Electric fuel pump mounting question

[Brett73]

I recently bought a remanufactured Red Holley electric fuel pump and was looking for suggestions on where to mount it. A friend of mine saw on a show like "Monster Garage" (not sure that was the one) that said that these pumps were better at pushing fuel than pulling. Therefore it should be mounted below the bottom of the fuel tank. When I look at the frame near the inlet of the fuel line near the tank it looks awfully close to the exhaust. If anyone has any thoughts on where to mount it or even pics of mounted ones this would be greatly appreciated.

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Brett73

 

[JohnZ]

Is your engine heavily modified, pushing over 500hp? Just curious why you feel you need an electric fuel pump - that's a lot of plumbing/wiring/safety hassle when it won't gain you one horsepower, is noisy, and isn't as reliable as a mechanical pump.

 

[Brett73]

Good question. A friend of mine recommended an electric pump vs. mechanical because it is not my daily driver. His reasoning was that as the car sits over time the carb loses gas through leakage or evaporation. With the electric pump you turn on the ignition, the pump fills the carb back up and you start with no problem. To answer your question about hp, no I don't have a high performance car. I want a car that looks good, has a little performance and is very reliable. (That's my attitude at the moment. I would not be surprised after I get her going that that attitude changes in a heart beat.)

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Brett73

 

[JohnZ]

A stock mechanical pump will work just fine for you, and if it fails, every auto parts store has a bolt-on replacement (not necessarily the case with a "hot-rod" electric pump). If any of my cars sit for more than a month or so (all have stock Holleys), I just use a cheap syringe and shoot about an ounce of gas in through the primary bowl vent tube, and they fire right up.

 

[rbyrne]

Having a car that's been sitting crank for a while before firing is probably good as it builds up a bit of oil pressure first. I'd stick with a mechanical pump.