I did not make it to the race tonight. My son says the electric fuel pump was getting very hot. Dodge neon in a dirt car class. Mostly stock but they require a fuel cell. The aftermarket pump has been turned down to 56psi at the fuel rail with what i would call a bypass regulator. No return line from the rail. We have the tank, fuel pump, regulator which bypasses extra pressure-fuel back to the tank. Pump is rated at 125psi. I do not remember the gph on it.
Now my question. If the gph is being restricted by hose size would this make the pump run hot. Is the gph just a max number? If I go with a larger fuel line from the pump to the regulator and to the fuel tank return from the regulator would this help-cure it. They ran the same pump and tank setup on their other car, but I think it had the return off the rail. My son says it is the same. We have both pumps,regulators and they just swapped the rail and injectors off the wrecked car.
The factory steel fuel line is small. But it did work before this weekend.
Ideas ?
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