I have an 86 camaro with an on the block fuel pump and it is gonna be hard for me to put nitrous on the car, becuase people say not to spray with a block pump, so I was thinking about putting my battery in the trunk, and putting a small fuel cell in the engine bay just for my nitrous, will this work? Anyone ever done it?

 

first off, your still gonna be using a manual fuel pump and it's almost definately not going to supply enough fuel. trust me here, if you can't afford an electric fuel pump, put the nitrous away, cuz there is no way you can afford the destruction the nitrous will cause if there isn't enough fuel. secondly, from a safety perspective, putting a fuel cell under the hood is a very bad idea.

 

duplicate thread https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=196389

 

ontogenisis trust me I just built close to a 6 thousand dollar motor and I will still be using the mechanical pump for the motor, but I am going to be ucing a small electrical inline pump for the nitrous but I dont want to have to tap holes into the gas tank. So Im pretty sure I can afford doing this and I know I am smart enough to do it. B4Ctom thanks for posting that link, it is exactly what I was looking for.

 

I agree that a second pump and pickup is the right way to go, a electric can power a motor or a nitrous but not both unless you spend a fortune or the combo makes not very much power. dso the second line right on the factory pickup unit from the top.

 

i wasn't trying to insult your intelligence or your wallet, you never made any mention of using an electric pump, it sounded like you were going to still try to use the mechanical pump for the nitrous, misunderstanding i guess. I'm still not sure a fuel cell in the engine bay is the safest thing to do, but thats just my opinion.

 

Hey BRCTom1 what do you mean by, dso the second line right on the factory pickup unit from the top.? Is there any way to put another line from the gastank up there in the factory sending unit and run a seperate electric pump for the nitrous?

 

What I did on the B4C because I had to change the in tank pump any how was run a second pickup. I did it because at the time I didnt know what I was going to do with the B4C yet.

I know you dont have an intank pump but this still applys to your pickup, just ignore the fact that on the end of my factory pickup there is a pump.

I basically pulled the tank, pulled the sending unit pickup assembly. drilled a hole right next to the pickup line. There are a few hose and pipe connections there but only one is the "real" pickup its obvious which one it is. Anyhow I drilled a hole in the top plate to run a 1/2" alum tubing pickup. Instead of using zip ties which might melt I used two little hose clamps to secure it to the part of the stock pickup that is inside the tank I cut it off parrallel to the length as well. then I bent the end slightly away so the two ends werent right next to each other fighting to pickup the same fuel. to sela the hole I used gas tank repair putty. The hole was barely large enough to fit the line down and fuel only barely splashes there so I figured it would be ok and besides I noticed the tank builds pressure like it did before on hot days so I must have done it right. I never ended up using this extra line for anything but if I ever do it will be there and ready.