GIMME FUEL

HERE’S a trend we’re seeing more often on today’s E85-swilling hi-po street fighters: a mechanical fuel pump!

“I used to run the biggest electric pump Magnafuel makes, and in the videos from Summernats it’s all you can hear,” Phil laughs.

In the interests of streetability, Phil turfed that in favour of a Magnafuel Pro Outlaw 1000, a pump capable of supplying 3000hp worth of NA engine with race juice. “It used to be belt-driven off the crank, but the fuel was getting cooked by the exhaust, so I moved it to the back of the car – it’s better at pushing than pulling anyway. Now it’s run off a Waterman cable drive, the same set-up they use in NASCAR. It’s been flawless, not a single issue, and it’s absolutely silent.”