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Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:20 pm

So, the time has come to run a fuel line for the buggy project. I know I should have done this before I mounted the body and engine, but didn't think much about it.

Anyway, my existing fuel line has been clipped at the frame head. I have the stock size barb on the tank. I will be running a 2180cc, 44Magnum+ heads, 44 Webers. This engine in my last buggy with stock fuel line didn't seem fuel starved at all.

It was suggested that I use #6 braided line through the tunnel. I went up to our local 'lines and fittings' store, and checked out the line, and mechanical fittings. The guy at the counter said it would feed and engine up to 600HP. MAN! The line is BIG. This really seems like overkill, and I'm not sure I can feed the #6 through the tunnel, using the existing fuel line route. Plus, it's pretty spendy, at $6 a foot, and $10-$15 for the fittings.

Is all this really necessary, since the fuel system is such a low-pressure one? And, if so, is there a fitting that will replace the fuel outlet on my stock tank, 'cause it seems moot to get a #6 line if the fuel will bottleneck at the tank outlet. Pulling the new tank is not an option at this point.

Thanks for any ideas.

Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:26 pm

Unless it will be a dedicated drag car... stock size hard line is fine.

Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:06 pm

Thanks for the quick reply Glenn.

Anyone have sources for a comparable hard line? How about some stainless stuff?

Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:14 pm

Uncle Bob,
When you figure out how to run the steel line thru the tunnel, would you please post how you did that.
Thanks Dave

Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:16 pm

Stock Fuel line will be OK. The stock VW Fuel line is about the best you can buy. We were running some propolyne oxide and having a hard time finding a fuel line that didn't deslove. Stock VW line was the only thing we found to hold up. www.vwhelp.com