I decided to do a writeup of the pumps and figured I would show pics and kinda do a how to.
Heres the competition, stock on the left producing 3-4 psi, and the Carter superstrip pump on the right, capable of flowing 120 gph @ 9psi.
Ok so you have this great pump... so now what? put it in right? ha good luck with that one... you have to start off by removing the pin in both pumps, on the stock pump I used a drill until it reached the pin and dulled the bit
, so I finished off with an air grinder. I used that same grinder to remove a small piece of metal over the pin stopper in the carter pump. in this pic you can see what I ended up doing to remove the stock pin.
next I used a couple of tools to remove the front spring on the carter pump so it woudlnt have tension on it so I could remove the pin with some needle nose pliars and some shimmying with it... here you can see the differences in the arms, and see the spring removed for taking it out, the pins are the same diameter, and the pumps have the same hole size and bolt pattern...
I then proceeded to make sure the pump arm fit correctly and put the pin and stopper back in. heres the final pic. I still havent fastened the pin stopper piece in yet, havent had time to work on it but a few asked if I could take pics and do some kind of writeup.
there you go a sbc fuel pump made to fit our inlines... I dunno who decided to try this but they are a genious. now going back to teh stock pic where can I run the boost reference from? theres a small vent hole on the bottom side could I just run a boost line there orrrr? I know it goes o the bottom sie of the diaphram so Im guessing so. but yea heres the final thing. Ill update with how it works for me and any other problems I run into.
edit: 9/17/06
O.k. Everything is up and running...well sort of... I lost spark after moving the car 20 feet, it felt pretty good though. still no changes to timing, it seemed to brake torque REALLY good and not act retarded and bog/hesitate/stumble... Fuel pressure is at 9-11 psi (gauge was fluttering a bit) so far it seemed to be runnign really well and no complaints.
As for boost referencing I found an old piece of brake line off a mustang II I believe and sanded it smooth, and it fit PERFECT in the vent hole, I used a hammer to tap it down and ran a boost line from the compressor and it rises with boost. heres some pics I used epoxy to hold the pin in and sanded it and painted it with paint to make it match some... heres pics...
this is the pressure gauge it was fluttering between 11 and 9 psi and the pic cought it at 11.
Heres the competition, stock on the left producing 3-4 psi, and the Carter superstrip pump on the right, capable of flowing 120 gph @ 9psi.
Ok so you have this great pump... so now what? put it in right? ha good luck with that one... you have to start off by removing the pin in both pumps, on the stock pump I used a drill until it reached the pin and dulled the bit
, so I finished off with an air grinder. I used that same grinder to remove a small piece of metal over the pin stopper in the carter pump. in this pic you can see what I ended up doing to remove the stock pin.
next I used a couple of tools to remove the front spring on the carter pump so it woudlnt have tension on it so I could remove the pin with some needle nose pliars and some shimmying with it... here you can see the differences in the arms, and see the spring removed for taking it out, the pins are the same diameter, and the pumps have the same hole size and bolt pattern...
I then proceeded to make sure the pump arm fit correctly and put the pin and stopper back in. heres the final pic. I still havent fastened the pin stopper piece in yet, havent had time to work on it but a few asked if I could take pics and do some kind of writeup.
there you go a sbc fuel pump made to fit our inlines... I dunno who decided to try this but they are a genious. now going back to teh stock pic where can I run the boost reference from? theres a small vent hole on the bottom side could I just run a boost line there orrrr? I know it goes o the bottom sie of the diaphram so Im guessing so. but yea heres the final thing. Ill update with how it works for me and any other problems I run into.
edit: 9/17/06
O.k. Everything is up and running...well sort of... I lost spark after moving the car 20 feet, it felt pretty good though. still no changes to timing, it seemed to brake torque REALLY good and not act retarded and bog/hesitate/stumble... Fuel pressure is at 9-11 psi (gauge was fluttering a bit) so far it seemed to be runnign really well and no complaints.
As for boost referencing I found an old piece of brake line off a mustang II I believe and sanded it smooth, and it fit PERFECT in the vent hole, I used a hammer to tap it down and ran a boost line from the compressor and it rises with boost. heres some pics I used epoxy to hold the pin in and sanded it and painted it with paint to make it match some... heres pics...
this is the pressure gauge it was fluttering between 11 and 9 psi and the pic cought it at 11.
Yea, the new motor has been in the car for a while but with no cyl. head. I was waiting on the new aluminium FSPP head but I am ready to get it back going so I had my old head cleaned and checked last week. I should be able to start it up in the next week or two. I really want to redo my turbo setup so it may be a little while before it is all done and on the road. I promise it will rock this time around! 
