E-85, cobra basket sucked dry?

fly boy

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I am running triple FORE return pump setup in a 03 cobra tank. The problem that I have come across is sucking the fuel basket dry. Has anyone else had this issue and if so what to do to fix issue? I did a gas tune on same day and was fine. So everything is working fine mechanically.
 

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Never heard of this issue. A full tank of fuel is a full tank of fuel. It doesn't know what kind of fuel it is pumping. :shrug:

I would suspect something else going wrong.
 

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We are figuring the pumps are to close to bottom of basket to draw enough e-85. Plenty of cobra tanks out there in higher hp cars on E-85, so tank should not be an issue.
 

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Did you have enough fuel in the tank to keep the pumps from fuel washing. (fuel sloshes to back of tank and pumps pick up air)
I know on my Lightning I have to have at least 1/2 tank of race fuel, or the pumps will wash out when I launch.
 

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You mean too close to bottom of the tank??

Yeah that is what I meant, cobra fuel basket is welded to bottom of the tank. The gt tanks with cobra pump setup are good for sloshing. Before I got my cobra tank, fuel level needed to be at least 1/2 tank for aggressive driving. I had this threads particular issue on the dyno. So even with cobra baffled tank the fuel is not moving much if at all.
 

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