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I have a 318 71 Duster, when I was driving down the highway at speed and accelerated the car seemed to hesitate. Once it got to speed it cruised along just fine.
When home I check the pressure on the 3rd electric fuel pump I have had in the last 1500 miles.
I was barley getting 2psi. I was finally fed up with the electric pumps so I got an $18 mechanical pump at O'Reily's (they said it was OEM).
After fixing the stripped threads in the engine block I installed the pump. I just checked the pressure a couple hours ago and it is now 5psi at idle. When I pulled the hose, it sprayed gas all over, so I pushed the car out of the garage to finish.

Moral: The car feels like it has 40% more power than it did with the electric fuel pumps

Hope this helps someone
 
What kind of electric pump did you have on it?
 
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two of the round gold color ones and the Facet last.
Or one gold one and 2 facets. I don't remember the middle one.


I am not sure I like this new FABO software
 
Used one of those plastic in line pumps on a buddies 390 ford pick up to get it home after the mechanical one quit, it was not near enough pump.
 
I have been thinking about putting the electric back in, in parallel, to use as a primer if the need ever arises
 
That is what we ended up doing with it as well, until he went to a carter electric pump and bypassed the mechanical pump completely.
 
My warmed up 318 kills OEM replacement pumps fairly quickly so I've been thinking about a good Carter. I've used those on the big blocks for years with great success.
 
The book says nothing over 7psi. 40% is my guesstimate, but my son in law does not think I am far off
 
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