Will My Car Run Outta Petrol Early With The Bosch 040?

[Pauly33GTS-t]

you didnt mount it on the steel bracket thingie, u just extended the hose and let it sit at the bottom?... wait.. the steel thing is connected to the hose isnt it? how much did you extend champ?

[DivHunter]

the best option if you are chasing just a lil more power with a good tune would b a walbro pump in tank direct replacment just make sure it aint a ebay on i got one of those a long tome ago lasted a 2 power runs

A lot of people say the walbro are shite etc etc but I've been using mine for months now. Made sure I got a genuine one and it was installed correctly. Real test is coming though with a PFC (finally thanks to Slide) on the way and aiming at 265rwkw.

Your fuel will not 'run out early' with a bigger pump as the pump does not control the fuel delivery but merely circulates it. As already mentioned you can run into the problem of heating up the fuel in the tank if too much fuel is being recirculated back to the fuel tank (like being stuck in traffic with a 044 or two). You could get slightly less economy if your engine was running lean due to a dying pump before it was replaced.

[teazn_r33]

looks like that in my old pic w

[teazn_r33]

you didnt mount it on the steel bracket thingie, u just extended the hose and let it sit at the bottom?... wait.. the steel thing is connected to the hose isnt it? how much did you extend champ?

yer i connected it to the steel bracket but you have to be careful i got a hose the same size as the inlet glued it and zipped ties it to the small inlet the attached the filter to the bottom of the hose i only extended it about 7-10 cm hard to tell i was a while ago and im sure its at the tip now lol

[Gazee]

040 is fine for most mild gts's

woohoo

[RBwhatever]

I've heard that with the 040, because it doesn't have a pick up on it that you mount the pump as low as possible in the tank. But even so it won't be able to pick up as low as the stock pump and thus you'll come across running short of fuel before the tank is empty.

Has anyone here made an extension or pick up for the 040?