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Electric fuel pump question.
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Electric fuel pump question.
If your running an electric pump, can you help me out? The guys at S&F are telling me to go with the Holly Red, but Holly's install instructions say to mount it below the tank for a siphon feed. That's hard to do on a Viking. Has anybody done it? I see some Carter pumps that don't have this issue, but it seems they have one with a cutoff at 5.75lbs. which seems too low for my looper, and one at 8lbs. which is a little high. I think the recommended pressure is 5-7lbs. Would 8lbs overcome my carburetor floats?
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I have a holley red pump unregulated in my viper, I will post a pick tonight. The problem with mounting them high is priming them, I don't have a problem but that could be overcome with a primer bulb.
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91 vegas loaned out
79 vking project 2.5 280
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Thanks, I appreciate the help. Someone also recommended a Mallory 140 that can mount anywhere. Send pics of that install if possible
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ive been running discount auto parts eletric fule pump on my merc 250 efi for 3 years with no problems. and i go 12 to 25 miles offshore in to the atlantic ocean fishing. i do carry a spare just incase of failuer. but the one that is on it now has been on there for 3 years. deffenitly need a primer ball to prime it.
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Nice to hear from Daytona! I spent a lot of time there. My dad was a beach life guard in the early 50's. Is any of the boardwalk left? When I was last there 2 yrs. ago, it was nothing like what I remember.
I get your point about the uel pump though. If it pumps, and at the right pressure, it will work.
I get your point about the uel pump though. If it pumps, and at the right pressure, it will work.
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Hey Silkey! when the previous owner of my motor got the motor off SNF it had a Holley Red and an adjustable Aeromotive Fuel Pressur Regulator on the motor.
I cant see why an 8 Psi Carter wouldnt work, Worst case grab a AFPR and take out a pound or two. I have used Carters on some turbo setups and they actually surprised me. We used to always run Walboro 255 pumps, one day I needed a pump quickly and I got a Carter. Did the job perfectly!
I cant see why an 8 Psi Carter wouldnt work, Worst case grab a AFPR and take out a pound or two. I have used Carters on some turbo setups and they actually surprised me. We used to always run Walboro 255 pumps, one day I needed a pump quickly and I got a Carter. Did the job perfectly!
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the board walk has been redeveloped, lots fo shoping and restruants. there is even a bubba gump shrimp.silkeysak wrote:Nice to hear from Daytona! I spent a lot of time there. My dad was a beach life guard in the early 50's. Is any of the boardwalk left? When I was last there 2 yrs. ago, it was nothing like what I remember.
I get your point about the uel pump though. If it pumps, and at the right pressure, it will work.
i left daytona for 2 years do to a motorcycle accident (i hit a wild pig at 65mph crusing the loop). after the accident i couldnt even walk let alone suport myself financaly. i ended up staying with my parents in michigan till i recovered.
when i returned it was a completely strange to me. there is verry limited driveing on the beach now. i dont even go to the board walk cuz its too expensive, even with residental discounts. the pier is run down and there is a big political debate over what to do with it.
to me my money is better spent cruising the intercostal and partying at dissipering island even at $4.00 a gallon (80 gallon tank). there is a much higher class of chicks at the island than the unemployed gutter trash that hangs out at the boardwalk.
one delima i have with my viper.... no cuddy cabin to tag chicks in. there is plenty of room for that in the seabird.
my merc has a vacume powered fule pump. apon preseason inspection i found a vacume leak witch pevented my fule pump from operating at its full potintal.(witch i imedetaly fixed) my fule tank is at least 7 feet from the motor, its a 26 foot boat. my eletric pump is like 3-5 psi. my theory is the eletric pump gets gas to the mechanical (vacume operated) pump where the mechanical pump takes over. i would love to here thoughts on ths theory from somebody more knowlagable on the subject. my merc is a 250 efi 2 stroke.
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Hey Speed, thanks for that info. I guess their was no issue with not mounting it below the tank. Got any pics of the setup?
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fla. viper, it sickens me that the city commission in Daytona dis mantled the boardwalk to make the property available for big developers. I had my first experience there in the mid 60's, and it was really cool then. If they stop traffic on the beach, I wonder where everybody is going to park.
Re: Electric fuel pump question.
Hey Silkey...how is the pump setup going? I am going to be doing the same as you, I think I my OMC factory pump is on the way out. This weekend I had to pump the fuel ball 4 times in one trip because at WOT the boat would die if I was WOT for 30 secs or more.
I'm going to have a look now at some pump options.
I'm going to have a look now at some pump options.
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