A tale of two fuel pumps ...

[Gatorguy]

I am running a mechanical fuel pump on my carb'd Boss 302. I decided early on I wanted to go old school with a carburetor and mechanical pump on FFR #7300. During the build, I installed a Carter m5904p described as "Street Super Pump Polished". It was a nice, made in USA, pump that was finished nice and performed well. When my pump died recently, I decided to purchase another Carter pump. The previous model is no longer available, so I purchased Carter M60454 rated at 120 gph / 7-8 psi. Well, like everything else it seems, Carter is now off-shoring their fuel pumps ... at least this one. Made in Korea. The only thing that said "Carter" was the box. Nothing on the pump, not even their little instruction sheet. It was all generic. I installed the pump and it was doing its job, but the pressure was much lower than rated. I am running a regulator ... but could only see 2-3 psi on the gauge. (I am aware of erroneous gauge readings with heat, etc. Have an Aeromotive gauge that compensates for this with a little plug on top.) It would probably be fine, but I had a little doubt about this pump and decided to replace it with something else .. in this case an Edlebrock. A little higher in cost, but a big difference in finish and quality IMO. Edelbrock 1715 Victor Series Racing Mechanical Fuel Pump. It performs really well and gets me the 5-6 regulated psi I was looking for. I know some are not fond of Edelbrock pumps for whatever reason, but I am pleased with this and hopeful it will work out well in the long run. This is not a rant ... rather an observation and comparison I found interesting among two "big" names in this arena. Will share some pictures for comparison. What mechanical pumps to you run / like?

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[skidd]

Replaced a generic mechanical pump on my buddies classic mustang recently with an Edelbrock pump. Went from a wavering 2-4 psi, to a rock stable 5psi. The Edelbrock wasn't cheap, but it's proving to be money well spent.

[Higgybulin]

I am running a mechanical fuel pump on my carb'd Boss 302. I decided early on I wanted to go old school with a carburetor and mechanical pump on FFR #7300. During the build, I installed a Carter m5904p described as "Street Super Pump Polished". It was a nice, made in USA, pump that was finished nice and performed well. When my pump died recently, I decided to purchase another Carter pump. The previous model is no longer available, so I purchased Carter M60454 rated at 120 gph / 7-8 psi. Well, like everything else it seems, Carter is now off-shoring their fuel pumps ... at least this one. Made in Korea. The only thing that said "Carter" was the box. Nothing on the pump, not even their little instruction sheet. It was all generic. I installed the pump and it was doing its job, but the pressure was much lower than rated. I am running a regulator ... but could only see 2-3 psi on the gauge. (I am aware of erroneous gauge readings with heat, etc. Have an Aeromotive gauge that compensates for this with a little plug on top.) It would probably be fine, but I had a little doubt about this pump and decided to replace it with something else .. in this case an Edlebrock. A little higher in cost, but a big difference in finish and quality IMO. Edelbrock 1715 Victor Series Racing Mechanical Fuel Pump. It performs really well and gets me the 5-6 regulated psi I was looking for. I know some are not fond of Edelbrock pumps for whatever reason, but I am pleased with this and hopeful it will work out well in the long run. This is not a rant ... rather an observation and comparison I found interesting among two "big" names in this arena. Will share some pictures for comparison. What mechanical pumps to you run / like?

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How are you running your fuel line? Thats what I want to see. I would rather run a mechanical pump but the ease of an in line electric is pretty hard to resist!!

[Gatorguy]

I ran the fuel line down the passenger side frame rail, then across the perpendicular front rail to fuel pump.