Re: Facet, Purolator fuel pump
Either on of the pumps will work fine. If 4 psi is pushing the needle vlave off the seat, there is something wrong in the carburetors. A new SU fuel pump can be either 2.7 psi or 3.8 psi, depending on the modle SU pump that is purchased. It is really a toss up as to which way to go. 1.5 psi would be very much on the low side for a pump mounted back by the tank, that is the pressure of the low pressure SU pumps that are mounted on the firewall of hte older (T series cars). Mounting a pump with only 1.5 psi in the rear of the car would be a bit on the wimpy side by the time the fuel got to the carburetors. The back up pump that I installed on our MGB is the 2.5 - 4 psi Facet pump and it work fine. If the Midget pump mounts in the engine compartment, then the 1.5 - 3 psi pump would be fine, otherwise, go witht he 2.5 - 4 psi pump. As for the reduction of noise when using the sound mounts, I can say from experience that the Facet pump mouned onteh sound mounts is quieter than the properly mounted SU fuel pump in a MGB.
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