Hey guys i just joined, been reading the forum a while and made the jump to a carbueretor from a TPI. However i needed to ask the experts whether or not my stock cam has the fuel pump lobe/eccentrics needed to run a mechanical fuel pump, year model is 1988.

Thanks for the help!

Pat

 

It should. 1990 is when the fuel pump lobes began disappearing off of factory production line cams in the small block.

I've worked on quite a few 87s and they all had a fuel pump lobe. The cam out of a 92 I have doesn't have the lobe.

 

Thanks for the info! Put a push rod in before checking the forum and turned the engine over by hand, seems to go in and out about a quarter inch, this is good news! dont need the electric fuel pump!

Thanks,

Pat