Designing our own Fuel System (Group Assignment)

The last 2 weeks, we had a group assignment on creating and designing our own fuel system in a race car.

We designed everything from brainstorming the design of the fuel system to covering which components suit best and the total cost of expenses we need to spend.

Other major things we need to consider as a part of the assignment was that we need to take into account the volume available in a race car to fit our system and show the calculations and formulas we applied.

volume = area x height

= 1/2 x length x breadth x height

= 1/2 x 480mm x 380mm x 910mm

= 0.83m^3

= 83 litres

with that, we decided to have 80 litres for the fuel itself and the extra 3 litres to components needed in the fuel cell.

The components we use in this design are from demon-tweeks.co.uk :

1. jiffy-tite quick connect dry break fittings £14.11+VAT (x2)

2. automotive plumbing solutions SL200 series braided fuel hose £4.62+VAT

3. VDO in tank low pressure fuel pump £108.47+VAT (x4)

4. bosch 044 high performance fuel injection pump £158.80+VAT

5. ATL disposal in line fuel filter £68.72+VAT

6. mocal fuel filter neck hose elbows £22.17+VAT

7. empty fuel cell ~£1100

Estimated cost = ~£1816.41

(This design may not be up to standard in a real race as it is a beginners' design)

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