Racor Pre-Filter (1 Viewer)

[jeverich]

Threw on a Racor filter today. Designed for outboard engines, with 60 GPM flow rate. Just like the diesel ones on the boats, it has a petcock and a plastic bowl on the bottom to drain out sediment/water from the fuel system.

I know, it's probably overkill - if nothing else, it looks cool.

 

[Tapage]

nice .. I run a Delphi in Tencha ..

 

[Randy88FJ62]

RockDoc also runs an extra filter. His extra filter pulls out smaller particles than that of a stock one. I forget what size micron filter he said it was.

 

[jvazquez53]

How much $$$ set you back?

 

[jeverich]

$

$89.00 + Tax

$10.00 for hose

$2.00 for clamps

filters to 10 Micron, IIRC

 

[jvazquez53]

Might sound like an overkill, but I like overkills!

 

[EOE_overland]

Racors are great! And definitely easier to change the filter than the factory copper-washer job. Maybe overkill??? But I'm a boat repair tech and I'd be hypocritical if I didn't mention that I dream of someday mounting a big diesel racor to the firewall of my 62! Well, gotta get the diesel first, I guess...

 

[ntsqd]

10 micron is the standard that EFI filters are supposed to filter to. Way finer than a carb should need, but that's not a bad thing!

 

[VTCruiser]

Racor's are great, I'm on my second. This one is a 2mic with 12V heater

 

[TexasAgFJ60]

Now that is slicker than owl snot!

 

[jeverich]

boats

Just used to them from the boats - they really are the cat's ass. If its rough, we'll go through at least a filter per trip - the diesel grows bacteria and the crap in the tank gets stirred up if the weather's bad....

The onlt part that sucks about them is price. About $300.00 each for the ones we use on the big boat - Cummins N14MTA, bout 440HP....lil more than the 2F

Thanks for all of the comments.

 

[Elbert]

N14 is a nice engine.... in my former life I worked at Peterbilt Motors... Racor makes some nice stuff.
Back "then" it was the cummins N14, and Detroit 60 series and the Cat C-10's through C-15's... and M-8 and Cummins ISX? Don't know what they run now in the big rigs... Cummins may be the largest single player in the Class 8 truck market now.

 

[jeverich]

N14

N14 is a nice engine.... in my former life I worked at Peterbilt Motors... Racor makes some nice stuff.
Back "then" it was the cummins N14, and Detroit 60 series and the Cat C-10's through C-15's... and M-8 and Cummins ISX? Don't know what they run now in the big rigs... Cummins may be the largest single player in the Class 8 truck market now.

Elbert,
The only downside of our motor is the stack temps....when we're towing around 1400RPM, EGT stays pegged around 1200 F.

A lot of the boats have repowered with the computerized CAT 34/35 series - they're sweet. They have a digital display right in the wheelhouse that gives all of the sensor data.

Nothing beats the sound of a 671 GM though, just something about the screaming jimmy that gives me a woody

 

[MrMoMo]

- Cummins N14MTA, bout 440HP....lil more than the 2F

Holy SMOKES!! 14L and only 440 HP?

The 4.2EI we use are 320HP, we can get the QSB5.9's up to 480HP!

I'll have to get a shot of Tampa's Engine room for you... We just loaded the 4 Iveco's into it today!!


Do you run Duplex Racors in the trawler? -Thems mighty expensive! There is a really nice setup we are building into the Warwick boat, the filters have drag gauges for suction - so you can see when it is time to change the filter! - sweet option!

 

[jeverich]

filters

momo - we actually run to singles piggybacked off each other - that way we can switch between the two. it's actually less expensive to run two singles than a double!

 

[MrMoMo]

Insanely cheaper I know!! For some reason everyone likes to spec "Racor Duplex" filters when they order a boat from us!!