Radium Engineering E90 In-tank Surge Tank

sirdaft1

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So Radium had this at PRI. Huge development for us roadcourse guys. Good news is it’ll apparently fit more than one LPFP and will be available late 1Q19/early 2Q19. Word is pricing will be around $600ish???? Patiently waiting for more details...

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If this is a true surge tank design, means it needs to be fed by a lift pump. My assumption is they would be using the factory pump and bucket to feed this unit. If this is true you basically loose all closed loop feedback from the DME on your LPF system. How are you going to control those extra pumps? just power on with a relay and use the regulator the whole time? It would work, but is that really what you want to do?

I suppose if someone made a fuel pump controller and you rigged the lift pump on a relay it may work ;-)
 

sirdaft1

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If this is a true surge tank design, means it needs to be fed by a lift pump. My assumption is they would be using the factory pump and bucket to feed this unit. If this is true you basically loose all closed loop feedback from the DME on your LPF system. How are you going to control those extra pumps? just power on with a relay and use the regulator the whole time? It would work, but is that really what you want to do?

I suppose if someone made a fuel pump controller and you rigged the lift pump on a relay it may work ;-)

Details on this solution are still sparse. That photo and those few details listed above were sent to me by my builder Eric at EFab who briefly spoke with those guys at PRI. We should know more in the coming months.
 

veer90

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If this is a true surge tank design, means it needs to be fed by a lift pump. My assumption is they would be using the factory pump and bucket to feed this unit. If this is true you basically loose all closed loop feedback from the DME on your LPF system. How are you going to control those extra pumps? just power on with a relay and use the regulator the whole time? It would work, but is that really what you want to do?

I suppose if someone made a fuel pump controller and you rigged the lift pump on a relay it may work ;-)

Don't need closed loop control if the pumps supply enough to maintain target pressure (72, 75, 80, whatever psi) and there's a return line for the excess fuel.

Hobbs trigger would be perfectly acceptable or even just an ignition trigger, pumps on when the car is on
 

The Convert

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Don't need closed loop control if the pumps supply enough to maintain target pressure (72, 75, 80, whatever psi) and there's a return line for the excess fuel.

Hobbs trigger would be perfectly acceptable or even just an ignition trigger, pumps on when the car is on
Just running the pump constantly will just continually heat the fuel and prematurely wear the pumps out. Proper control of the pumps is a better solution.
 

Dreyo27

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Most PI cars have a return lines. Meaning the fuel gets circulated and dumped. Think of our cars as a cooling system, but with only inlet into the radiator and no outlet. Will water conduct heat sure, but without circulation it will no be able to disapate the heat as effeciently as a system that has circulation.
 

aus335iguy

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There’s nothing stopping us from having a return. In fact I suspect that’s exactly what most surge tanks like this allow for
 

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This kit will come to them market VERY soon. I spoke with Radium last week. It'll be awesome.
 
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I use a lot of radium products and the build quality is awesome, who ever comes to market with the best solution will get my money.