Ok this is gonna be long, but not a complete rant, but hopefully one day this info will help someone and they will have better luck than I have! I am talking about the fuel system. This is the first car that I have ever built like this, and with the engine and supercharger set up, I needed the fuel system and supporting mods to match. With that said I designed the best fuel system I could and since I am a picky a-hole I wanted it to look great too! With the Saleen rear bumper and nice paint job, I did not want to hack up the rear bumper and throw in a sumped tank, so I decided to put my own system together! Here is what I have, and also some lessons learned along the way!
1) 2004 Mach 1 gas tank (Directly bolts in, I replaced all the gaskets on it, filler neck and fuel hat
2) 99-04 Division X duel pump fuel hat with custom made wiring harness (From Lethal Performance) also this makes the 99-04 tanks return style!
3) 2-340 LPH Aeromotive stealth pumps
4) ALL PFTE (teflon) lined hose, -10an feed, and -8an return.
5) Trick Flow black 10 micron in line filter (both pumps have the prefilters on them 100 micron
6) Aeromotive "Y" block, 1 -10an in and 2 -8an out to the rails
7) Aeromotive/Trick Flow fuel rails
8) Aeromotive Marine black 1:1 boost reference regulator
9) All hose ends are Fragola PFTE, and Fragola adaptors
10) insulated clamps riveted to the car, and made to fit on the intake to hold the rails.
I did the cleanest job I could, and after firing up the the pumps there were 12 leaks, everyone of the fittings that were angled leaked! What a nightmare! THe straight fittings did not leak a drop, and all of them are tight as hell! SO I called Summit, where I got the fittings and talked to tech, and they had me call Fragola. The tech guy told me to tighten the shit out of them after adding grease to the ends and re do them, they all still leaked. All four fittings on the rails, all 3 on the regulator and all 3 on the "Y" block. I am pissed, so I called the Summit back and Brent from Fragola, and said that they are as tight as they can get them, or I will strip them. They asked about my set up and the brands of everything, and determined that the an adapters that the hoses attach to, were not fragola and not all AN spec 37 degree angles are the same, so Summit exchanged the Earls fittings out and shipped me the same parts in Fragola brand. I installed them and fired up the pumps, and still had 3 leaks! At least 9 of the fittings stopped leaking, but this was also only at 20 PSI! I will need upwards of 60! SO I called Summit back, and they 3 way called Fragola. (FYI the fittings were leaking where the fittings little silver pin is and out of the back of the "b" nut, or female socket, not where I attached the hose, those are perfect, no leaks.
SO Brent from Fragola sent a Sales Manager/Rep to my house, he came by today and looked at everything, was a great guy, and took apart one fitting and added grease, and retightened it, and we fired up the pumps, it leaked! He said that this must be a bad batch, and asked me to completely remove everything, tank to rails, and send it all to Fragola.
Here is where great customer service changed my mind from returning it all and going with another brand..... I am sending everything to them, the hoses, fittings and hose ends! They are giving me all new product, and putting it together at their shop, and pressure testing it all up to 3000 PSI to ensure it doesn't leak and then sending it back to me. I will ship it out tomorrow 8/30, and keep you posted!
Here is the picture of the clamps I made and attached to the rail mounting tabs on the lower trickflow intake, and I made it as clean as I could... TOO Bad I had to undo all of this!