All Small Six Electric fuel pump? What do I need?

[ActionYobbo]

I have a stock 1966 200 with the autolite 1100 and C4 (green dot) auto. I suspect the mechanical fuel pump is going bad. I keep running out of gas while doing 50+ but if I stay under 40 it’s fine. I want to try an electric pump but which one is the best choice? I want to put it in the engine bay close to the existing fuel lines so I don’t have to modify the lines and can go back to a stock setup.

 

[Rmoore45]

A Rotary Vane Fuel Pump would be best if you're mounting it in the engine bay. They have enough suction to pull from the fuel tank and not burn themselves up. Used this one in the past with good results. There's also cheaper options of the same style pump on Amazon

A fuel pressure regulator would also be a good thing to install

Wire it up with a fuel pump relay kit

 

[Cool23]

Try running the Electric fuel pump with the mechanical pump. You need to install the electrical pump as close to the fuel tank as you can.

 

[alwill923]

I would only install an electric pump with a return regulator. Somewhere on this forum I have described this in another thread.

 

[Frank]

Running a cheap click-clack pump in conjunction with a weak mechanical pump is working perfectly on my '62 Rambler. I can't eliminate the mechanical pump as it powers the wipers, and the hard-to-find rebuilt pumps are $$$.
Same symptoms- enough fuel from the mechanical to get around town, but over 45mph begins to starve. Because the mechanical is still providing some fuel, the need to have the electric pump near the tank, low enough to get a head, etc. is eliminated.

Mine is mounted after the mechanical pump. Was to be a quick fix but works great, going to leave it as is.

 

[awasson]

My mechanical pump is probably less than 10 years old and is doing a fine job, otherwise it would have been replaced with one like the one @Rmoore45 suggested. All of my hot rods back to the mid-1980’s got a Carter electric pump similar to the one he’s suggesting and they ran just great for the rest of their time with me.

I think for best efficiency, fuel pumps work best when they’re close to the tank and at about the same elevation but the Carter ones I was using provide a decent amount of suction and can be mounted on the firewall.

 

[ActionYobbo]

Thanks @Rmoore45 I will get that pump

 

[DON]

Keep it low in the engine bay and it will almost be tank level