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Electric v. Mechanical fuel pump

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Big Nick, Aug 30, 2011.

  1. Rick Evans
    Joined: Jul 28, 2013
    Posts: 10

    Rick Evans
    Member
    from Phoenix AZ

  2. dirty old man
    Joined: Feb 2, 2008
    Posts: 8,910

    dirty old man
    Member Emeritus

    There are times when you do what the situation requires instead of what is your vision of the way you really wanted.
    When I bought a mocked up project '31 Brookville on a Pete and Jake reproduction '32 chassis they built & modified to the owner's specs and ideas.
    The mock up done by the owner was OK with only a couple of errors. One of these was the front of the frame was pinched and when I went to replace the mockup SBC with the engine I built, there wasn't enough width on the pass. side for the Edelbrock street mech. pump to fit.
    The frame already was finished and painted as was the body mounted on it.
    I decided on an electric and picked the Carter low pressure. I got a tank from Tanks inc. and it turns out all new tanks must have outlet that exits tank on top!! So I wound up with a low mounted pump below bottom of tank that had an outlet on top and a pickup tube inside to pick up fuel from the bottom.
    So I lost the low mounted advantage to a certain extent. Mounted an AFCO screen filter intended for oval track cars on 85% ethanol before pump and a Fram Racing cartridge filter before pressure regulator.
    Would have preferred the Edelbrock mech. but ypu do what you gotta do.
     

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