My two week old cheapo mechanical fuel pump from the local parts store (Chinese part maybe?) failed as I got to work today spewing fuel out the weep hole like a arterial wound directly at the header. I was lucky it didn't burn me to the ground. Can we even buy decent parts these days that will last longer then the drive home to install them? I got a coworker to drive me to a parts store at lunch where I picked up a Holley MightyMite 32 GPH electric pump and some hose to do a quick temp repair deleting the mechanical pump for the drive back home (worked fine BTW). After roasting in the sun while installing the pump and using the 12V switched source from the electric choke on my Edelbrock as a power source it roared back to life without spewing flammable liquids everywhere. Has anyone else used one of these pumps for a "lightly improved" 302 (headers, Summit 3601 cam, intake, 650 cfm 4 BBL) and had some decent service out of it? I'll do a more permanent install this weekend and see how it does. Also gonna make a block off plate for the mechanical pump which goes back for a refund!
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