Firstly I am going to speak of hose sizing in ID (and approximated), I can’t remember what AN size they are.
Last year our entire fuel system was located entirely in about 4’ from fuel rail to tank.
This year our cell is located in the front of the car. We have a high pressure FI fuel pump with bypassing regulator.
Last year we used 1/2” ID SS hose from the tank, to the pump, to the regulator and from regulator return to tank. We used a 3/8 (?)ID hose on the high pressure side to the fuel rail.
My question is:
Is it OK to mount the fuel pump and regulator close to the tank in the front of the car and a 10' (or so) high pressure line to the fuel rail.
For some reason I think it is recommended that you mount the regulator as close to the motor as possible. THis would mean that I would have to have a 2 runs of larger diameter hose (unless I change fitting sizes, this means getting rid of about 250$ worth of Aeroquip fittings and buy about 200 worth of smaller fittings to suit the new hose)
But of the flip side 2 runs of the larger hose alone will cost about 200 (as apposed to one run of smaller).
The current motor is 1.5 but want the fuel system able to run the turbo motor (500 hp)
Will running a smaller hose to the front be bad for the motor or should I keep the fuel system in the rear and by proxi retain the weight to the back half?