worked all afternoon on the mav and got the fuel pump and filter all mocked up.sunday i will finish it.what do you guys think will it work there its on the passenger side between the trunk and subframe.
looks good. im interested to find out how loud that pump is. it looks like a clone of a holey blue. do you have a filter before the pump also? to help isolate the noise to the pump, i put rubber gromets in the mounting bracket slots. some times i have to grind the slots biger to fit the gromit but it does give it some more isolation.
i do believe it is a holley blue with summits name on it because the regulator that came with it was a holley.that filter you see is before the pump and i have a rubber piece that goes between steel plate and the pump.i will keep the gromet ideal in mind if its to loud. thanks for the tip bryant john
Pumps are made to push fuel NOT made to suck fuel. Mount the pump LOW enough so fuel can flow into the pump.
First - mounting a pump solidly to a piece of sheet metal is going to make it VERY loud. Second - that pump will not pull fuel reliably when put that far from the tank - you are asking for a case of vapor lock and stalling on steep grades. Cures: Mount the pump with grommets on top of and under each mount point. Use a rubber hose through the grommets and the mounting points for the bolt to go through - no metal to metal contact anywhere. mount the metal plate to the fram in the same way. It will be quiet. Mount the pump as close to the tank and as low as you can so it has a gravity feed to it even climbing hills. That will pressurize the line all the way forward and eliminate any chance of vapor lock. You do good work - it looks nice - now do that wonderful work in the right place.
paul thanks for the good tips do you have any suggestions where i sould mount it im at a lost.i origanaly wanted it on the same side as the sending unit on the frame but there is not much room there. john
Try to mount it either behind the fuel sender if you can fit it far enough away from the exhaust or in front of the tank as low as you can without endandering it on speed bumps and pedestrians that might get in your way. I can tell you where to mount one on a 66 Mustang but I haven't done the electric pump swap on a Maverick yet. (sorry)
i think im going to try and put it right across from the sending unit on the subframe if it will fit.im going to the shop right now to try.or on the subframe in front of the rear end if i have any room there because the exhaust dumps right before my rear axle.will post pics of the mockup later. john
Agree with this!!! If pump was mounted up with engine , I would say move it! . LOTS OF GUYS MOUNT pump in trunk above tank with no problem.
