Alright now. I got a 89 i just got rid of the tbi.. Put a new intake manifold on it. Manual fuel pump bc it is a roller motor. And a edelbrock 1406 carb on and a hei distributor. But then i got overwhelmed and lost lol. As for fuel i know top port on maunual fuel pump goes to carb. Then bottom port would go to my return. But now what ? I believe i need a fuel pressure regulator right ? I know factory pressure is too high. So im kinda at a road block or just mental block over thinking. Then with my hot wire from choke to i put that to fues pannel or to the hei distributor ? Truth is i need this car to get me from work and back its literally all i got. If anyone can please help in anyway i would be more than thankful

 

You need to regulate the fuel pressure down with a return style regulator
choke wire is a accessory power hot when key is to the accessory position and run.
you should of stayed with tbi

 

Mechanical fuel pump should be fine for a carb'd application.

 

By Manual fuel pump do you mean one bolted to the block? Did you also remove the oem in-tank fuel pump and retro fit the pickup? I agree for a daily driver should have left it alone and or fixed it as is.. The 1406 is a poor choice in my opinion.

 

Yup, I'll jump on the band wagon. Edelbrock 1406 is a downgrade from the tbi honestly. I'd put it back.

If you decide to continue to dissapoint yourself, you can use the factory intank pump, just use a regulator on the factory line to reduce it to.about 4-6psi. The TBI pump is under 20psi iirc. The machanical pump will not work well if it's trying to pull through the in tank pump.

 

I have a 1406 on my 1985. I agree that the TBI is probably a better system though, and if mine had been TBI I would have left it alone. I'm actually still considering a swap to aftermarket TBI one of these days.

That said, it sounds like you are pretty well vested in the new system you have installed. The 1406 can be made to run really good (mine has been running great for years), and the plus side to it is it's about the simplest system you could possibly install on this car. In fact, the only complaint I have about mine is the slightly increased cranking on a hot restart.

If you are using a mechanical pump bolted to the block you can probably get away with no regulator. Mine is currently mechanical and unregulated, and in the past I found no benefit to regulating it in spite of Edelbrock warning to keep it below about 6 or 7 psi. You will still have to do something about the in-tank pump though. The best suggest was above; to leave the in-tank electric pump as your fuel pump and then regulate the return line. This isn't as simple as a mechanical pump setup, but dropping the fuel tank to remove the in-tank pump is a lot of trouble if the in-tank pump still works.