I have a 1984 Camaro that originally came with a carburetor. I'm still running a carburetor on it, but I'm using a Holley Blue Fuel Pump to feed it. I've been running a plug in piggy-back fuse for the last few years since putting in the pump (only driven a few times a year as of yet) due to lack of time. Now that I have time to work on it more and a garage to do it in, I'm wanting to add the fuel pump circuit to the factory fuse box and feed the pump with it. My fuse box doesn't have the power bus bar in the box and I don't have any manuals that would show me where the wire needs to be fed from or to.

I'm looking for advice on where to find the buss bar for the fuse box as well as the connectors, for the fed side and where to find a diagram for a 1984 so I know where I have to try to get the power for the circuit from. How difficult is it to remove a bar from another fuse box? I have a 83 and a 84 car I can scavenge parts from, but both were carbureted from the factory, so neither have that circuit, but I can probably pull a 3 spot bus from it if I can't find new to put in. The couple diagrams in the Haynes manuals were a little iffy on their accuracy for one particular year.

 

If you plan on adding anything else in the future you would be better off adding an aux. fuse panel. You can get one that holds four fuses and power it straight off of the battery (with a fuse) or another source of power (starter post, etc.). If you want it ign. and run hot only you can switch the power to it with a relay controlled by the correct feed(ign switch, etc.).

Some GM fuse boxes have addn'l fused spaces and are usually labeled RUN, IGN, or DIM (connected to the headlight dimmer output, excellent for aftermarket gauges). You can use these for a single circuit or use the feed to trigger a relay, which in turn could control a single high amp accy or the aforementioned additional fuse panel.

 

I have three free spaces that would be fed by a single vertical buss added to the fuse box. The only circuits I can think that I want to add right now (TCC, fans, and fuel pump) would be covered by these three fuses. I added an axillary fuse panel to a S-10 I had one time and it worked ok, but was hard to locate where it could be reached easily while not being visible which is why I decided I wanted to try to add to the factory fuse panel in this Camaro. Thanks for the input thought!

 

You should run the fuel pump off of a relay. It draws too much amperage to be wired straight to the fuse box.

 

According to the Holley Blue Fuel Pump instructions, it only needs a 7.5A fuse. I would think that the factory fuse panel should more than support this as there are several 15A and 20A fuses in it already and I would be adding a new supply to the box so I can't see that it would cause any extra stress on the system as I have 5-6 open spots all together. This is a VERY plain-Jane car. The only options it has AFAIK, is A/C and rear defrost, both of which are not connected right now.

Even if I add the control circuit with the oil pressure switch they show in the instructions, I will only need 15A.

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