Finally broke down a got electric FP. Rerouted fuel line. Will this work?

[BlackRat]

After trying about everything to solve the vapor lock issue I gave up and bought a Holley red electric pump. In doing so I had to change the way the carb was being fed and tried to get the line away from the headers. Will this configuration work?
1. Make difference that the inlet is now hitting the rear bowls first?
2. Any more danger running the line near the distributor?

As far as the new pump. What is the best place for a 12v source? Also thinking about putting it on a switch. Thoughts???

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[mrvette]

Sorry I can't recall your previous configuration up front, but I can't imagine why all this change, I would have put the pump in the back and push fuel forward and up into a simple splice up front, if nothing more than in a temporary test setup.....

where is the pump located?? if near the tank, fine....I have much higher pressure rubber FI hose routed near the dizzy, but the factory does the same, so it's 250 psi rated, supposedly....

:beer:

 

[TimAT]

Mount your electric pump at the right rear of the car and use the factory lines to get the fuel to the front. There was an old Stewart-Warner pump on Ol' Red at one time- big old thing that looked like 2 quart oil cans stacked n top of each other. Thing rattled like a jackass in a tin barn, but moved lots of fuel to the stock pump. Even had a regulator built in. worked great just noisy, so it cam off and back to the original pump. Right rear is handy because of the tank outlet and the fuel line to the front.

 

[BlackRat]

Sorry I can't recall your previous configuration up front, but I can't imagine why all this change, I would have put the pump in the back and push fuel forward and up into a simple splice up front, if nothing more than in a temporary test setup.....

where is the pump located?? if near the tank, fine....I have much higher pressure rubber FI hose routed near the dizzy, but the factory does the same, so it's 250 psi rated, supposedly....

:beer:

Actually there is nothing new here. I had a braided line running from pump to carb with a 90 degree fitting. Once I disconnected the mechanical pump I had 2 lines each with female 90 degree fittings. I found that if I just moved the T to the back of the carb I could hook the feed line from the tank right there. I swaped the t in the front with the elbow that had the fp guage in it. All this was done with what I had and is actually cleaner looking and a lot less metal for the fuel to run through not to mention it is now far away from the headers. ;-)

I will mount the pump tomorrow in the back on the inside frame rail of the passenger side.

 

[mrvette]

Sorry I can't recall your previous configuration up front, but I can't imagine why all this change, I would have put the pump in the back and push fuel forward and up into a simple splice up front, if nothing more than in a temporary test setup.....

where is the pump located?? if near the tank, fine....I have much higher pressure rubber FI hose routed near the dizzy, but the factory does the same, so it's 250 psi rated, supposedly....

:beer:

Actually there is nothing new here. I had a braided line running from pump to carb with a 90 degree fitting. Once I disconnected the mechanical pump I had 2 lines each with female 90 degree fittings. I found that if I just moved the T to the back of the carb I could hook the feed line from the tank right there. I swaped the t in the front with the elbow that had the fp guage in it. All this was done with what I had and is actually cleaner looking and a lot less metal for the fuel to run through not to mention it is now far away from the headers. ;-)

I will mount the pump tomorrow in the back on the inside frame rail of the passenger side.

OH, good, I looked at it and kinda hoped it was something along those lines, as I have never had a Holley carb, so not any knowledge there....so with the pump in the rear, at least you didn't spend a ton of money to hook that up, and well, it's a decent if not good shot anyway.......

:shocking:

 

[DeeVeeEight]

Now for the reason for doing all of this. Does it run any better?

 

[BlackRat]

Now for the reason for doing all of this. Does it run any better?

Have not finished the pump install yet so I don't know. the reason for changing to the electric pump was hopefully to eliminate a vapor lock issue. I had checked and tried everything else. If this doesn't fix it I am just going to curl up in a corner with my thumb in my mouth. :-O

 

[mrvette]

Now for the reason for doing all of this. Does it run any better?

Have not finished the pump install yet so I don't know. the reason for changing to the electric pump was hopefully to eliminate a vapor lock issue. I had checked and tried everything else. If this doesn't fix it I am just going to curl up in a corner with my thumb in my mouth. :-O

:banghead::hissyfit: Assume the position.....:evil: