Hello I have searched all over the internet and came to the conclusion that nobody has done this, the reason i want to is i dont too much care for electrical stuff. I put in a electric fan and it failed so went back to clutch fan. Im not too good with wiring and i didnt want to cut and flare my fuel lines. Oh, random thought can a electeric pump be mounted in the engine bay? like where the manual one was? just a thought


Ok so what i got is a complete tbi from a 95 truck came with the entire wiring harness except tail lights, got blinker bulbs, fuse box, sensors, dizzy, computer, air cleaner, intake, and tb with injectors and some funny looking canister.

its going in my 79 350 currently 750 edelbrock. Looking at manual fuel pumps and found 2 same price as inline electric one rated at 12 lbs the other for 15
http://www.ebay.com/itm/330697196020...84.m1436.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130665235209...84.m1436.l2649

what is the diffrence in pumps as far as will they work the same will they provide the right ammount of flow and whatever else tbi needs like i said im not big on this stuff im more of a welder and painter
and driver

the motor is out of my dads 87 1 ton dulley was gonna take that tbi when we did the swap but i was in too much of a hurry, now im kinda regreting it lol

i have and can do everything else modify my intake to fit the tb run wires that are pre fabbed lol and whatever else that comes along

thanks in advance for the help guys got to the point where i needed to talk to more than 1 person bout this.

 

I think its your car , you do what you want to it.

 

Both of the mechaincal pumps shown, look good, but you may have other problems. 1st, is your engine set up to accept a mechanical pump. If these puppies are putting out 15 psi, to high for a carb, and you'll need a regulator for 5-7 psi. Not sure what pressure TBI runs at, but probably to high for a carb. Again regulator. If staying with TBI, electrics need to rear mounted, as better pushers, than suckers. I normally go with rear electric's, and engine mounted regulators. Usually a Mallory 140 kit.

 

a better place to search might be the C4 section, the 84 vette hqd a system similar

 

ok thanks guys

i have a manual pump feeding a edlebrock 750 switching to tbi i think the 15 psi pump with a regulator will work i read that a manual pump pulses fuel and tbi wont handle that or dosent like it

vette 5.5 figured they had to be rear mounted just wishful thinking

oldalaskaman im a navy man myself IYAOYAS

 

did some checking, 9-13 is what you're looking for , some systems have a pulsator that assists keeping the pressure constant, dont know if it would work in your case, best would be pump in , fuel pressure regulator at the 9-13, then a return to the tank letting the regulator do the work. It would be interesting to see if your idea would work. once you have the system pressurized , if you had some way of putting a check valve in the line from the pump, you could minimize pulses.....I think

 

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...rFN1k5NcN8viHg
hope this helps, excellent info

 

'82 'vettes came with in-tank electric fuel pumps, it probably would be an easy upgrade. Might be worth looking into.


Keep the shiny side up!
Scott

 

I seriously doubt any mechanical pump will deliver gas on a even enough pressure to when the injectors fire, the pump has to be much more even as the lines have no open to atmosphere reservoir like a carb does....

so it's a vane electric, located to the rear of the car, and don't ask me how I know this...MMMk?.....

the electric pump will suck forward, and encourage vapor lock on the suck side of the pump IF located forward...this is obviously heat related....

so put the pump in the rear,and run the power wire....

when running that wire, you have to have it routed through a oil pressure actuated system, so if engine dies, fuel supply does also....

safety gig for accidents....