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Waterman Racing Components Presents

NASCAR Billet Bladder Plate & Cable Driven Fuel Pump

Effective at the start of the 2004 NASCAR Cup, Busch, and Truck seasons, NASCAR has allowed an alternative fuel pump to the rule book. This rule # 20B-16.5.2 allows the use of a fuel pump mounted in the trunk area, to be driven by a cable off of the oil pump. Waterman Racing has produced a Billet Aluminum Bladder Plate Assembly complete with vent and filler cages, also of billet aluminum. These units are of a modular design and all parts are replaceable if damaged. The plate was designed with the Waterman fuel pump in mind. Complete with a mounting pad for the fuel pump, this plate also allows both the air vent as well as the fill tube to be swiveled to the desired direction before being locked in position. Both the air vent and the fuel filler neck are available in either a straight or 90 degree design. The idea of mounting the pump on the bladder plate is not a new concept as most USAC Silver Crown dirt, as well as pavement cars are already utilizing a cable driven fuel pump system. The main reason for moving the fuel pump to the rear of the car is quite obvious, with the pump no longer mounted on the block just behind the A arm, the chances of the pump or the attached fuel lines being knocked off in an incident are greatly reduced. The fact that the fuel pump is no longer attached to the engine block reduces the chance of vapor loc resulting from extreme heat being transferred to the pump  from  both the block & the headers. Remember that the fuel pump is being driven by the oil pump, should you have a belt failure, the engine will quit, reducing the possibility of major engine damage. However, one of the most important facts is when you run out of fuel with a block mounted fuel pump, the pump will no longer draw any fuel from the 12 + feet of - 10 line going to the carburetor. The Waterman Bladder Plate mounted fuel pump will evacuate most of the 65 ounces left in the line thus extending the run by that much in mileage. This bladder plate assembly has been inspected by the NASCAR Research & Development Center & meets the rules as described in the 2004 NASCAR rule book. Waterman Billet Bladder Plates will fit on any ATL or Fuel Safe NASCAR approved fuel cell.

Testing on the complete assembly is currently being done by RCR, Hendricks , Evernham as well as Gibbs Racing.

 

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