying. I'm looking to use injection and need the tank fitting with a return and also some sort of breather (to go to the charcoal cannister).
Can anyone recommend somewhere to do the work? I'm located in Ashington.
Cheers,
Graham
P.S. Better warn you - this'll probably be the first of many, many questions!!!
Evening Graham and hello.
I take it you just mean a couple of pipe outlets on the tank then? If so you could try Barrington metals on Barrington ind. est. Bedlington. They're a small engineering company who'll have a go at most things. They've done some quality bespoke work on my mates race cars before, so I don't think a couple of tank mods will have them stumped.
Only thing I'm not 100% sure on is if they weld but, just give them a quick ring with your requirements and find out. Pretty sure they do, or at least will know a man who can.
Why the switch to injection then? Nice lairy motor going in I hope?
I take it you just mean a couple of pipe outlets on the tank then? If so you could try Barrington metals on Barrington ind. est. Bedlington. They're a small engineering company who'll have a go at most things. They've done some quality bespoke work on my mates race cars before, so I don't think a couple of tank mods will have them stumped.
Only thing I'm not 100% sure on is if they weld but, just give them a quick ring with your requirements and find out. Pretty sure they do, or at least will know a man who can.
Why the switch to injection then? Nice lairy motor going in I hope?
marky911 said:
Evening Graham and hello.
I take it you just mean a couple of pipe outlets on the tank then? If so you could try Barrington metals on Barrington ind. est. Bedlington. They're a small engineering company who'll have a go at most things. They've done some quality bespoke work on my mates race cars before, so I don't think a couple of tank mods will have them stumped.
Only thing I'm not 100% sure on is if they weld but, just give them a quick ring with your requirements and find out. Pretty sure they do, or at least will know a man who can.
Why the switch to injection then? Nice lairy motor going in I hope?
I use Barrington a lot for work (nothing automotive related yet). They can certainly weld. Their work is excellent and well priced. Chris Robertson is the man to speak to. I take it you just mean a couple of pipe outlets on the tank then? If so you could try Barrington metals on Barrington ind. est. Bedlington. They're a small engineering company who'll have a go at most things. They've done some quality bespoke work on my mates race cars before, so I don't think a couple of tank mods will have them stumped.
Only thing I'm not 100% sure on is if they weld but, just give them a quick ring with your requirements and find out. Pretty sure they do, or at least will know a man who can.
Why the switch to injection then? Nice lairy motor going in I hope?
Cheers for the recommendation guys - Barrington it is then. I'll take a run up next week.
It's not so much a change to injection, more that I've got an MPi mini to compare with! I'm looking at getting a good road spec 1330 built (money permitting - proving a bit tight at the minute) and I think, for accurate fuelling its the way ahead. I would like to go programmable ecu eventually, but lets be honest, its an A Series - if I get a good 90bhp I'll be happy
Just out of interest, who would you recommend for engine machining? (If the insurance doesn't come through for my missing tools I'll probably end up building it myself).
It's not so much a change to injection, more that I've got an MPi mini to compare with! I'm looking at getting a good road spec 1330 built (money permitting - proving a bit tight at the minute) and I think, for accurate fuelling its the way ahead. I would like to go programmable ecu eventually, but lets be honest, its an A Series - if I get a good 90bhp I'll be happy
Just out of interest, who would you recommend for engine machining? (If the insurance doesn't come through for my missing tools I'll probably end up building it myself).
Resurrecting a thread here!
I've been along to Barrington's a few times this week and before Christmas but they're never open. Are they still trading does anyone know?
Their vans are still locked in the compund, but I've been along at various times of day with no luck. I need more fabrication done.
Cheers.
I've been along to Barrington's a few times this week and before Christmas but they're never open. Are they still trading does anyone know?
Their vans are still locked in the compund, but I've been along at various times of day with no luck. I need more fabrication done.
Cheers.
you could always use a separate "swirl pot" sort of device near the tank instead.
single line from the tank to the swirlpot, return from the injector feeds to the swirl pot and the take-off fropm the pot to the EFI fuelpump.
A lot of EFI cars with in-tank pumps use a very similar device actually inside the tank.
single line from the tank to the swirlpot, return from the injector feeds to the swirl pot and the take-off fropm the pot to the EFI fuelpump.
A lot of EFI cars with in-tank pumps use a very similar device actually inside the tank.
Red, I've got a kind of build thread on the mini marcos forum site - more a list of questions than building though:
http://www.minimarcos.org/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?b=...
Woody, I've got a (kind of) solution in my head for the injection, I'm after getting a new steering column bracket fabricated because I'm using the MPi column. If Barrington's have closed, I'll need to try and find another fabricator local to me.
http://www.minimarcos.org/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?b=...
Woody, I've got a (kind of) solution in my head for the injection, I'm after getting a new steering column bracket fabricated because I'm using the MPi column. If Barrington's have closed, I'll need to try and find another fabricator local to me.
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