Fuel Pump Question

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Hotcorner

My fuel pump took a crap and I was going to install one from O’Reilly’s and mentioned it to a buddy and he offered up this NIB Carter. It’s supposedly a high flow pump and seems much more substantial than they new one from O O O O’Reilly. I’ll have to buy a few new fittings for it to make it work with my plumbing, but is there any reason NOT to use the Carter?

We need to know what type engine and what carburetor you're running?

That Carter pump will be higher quality than an off-the-shelf [asian] fuel pump from ORAP.

[Hotcorner]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

We need to know what type engine and what carburetor you're running?

That Carter pump will be higher quality than an off-the-shelf [asian] fuel pump from ORAP.

It’s a stock 350. I’ll check the model # on the Edelbrock.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Hotcorner

It’s a stock 350. I’ll check the model # on the Edelbrock.

Then you should be fine, as the Edelbrock Performer is essentially the same as a Carter AFB. I run a Carter AFB 9635, 600CFM. [It's about the same as an EDL 1405.]

An L6 would have a fuel pump that's ''inverted'' from the V8 orientation. I don't know if flipping a fuel pump has any effect on its operation. But I've always used the pump specified for each engine type.