LT1 chevelle
Apr 15th, 03, 11:51 PM
not to beat a dead horse,O.K. 70 chevelle =installed 97 LT1,Lt4 hot cam kit,350 turbo-shift kit,2500 stall,Will in line fuel pump,mounted to side of gas tank keep up the fuel pressure that i need.Or do i need to have the tank modified for pump to go inside.
Try shot at hp,heads,intake ported and polished,will reprogram comp.motor rebuilt at 30 over.How mant cubic in?
gearheads78
Apr 16th, 03, 12:19 AM
I am process of the same conversion in my 67 as we speak. I was told that you can get away with a in line but is noisy and pump life is not good. You also don't have a baffle so a low tank could starve for fuel at take off.
The best way to go is call Rock Valley of similar company to build a custom tank for your application.
I decided to save the money and use a new 67 tank with a section of 94 TA tank welded on top. I am using a modified sender and pump assembly out of a Impalla SS.
I should have am new Frankinstein tank with baffle and internal pump done next week. I will post pics when its all together.
go to this link and at the end you can see a few pics of the process I am doing. Good luck.....
http://www.chevelles.com/cgi-bin/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=31;t=001006
Peter F.
Apr 16th, 03, 10:55 PM
An in-line pump will supply it just fine. The big problem is the starvation because of no baffles.
Another way around the problem is to run 1 low pressure pump feeding a small tank (think apple juice can) which is the high pressure source. http://www.sdsefi.com/techsurge.htm
Peter
pmullaly
Apr 16th, 03, 11:40 PM
I run 2 external pump 1 low pressure 1 Hi pressure. Low press pump is a direct feed to the Hi press pump, no reservoir, Pumps are not discerenable when engine is running,both have lasted more than 3 years. Only starvation I get is when tank qty is below 1/4 and under extremely hard accel only.
I tried to run the reservoir like the JTR book explains but my HP pump would starve constantly :confused: I think It was because the HP pump sat a little higher than the res.