Rich asked: > Has anyone installed an electric fuel pump to back > up the engine driven unit?
Rich, Sure, those few who removed the header tank have done so. Some others have, perhaps with a change to a larger engine. But the header tank IS your backup for the engine driven fuel pump in a Coupe. If the fuel pump fails, you have a high speed hour of cruising. Even if you don't notice the problem for half that time, you still have enough fuel for a fine landing just about anywhere in the country. I would not complexify a Coupe's fuel system by adding an additional fuel pump. I DID and ALWAYS WILL look at that nose tank float wire every few minutes - at least every ten minutes. No way will I let myself run out of gas in a Coupe! (I'd feel so dumb I could never show my face in public again!) Ed Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com/Ercoupe/index.htm East Peoria, Illinois ed -at- edbur???khead.??com (remove the ? marks and change -at- to @)
