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5 | 50.00% |
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04-09-2003, 05:48 PM
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Location: Bondurant, IA but in Worcester, MA for school
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Mechanical Or Electric Fuel Pump??
What would you guys recomend and what are the pros and cons of each?? Thanks
HotRod
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04-09-2003, 06:42 PM
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I have always heard electrical pros are they push fuel instead of pulling it. This maintains cooler fuel to prevent vapor lock!. The cons would be a little more cost and possible explosion I think if it was hit. I'm not sure about that one though. I plan on doing that switch to my truck. Vapor lock sucks!
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04-09-2003, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
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A good mechainical pump is quiet and will never vapor lock. I highly suggest the Carter mechanical racing pumps. They dont vapor lock and will flow as much as most racing electric.
If your dead set on a electric pump go with the mallory gerotor design. They cost more than the holley but are much more reliable and are extremely quiet compared to the holleys while still surpassing the holley flow rate. Those holley electric fuel pumps are the most god awful obnoxious things in the world next to gear drives .
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04-09-2003, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: ** THE FALL GUY **CHICAGO IL
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magna flow is the best hands down....
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04-09-2003, 11:03 PM
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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Austin, TX, USA
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I'm with Mikep on this one. Get a Carter street/strip pump for about $60. I even adapted mine to my stock GM line. I am going to order a street pump for my '69 Camaro and through the POS Holley electric into the parts bin. At WOT it only flows 1 1/2 psi, glad I never ran the button on it...
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