Just a heads up.
I am getting some new thicker fuel pump spacers made that will should allow us to use the Carter or Delphi pumps with no worries since the OEM pump is harder and harder if not impossible to obtain.
Many places that we would normally order an OEM pump are not saying DISCONTINUED.
These will be made of LE Phenolic Linen (Micarta) and is significantly more heat resistant than ABS. This is because phenolic is a thermoset plastic, which is cured through heating and forms permanent chemical bonds that resist melting. ABS, a thermoplastic, softens and deforms at much lower temperatures.
So no... your 3D printer will not be able to print something that will withstand the heat.
Also you cannot simply use aluminum or any metal as that will transfer heat from the cylinder head to the pump and boil your gas in the pump, causing issues.
Phenolite (bakelite) is the way.
This is a spacer but more so an insulator. That is actually what it is, we just call it a spacer and it is needed as a spacer as well.
Not sure of a price yet, but they won't be super cheap. The cost to make, and shipping...ugh.
Stay tuned.
