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Originally Posted by ban25 It can happen in any high-G RIGHT turn. On the track, I get it repeatedly starting with 17 gallons of fuel. Thankfully I finally have an

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Old 07-11-2016, 10:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
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It can happen in any high-G RIGHT turn. On the track, I get it repeatedly starting with 17 gallons of fuel. Thankfully I finally have an RRP!

When driving on the street, be mindful of sharp right turns (banked or otherwise), and try to stay above half a tank. Also, if you experience fuel starvation, my advice would be *not* to pull over and shut the engine off, but instead to straighten the car out and try to get some fuel sloshed back over to the pump. I've encountered it literally hundreds of times on the track, but never had the engine shut off or be stranded.
Fixed your typo.

What I used to do is when coming out of the turn and starting down the straight. Jerk the steering wheel back and forth a few times to try and get some fuel back over on the right side. Now I have the RRP, and don't have to worry any more.
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Fixed your typo.

What I used to do is when coming out of the turn and starting down the straight. Jerk the steering wheel back and forth a few times to try and get some fuel back over on the right side. Now I have the RRP, and don't have to worry any more.
Thanks, good catch! I do the same thing, I try to track hard left after a right hairpin and it does help a little...the problem gets worse the lower you go on fuel. That lead me to top off the tank every session, which gets expensive on $10/gal race gas -- not to mention driving home on a nearly full tank of 101.

RRP is the way to go.

BTW, I hear the M4 suffers from fuel starvation under half a tank, though supposedly there's been a fix...
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