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yo, putting a 5mge into my hilux and considering various options for fuel delivery. obviously there is standard tank with a an external efi fuel pump, which will need a lift pump as well. I also have a ln130 v6 efi tank here, which is siilair size, but sits slightly lower, but can probaly modify mounts to bring it up, problem here is he filler neck is in a different place but culd prolly be fixed up with a bend or 2, what route have other people taken for this conversion?

I ran a standard fuel tank with a surge tank under the bonnet . this will run when your on your lid. trust me I should know

using a lift pump and a vl pump?

ran two fuel pumps one from the fuel tank to the surge tank and another one from the surge tank to the motor, these were both supra fuel pumps(electric ones) but the vl pumps are the same.

why you going for the 5m, they are a great motor but are getting old. I have just pulled out my 5m and have gone for the 2jz

lol, i bought the 5m off you. i just want a bit of extra power and cant really justify spending crap loads more money on it

shit you still havent got it in yet

The 5m is bang for buck though Ive just poured another 1k into the 2jz and its only sitting in the hole but just needs to be wired up

yea, i sat it in the hole when i bought it and just getting back into it now, i'll get it wired up this weekend, just figuring out cheapest/reliable way of fueling it.

If you want the cheapest way of fueling it just bang on a vl pump from the tank to the motor and leave it at that. To set up a surge tank propley you will be looking at the best part of $300 but its worth it when you get on some hell angles

vl pump will starve unless gravity feed/lift pump

i have a ln6o fuel tank running a vl fuel pump and have had no problems with fuel getting through

scs wrote:vl pump will starve unless gravity feed/lift pump

no it wont its a electric pump so it will suck the gas through the pump so it dose not need to be gravity feed

I never had any fuel issues when running a vl commy pump in my landrover (with injected 202). I also ran low pressure fuel line aswell. No reason to get the expensive shit

commodores mostly have a lift pump to feed the efi pump, efi pumps are hella good at pushing but not very good at sucking. they do starve and quite often end up seizing up, talked to a few efi specialists about it, gonna run a modded surf tank with intank pump to remove any problems.

scs wrote:commodores mostly have a lift pump to feed the efi pump,

not the vk or vl commys ive had

hey, I gaot a 7m inmy lux and have just used a super cheap pump, was only meant as a temp one but shes still goin strong and never once has it starved on me, its just an inline one $190

scs wrote:commodores mostly have a lift pump to feed the efi pump, efi pumps are hella good at pushing but not very good at sucking. they do starve and quite often end up seizing up, talked to a few efi specialists about it, gonna run a modded surf tank with intank pump to remove any problems.

Fark I ran a vl commy pump for years with it on a standard tank in line down by the fuel tank and never had any troubbble with it. Sounds $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to shag arround with the fuel tank I thought it was going to be done on the cheep. Just do as everyone one else has and use a vl commy pump in line

My 2JZ runs a vl pump with filter each side, sitting on the chassis rail ... no issues here and it onlyh cost me $21 for the pump

i bought an efi surf tank and modified it, just needed the filler neck etc moved. intank pump with a good swirl pot in the bottom, get everything out of the way and reliable. tank almost bolts sraight in needs some minor mods