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Old Sep 30, 2001 | 05:49 PM
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I have to fuel pumps.....

I have a mechanical fuel pump and a in tank pump. They run at the same time. It wont hurt anything will it? It will just give it a little more pressure, right. Just found it out today.

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Old Sep 30, 2001 | 06:05 PM
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If the in-line fuel pump is stronger than the in-tank one, then it might be putting a strain on the in-line pump. If it's the other way around, I don't think it'll hurt anything, but I doubt you'll get much higher pressure than the weakest pump.

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Old Sep 30, 2001 | 07:37 PM
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If your car was an LG4, it came with 2 fuel pumps from the factory.
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Old Oct 1, 2001 | 07:10 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Apeiron:
If your car was an LG4, it came with 2 fuel pumps from the factory.</font>
I have an LG4 and I only have one pump and that was on the block.
Car is now TPI and I have an in-line holley pump.


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Old Oct 1, 2001 | 07:54 PM
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You don't have an '87.
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