Wednesday, May 6, 2009

German Fuel Pump and Taiwanese Gauges

This is starting to be a multinational project.. From my Japanese car, Italian steering wheels and pedals and Australian wheels, now Germany and Taiwan joined the parade. I just got a used Bosch in-line fuel pump and few Autogauge meters. As with some of my previous purchase, i bought them online from modifikasi.com.

If you read my guide on putting a 4A-GE to Daihatsu Charmant here, you'll know that i need a high pressure in-line fuel pump to cope with the gas requirement of a 4A-GE. A smallport 16v 4A-GE requires fuel pump capable of making at least 40 psi of pressure and flow 80 lph. Let's see if my Bosch fuel pump is up to the spec.
Since i am not in Jakarta and i had the pump delivered home, i asked my dad to tell me the part number of the pump. It is 0 580 254 942. Once i got the part number, next is easy. I got a reference sheet for many Bosch fuel pumps (sorry, forgot where i got it on the net). One quick peek at the sheet, i got the flow is 130..200 lph and pressure is 500 kPa which is around 72 psi. Phew! I got the correct pump after all. You see, the excess pressure will be handled by the fuel pressure regulator so that's why when it comes to choosing the correct fuel pump, bigger is better. Of course, as with anything in life, too much of something is never a good thing. So don't get a 200 psi fuel pump, for instance. Also my dad already checked the continuity of the terminals using a multimeter and the ohm read was just as expected. Hopefully, it'll work perfectly.
I also got me some used Taiwanese Autogauge meters just for fun, seen below. They look black because of the model, the smoke lens gauge series. I know they are not the diamond-cut precision type like Defi or Autometer, but who cares, they are cheap. I am supposed to keep my eyes on the road when driving, not on these gauges. Yeah, they are there just for the "wow" factor.
If anyone cares, they measure voltage, water temp, intake vacuum, oil temp and oil pressure. Why did i buy the smoke lens series? Well because i already have two more of this series at home, measuring air to fuel ratio and engine RPM from my previous ride. So in total i have SEVEN of these cheap gauges. Why so freakin' many? Well hopefully, i can have something like this as my dash panel..
What's left is to figure out how to have a working speedometer and especially fuel tank meter. Wouldn't want to run 150 kph on the freeway and stall my engine from empty tank.. Most probably i'll be using the original meters for them, cut to fit with the other 7 gauges, indicator lamps and some switches. I don't want to ruin the original speedometer so i guess another hunt to the junkyard is needed.

2 comments:

  1. Man, you kept getting the good stuffs, cool!

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  2. Yeah but i am getting addicted to buying unimportant stuff man! Important stuff are still missing from my 4A-GE and i'm buying these damn gauges.. LOL

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