Here is the skinny on Hydaramat. It is a great product. We run a set in the Blue SLC enduro.
1) What are you trying to accomplish?????
a) A single hydramat in a long tank with fuel low and migrating away from high g's will not fix a fuel starvation problem. Unless the hydramat extends the length of the fuel tank bottom or you have multiple hydramats plumbed to get that moving fuel.
2) If your pump pulls to much suction, you can overcome the surface tension of the fuel in the cloth fiber. If you pull the fuel thru the fiber, you suck air regardless of how many hydramats are plumbed.
If fuel moves away from your hydramat pickups, you might not break surface tension, but you are no sucking fuel either.
Some race teams have had bad experiences with the Hydramat for these very reasons.
2) We use a low pressure high volume Carb pump from the hydramats (yes plural) to a surge tank. From the surge tank the High pressure pump is connected. The low pressure carb pump does not pull enough suction to break the surface tension of the fuel in the hydramat.
3) As with any specialty fuel system, testing is key. Get a bucket of fuel and set up your fuel system and test it under your perceived conditions before committing to the fuel tank.
1) What are you trying to accomplish?????
a) A single hydramat in a long tank with fuel low and migrating away from high g's will not fix a fuel starvation problem. Unless the hydramat extends the length of the fuel tank bottom or you have multiple hydramats plumbed to get that moving fuel.
2) If your pump pulls to much suction, you can overcome the surface tension of the fuel in the cloth fiber. If you pull the fuel thru the fiber, you suck air regardless of how many hydramats are plumbed.
If fuel moves away from your hydramat pickups, you might not break surface tension, but you are no sucking fuel either.
Some race teams have had bad experiences with the Hydramat for these very reasons.
2) We use a low pressure high volume Carb pump from the hydramats (yes plural) to a surge tank. From the surge tank the High pressure pump is connected. The low pressure carb pump does not pull enough suction to break the surface tension of the fuel in the hydramat.
3) As with any specialty fuel system, testing is key. Get a bucket of fuel and set up your fuel system and test it under your perceived conditions before committing to the fuel tank.