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Title: efi and carb fueling problem
Post by: Armor on June 27, 2010, 09:09:51 am

i know this is an odd one but here we go:

we are working on my dads 51 right now, and we have a new tank and a sending unit from an S10 that seems to fit perfectly, but its an intank pump on it, which tells me that its EFI.

can we run it and a pressure regulator(return Line style) to get it to work with the carb? or would it not work too well and burn the pump? we are trying to do this as cheap as possible, and a regulator is 30$(holly) compared to a 100$ plus sending unit and mech/inline pump.

anyone ever used a regulator to get it to work or is this asking for problems.

thanks
morgan

Title: Re: efi and carb fueling problem
Post by: VileZambonie on June 27, 2010, 09:50:11 am

What year was the S10

Title: Re: efi and carb fueling problem
Post by: VileZambonie on June 27, 2010, 10:01:23 am

You can drop in an in tank pump like this one E8004
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/Fuel-Pump/_/N-8vcz2?filterByKeyWord=E8004&fromString=search&isSearchByPartNumber=true

Title: Re: efi and carb fueling problem
Post by: Armor on June 27, 2010, 09:06:36 pm

that pump is perfect thanks man, i didnt even know they existed.

the sender is outta a mid 90's so i didnt know which way it would be, but that looks like itll work great.

thanks again

Title: Re: efi and carb fueling problem
Post by: markdilljr on June 28, 2010, 02:37:16 pm

you can also get an electric inline from autozone for around $40 I had to get one for one of my old trucks to get it to run so I could sell it