Anyone use this Race Pump?
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Spokane Washington
Anyone use this Race Pump?
I have a different thread going with a discussion of what FI unit to use in a swap, and this race pump was sugested to use which replaces the return fuel line and saves some work. Has anyone tried it as advertised without a retrun line. I will using a L98 TPI on a 350 in a 72 corvette.
Racepumps.com
http://racepumps.com/specs.html
thanks
cal
Racepumps.com
http://racepumps.com/specs.html
thanks
cal
Race Director
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From: The Top of Utah
It might work, OK, but WHY??? That is way more volume than you need, more pressure and a bunch more money. If you can't figure out how to use an L98 pump in your tank, you can mount a universal electric pump to the framerail and save yourself a bundle. You certainly don't need that kind of race pump capacity for an rpm challenged TPI.
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Spokane Washington
It might work, OK, but WHY??? That is way more volume than you need, more pressure and a bunch more money. If you can't figure out how to use an L98 pump in your tank, you can mount a universal electric pump to the framerail and save yourself a bundle. You certainly don't need that kind of race pump capacity for an rpm challenged TPI.
RACE ON!!!
RACE ON!!!
I was looking more at the elimination of the return line to the tank and saving work.
cal
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Spokane Washington
Too bad that race pump and regulator is so expensive.
Hey, last weekend my 17 year old daughter put in a softtop on her 1990 corvette. (I helped) that was work and saved money!
thanks
cal
Melting Slicks
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From: Pittsburgh Pa
i know they make a smaller external pump with barbed fittings that you could adapt in for far less.. and as far as a return line.. i know that a radiator place locally to me replaces tubes on sending units so i can't imagine that having someone like that add a tube would be really difficult.. just ideas and suggestions..
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Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 495
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From: Spokane Washington
i know they make a smaller external pump with barbed fittings that you could adapt in for far less.. and as far as a return line.. i know that a radiator place locally to me replaces tubes on sending units so i can't imagine that having someone like that add a tube would be really difficult.. just ideas and suggestions..
I am definately interestyed in using a system that does not require a return line or mods to the tank or car. My car is stock (other the TPI I want to put on) and I want to use bolt on mods so I can return to stock someday easily.
cal
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Pittsburgh Pa
as for the senidng it shouldn't be too hard to replace the modified with a stock one.. one thing i have learned is there is no easy road. even getting that pump in the link is not going to fall into the car without some big changes.. stock line to a -8 inlet.. that is going to an interesting site..
Drifting
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From: Formerly from the Great White North but now residing in the Desert Southwest NM (The Land of Dis-Enchantment?)
Just finished a TPI conversion
I just finished putting an L-98 in my '73. Used a Bosch inline pump and ran a 3/8" steel braided return to the tank. on the driver side of the tank there is a plastic separator from the carbon canister line. although the return line is small, the tube into the tank is 3/8". Don't know if your '72 has the same tank but if not pick up a good used '73. Pictures of the conversion are on our club's website www.nmcorvette.org
Jack
Jack