Rocky,
The blue pump comes with the 16 pound regulator which is, as you say,
too much pressure for normal SBC carbs. However, you can do as I did
and get the same regulator that comes with the Red Holly and it works
fine. The advantage of using this combination is you get the volume of
the larger pump regulated down to the right pressure.
CHeers,
Joe (C)
Rocky Entriken wrote:
>
> Very surprising. I went through several brands of electric fuel pumps until
> I got to the Holley. Other brands just were not reliable. That was several
> years ago, the same Holleys are still in the car. Can't really say I've had
> a problem. IMHO, quality is excellent.
>
> I have the Holley Red in my race-prepped Spitfire. Which, IIRC, is a 7.5
> pounds of pressure pump. First one I bought was a Blue, 15 pounds, but that
> was too much for my needs and I found a counterman who understood my needs
> better and put me together with the Red. Virtually same price.
>
> Like Bill says, I have two. Each has its own switch. I got a fuel cell with
> two fuel pickups, one in each rear corner, and run one pump from each
> pickup. They tee into a single line just before the line that goes forward
> to the front of the car and the carbs. I have a fuel filter in the line
> before the pump on each side, and another fuel filter up front just before
> it goes into the pressure regulator (which came with the Holley, BTW).
> They're those nice little glass filters, which lets me see the pumps are
> actually pumping.
>
> Holley pumps are pretty reliable and bullet proof, but not totally
> maintenance free. You occasionally (maybe once a year) have to take off the
> plate at the pump end and clean things up. The little removable vanes can
> get rusty from water in the fuel and need to be de-rusted (wire brush works
> fine). Other than that, just clean things up and put it all back together.
>
> --Rocky Entriken
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
> To: "'Allen Washatko'" <awashatko@wi.rr.com>; "Friends of Triumph"
> <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 5:36 PM
> Subject: RE: Fuel pumps
>
> > Whichever you choose I suggest you install two with separate switches and
> > fuses and join them back at a manifold on a good fuel filter. If only
> > because I have never had either one fail since I did that.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Allen Washatko [mailto:awashatko@wi.rr.com]
> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 2:27 PM
> > To: Friends of Triumph
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Any suggestions for electric fuel pumps? Have had a Holly in the TR6 but
> > they seem to have a quality problem. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Allen
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