Those with electric fuel pumps...

Stay away from Barry Grant pumps, they refuse to pull fuel to prime! I went through total misery with my BG220HR setup, it left me stranded several times before I finally replaced it with a Holley black and have not had that issue again! The new "black" is pretty noisy though, about the same as the BG...

 

had no idea this many people were running electric pumps on their cars.... thanks for the info guys, it really helps

 

I'm using this holley and it's super quiet. bryant helped me install it with some small rubber bushings but you can't really hear it while driving, when you turn the ignition it comes on but very quiet. I'm very happy with it.

 

Bryant gave me this one to use for a while and it was more audible but sometimes it would get super loud but worked great. Bryant would know which one it was.

 

thats a holley blue pump.

 

A little safety note when using an electric pump:

You should always have an automatic shut off when using an electric fuel pump. It can save your car and your life. If your car has a fire the fuel pump will continue to pump gas on it even if the engine stops.

The easiest way to prevent a catastrophy is to use an oil pressure switch in line with your pump power feed. I use an additional "primer" (push button) switch that by passes the oil switch for testing and to prime the pump and carb before starting it after it has been sitting for too long - it saves on starters. Here is the basic diagram:

 

My electric fuel pump recommendation and cut off switch: http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=7026

Its super quiet.

 

Corbin, where do you have your's mounted? is it capable of "pulling" fuel from the tank if it gets that low?

Thanks for the link

 

I have mine mounted up under the driver's side of the trunk floor. Basically above the sender hooked to the trunk floor drop. Attached is mashori's pic with an arrow for reference of approximate location. It pulls the fuel fine and I have had the fuel level pretty low before and never run into any problems.

 

well thats good to know. ive always read that one needs their pump below the fuel tank/level so that it can push fuel instead of having to pull it

 

Yeah, I believe the instructions at the time specified you mount it as close to the tank as possible so it doesn't have to pull as hard, but it will still pull and has done so quite well.

 

David I'm running a Mr Gasket pump that was recomended by someone on here, maybe it was baddad? It's sorta like the Purolater/Facet style pump. VERY quiet. I have it mounted to the trunk floor right beside the tank, and it will empty the tank, I did so in the driveway! It is a low pressure pump, 4-6 lbs IIRC. I had one of those loud Holley blue pumps before, you could hear it over the exhaust! The Mr Gasket is so quiet, you can just hear it with the engine off, but not at all with it running. They have two or three different models, each has a different inlet/outlet size. Search Summit's website and you can see it.

 

Personally I believe it should be mounted by the fuel tank for many reasons, including making the noise a bit less. However, dad mounted his Holley Blue (on the Chebby) on the firewall in front of the passenger seat... It runs fine that way, but he did have to replace the pump roughly every 8-10 years. I don't know if that is normal for a Holley Blue, or if they didn't last longer due to pulling rather than pushing. ???

I do know one thing though, mounted on the firewall, those things are crazy loud inside the car.

 

ive seen those at Advance here as well. the pump im using now is, like u said, very simular to the Mr G pump as far as looks good and i was afraid that it would do the same thing as far as noise goes. ill look around on summit and see what all they offer and maybe look into the different models that they have

 

went to a local swap meet today and found a Holley Blue pump for $20 so i couldnt pass it up. im gonna build a nice bracket that's well insulated and see how well it works once the weather starts warming up