[Tigers] Fuel Pumps

[Jay Laifman]

I rebuilt my SU with the kit from SS.  It worked great for a while.  I just
happened to have this Carter in the garage so I installed it.  I'll use it for
now and probably take apart the SU to see if I can figure out why it is
clicking so slowly now.


On Jan 22, 2014, at 8:01 PM, Jeffery Randall wrote:

> Why not just get an after market SU original replacement from SS?
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Jay Laifman <jay.laifman at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm sorry to say that the factory fuel pump that I so carefully rebuilt
> started having issues.  No amount of banging on it with a bumper shoot
> would remedy it.  I happened to have a Carter 3.5 psi rotary pump.  So I
> threw it in there.  It fit right into the stock location, using a strap
> that came with the Carter, going through the same mounting hole.
>
> Now admittedly, I have not put a fuel pressure gauge on yet to confirm it
> really is 3.5 psi.  Nor do I know for sure what psi the Holley is supposed
> to have.  But the starting and running problem has gone away.  So at least
> I know I was right about what the problem was and fixed it.
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