Topic: Q: Do I need an inertial fuel pump cutoff switch? Should I bypass it?
My rookie team and I had a work day this past weekend and after one of my fellow monkeys... team members found the inertial fuel pump shutoff switch and he proceeded to turn it off. 20 minutes of trying to figure out what the hell I had done to the ECU/dash/gauge cluster (I was mucking around in the front at the time) later, it finally dawned on me what had happened.
Anyways, I started thinking about the possibility of being bumped (or bumping into somebody) on the track and it occured to me that should the inertial switch get tripped, it's going to be super inconvenient (and quite possibly dangerous) to go all the way back into the trunk to push the switch down again.
My thought is that perhaps I should wire in a bypass (either to eliminate it altogether or to bring the cutoff switch forwards to the driver's dash area). Plus, this also gives me another item I can sell to the enthusiasts on TCCOA.com
I understand it's meant to cut off the fuel pump in the event of an accident but without power (i.e.: with the kill switch turned to OFF), the same result will occur.
Q: Is eliminating this inertial switch a good idea?
Q: If so, should I just go ahead and deactivate it completely (short it out) or should I run a wire so that I have manual cutoff capabilities from the driver's console?
I know this may seem like a mundane question to you folks rebuilding 50's radial engines to shoehorn into small cars but this is the first project car we've taken on and we want to do things right. Or attempt to at least.
Thanks in advance for your replies,
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