Car boggs out when high acceleration?

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Feb 7, 2013 | 02:27 PM
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I have a electric fuel pupm mounted under my gas tank(when i bought the car it was in the engine bay, and it was too much for the pump to handle and it gave out). I bought a pump just like it at autozone, the $45 one for v8 engines. When i try to race on anything too much my car sputters and dies, so i have to pop the hood and suck on a gas line to prime it again, what should i do? Get a better pump and regulator?
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Feb 8, 2013 | 08:59 AM
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Re: Car boggs out when high acceleration?
Get a walboro 255 and be done with it. There around $100
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Feb 8, 2013 | 09:57 AM
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Re: Car boggs out when high acceleration?
How good are they? Do I need a regulator?
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Feb 11, 2013 | 08:37 PM
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Re: Car boggs out when high acceleration?
do you have a tpi? I believe the have a return set up at the rail.
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Feb 14, 2013 | 09:23 AM
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Re: Car boggs out when high acceleration?
no mines carbed, and in shop class we made the return line the fuel line
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Feb 14, 2013 | 10:11 AM
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Re: Car boggs out when high acceleration?
Thats odd. Sounds like your pump aint doing its job. I usually mount them just in fron of the axle where the fuel line comes down from the tank. I'd try a better pump and of course mount it low. Make sure all you clamps are tight so that you're not sucking air.
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Feb 14, 2013 | 05:40 PM
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Quote: ... in shop class we made the return line the fuel line
Detention time.

Drop the tank, install a good pump like the Walbro mentioned, use a return-style regulator like a Mallory 4309 to drop the pressure down to a carb-friendly 4-7 psi, and use the supply line as a supply line and the return line as a return line.
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Mar 3, 2013 | 08:29 AM
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Re: Car boggs out when high acceleration?
I have a summit inline pump mounted above my gas tank and it does fine on my 355.
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