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Cobra0827

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What should I use? A mechanical or electric fuel pump for a carb set up 331 stroker?

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With what you have under your sig I suggest an electric pump drawing from a sump, 1/2" feed line with a bypass regulator and a 3/8" return line. Sounds race oriented, but it will keep you from having fuel problems down the road.
 

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i prefer electric, and it can be easier to plumb. is there a boss on the block you are using for a mech pump (and an internal means to drive it)?

good luck.
 

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I would go Electric, I'm running a Holley blue pump and no complaints here. Also like ranchero said, do it right once and you wont have to mess with it again.
 

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Ranchero5.0 said:
With what you have under your sig I suggest an electric pump drawing from a sump, 1/2" feed line with a bypass regulator and a 3/8" return line. Sounds race oriented, but it will keep you from having fuel problems down the road.
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Yep,I run the same.I run a Holley black pump and a Mallory regulator.
 

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I'm gonna bring this one back from the dead after reading through 8 plus pages of reading results from searches...
My combo is a 87 5.0, stroked out to a 331. It has forged pistons, rods, crank, and compression ratio sits right at 10.1-1. Heads are AFR 185's, Air Gap intake, carb is still yet to be desided. It has early style timing cover, so a mechanical fuel pump is needed.
The car is street car, but will see ALOT of drag duty.
Im looking for a mechanical pump that will feed it. People say get stock pumps that flow 30 gph are fine...but the aftermarket pumps flow 80-130 gph..Whats needed for a 420 hp car?
 
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carter 110 or 120 gph mechanical from summit, less than 60 dollars. works great!
 
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