ACCUMULATOR TANK

Wild Child's accumulator tank is designed to eliminate the fuel starvation associated with fuel injection and external fuel pumps. Fuel starvation occurs when fuel is sloshed away from the fuel tank pickup and the pump picks up air. Fuel injection systems do not have a fuel reservoir built into them like a carburetor float bowl.

 Our accumulator tank is filled from a supply pump (you can use your mechanical pump if you are converting to a TBI). The tank is kept full and the air is purged with a return line to the tank. The high pressure pump draws the fuel out of the accumulator tank, the motor also returns to the accumulator tank to maintain fuel as long as possible.

 The accumulator tank holds almost a quart of fuel, this will run a 5.0 for about 5 minutes with the fuel pickup in the main tank sucking air. As soon as the gas sloshes back over the fuel pick up the accumulator tank is refilled. With a standard off the shelf electric fuel pump the accumulator tank is filled in about 15 seconds. This means that if you get fuel to sloshed over your pickup for 15 seconds every 5 minutes your engine is still getting fuel.

Priced $ 90 including mounting bracket.