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Goodridge Fuel Sample Point

As part of the Targa Australia Regulations the car must be fitted with a Goodridge G-Link quick disconnect coupling (shown above) for fuel sampling as per M5 of the Targa Australia Regulations:


Luckily thanks to my previous install of the Radium Automotive Fuel Rail I now had an AN connection at the back of the fuel rail and at the outlet of the Fuel Pressure Regulator. Now due to the clearance it was not possible to neatly install a take-off at the rear of the fuel rail where the current AN fuel line connects to so the easiest place to setup a take-off for a fuel sample point was off the Fuel Pressure Regulator. So to achieve this I purchased a SpeedFlow Tee-Piece (-06AN female to male with a male off-take). As you can see in the below photo I was then able to off-take from this point for the fuel sample connection.


The fuel sample line then follows the fuel rail line out from the Fuel Pressure Regulator and then splits off and follows the Oil Dipstick Tube up to the Left Hand strut top (which is the new mounting location for my oil dipstick tube now with the Evolve Carbon Fibre Intake installed). I then got a -06AN Hose clamp/mount and attached that to a threaded stud that was on the strut (I believe this normally mounts something to do with the SMG system on an SMG car) and was able to hold the sample point in place as shown in the photo below.


So now I have a pretty easy to access Fuel Sample point using the correct Goodrifge G-Link connector for when I eventually enter a Targa Australia event. I am not quite sure how I would have achieved this without the Fuel lines/rail being converted to AN with the Radium Automotive kit, potentially would have had to custom fabricate an AN tie-in to the stock hard-line or the like. Luckily I got on board with the Radium Automotive gear early as it made this particular little project extremely simple.
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