Looking for a carburettor accelerator pump or something like

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I'm looking for a carburettor accelerator pump thats not attached to the carburettor, or can be cut off.

Or something I can turn into one that won't melt in petrol.

I want to play around with a pump and jets in my old fords carburettor, see if i can improve it a little. But I really want to keep it in date (ish) so that means modifying my current WWI aeroplane carburettor and not sticking on a webber.

Anyone have any ideas?

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Max_Torque said:

I'd suggest trying to find a small lever type fuel pump, like this:



As it's designed for fuel, has the necessary one way valves etc.

You'll have to experiment with the lever actuation ratio, from a cam on the throttle shaft in order to deliver a suitable quantity of fuel to a suitable nozzle.

That would be perfect!

What is it?

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kev b said:

I might be way off course but could you adapt a girling brake or clutch master cylinder as fitted to minis and other classics?

What cc and horsepower is your engine? Some aero engined cars I have seen could use a watering can as an accelerator pump!

Its going to be too big for me, its only a 3.2 four pot.

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Sorry cars like that are a bit modern for me, or old its sort of a gap in my knowledge.

Everything I have owned or worked on has gone from gravity feed - auto vac - electric fuel pump.