Electric fuel pump recommendations???

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Brooks James

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Cheaped out and bought a fuel pump which won’t cut it. Actually I need two
So one for the carb and one to feed the nitrous plate I have heard that the Holley pumps are excellent but don’t want to spend that much
I have also heard that they are loud
I would appreciate hearing from those
Who have actually purchased pumps that work for them
 
Cheaped out and bought a fuel pump which won’t cut it. Actually I need two
So one for the carb and one to feed the nitrous plate I have heard that the Holley pumps are excellent but don’t want to spend that much
I have also heard that they are loud
I would appreciate hearing from those
Who have actually purchased pumps that work for them
I use a simple Edelbrock 4-7 to feed my dual quads... I use the Summit brand fuel pump that is actually a holly renamed and the regulator that it comes with still says Holly on it... It's loud as hell and that's why I stopped using it for my regular carburetors a long time ago. When I put my nitrous on I finally put it back into use with the regulator for the nitrous side... Seeing as how I've never used the nitrous except for just seeing if it works it hardly ever comes on. And when you're ready to go for a nitrous run it's probably nice to hear it anyways...
 
I used a Carter electric pump and it wasn't near as loud as the cheap crap pump I had before that.
 
Cheaped out and bought a fuel pump which won’t cut it. Actually I need two
So one for the carb and one to feed the nitrous plate I have heard that the Holley pumps are excellent but don’t want to spend that much
I have also heard that they are loud
I would appreciate hearing from those
Who have actually purchased pumps that work for them


You can use a Holley pump. The Carter pumps aren’t really performance pumps.

If you can find a Mallory pump that doesn’t break the bank that would be my choice. Or a Magnafuel.
 
Carter makes two versions of their 100gph 4600 series performance pumps. These are better than Holley pumps for a few reasons: in the C pump, fuel circulates through the elec motor section, which keeps it cool. It also lubes the bearings. There is no seal to leak between the elec section & the pump section, unlike the H which has a seal that can & does fail. I know of a Carter pump that was on a daily driver for 19 yrs, when it was replaced....with another Carter. Not because it failed, but because the owner thought the pump had earned it's 'retirement'.
Really need to know the engine's anticipated hp to properly select a pump. Work on 300hp requires 25 gph & add a 50% safety margin [ 37.5 gph ].
 
I'm running a Holley red regulated pump. Works great but it is noisy. Can really only hear it at low engine speeds. Once you kick it in the *** it's nothing but motor! 65'
 
Cheaped out and bought a fuel pump which won’t cut it. Actually I need two
So one for the carb and one to feed the nitrous plate I have heard that the Holley pumps are excellent but don’t want to spend that much
I have also heard that they are loud
I would appreciate hearing from those
Who have actually purchased pumps that work for them

Are you running a Deadhead or Bypass system?

Many good quality, affordable pumps use the constant flow of fuel to cool themselves both by continually flowing through it and by being submerged in it. With these types of pumps, you need to use a bypass system to allow for constant flow.

A Deadhead system only allows the fuel to flow when its being used by the motor. Many pumps will overheat and have short lives if used in this type of system.
 
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