What fuel pump should i use for my turbo LSX car?
What fuel pump should i use for my turbo LSX car?
lots of threads asking about what fuel pump to get, or how it should be installed for what application etc.
Lets start off here and say, if the tank was not EFI it probably wont be easy to just drop in a EFI pump in most cases, i have taken a tall tank out of the malibu and i sunk a 44 in it vertically, because the tank was so tall, originaly i just threw the pump into the bottom of the tank on a long fuel hose but it would rattle around the tank haha and i figured it would get beat up and stop working most likely.
so my second time i pulled it out i just hung it vertically with a sock on it from jay racing from the hat.
if the tank was EFI its super easy to install a one or two, 255lph pumps, they are great, we have done 500ish on one (wich is what most people will tell you the limit is) and on two we have done 650ish or more.
also, with the walbro 400 coming out, and seeing they are only 100 dollars on ebay with install kit *sock, wiring, rubber hose etc* that is a hell of a deal, and i have done a little over 600 wheel in a turbo truck with one on its own.
on my turbo 2500 i sunk 2x400s and that was just plain overkill, but i wanted to see how it would do.
but i made 675whp with that truck no problem, but i believe that is twin 255 territory.
now getting back to if it was a stock carbed tank i think its easier to get the tank sumped, just have a welder tack a sump on they can make one or you can buy one, super easy. from there, if you only want to make 400ish hp an inline 255 will do the deed, no problem we are testing out a 60 dollar 044 chinese copy fuel pump on my black and silver car right now, hoping it can easily handle 400-500 hp.
on top of that the single 044 bosch pump for 160-200 from most retailers works great, i have had 2 cars trapping 130-140 with JUST an 044 by itself on pumpgas, the thing you have to watch out for, is that these pumps do not like pre-filters, they have a hard time drawing but they can push like a beast.
i have an 044 on my yellow/gold two tone fairmont right now and it traps 135mph with a factory sumped tank easly.
so i would say if you have a later model notch, a 400 in the tank is great for 600whp or more, i have never really pushed one, i bet they can flow some mean hp.
if you want a ton of power on e85 i think its easier to just go strait for the protuner 650-750, or similar pump, they are 400-500 bux but they are rated for 1500-2000+ on gasoline, they are absolute beasts, what i like is that they are external and can flow enough fuel to fill your swimming pool.
and even though i talk alot of shit on a1000's my friend made 711rwhp with one of them thru a th400... so they can flow some power also if you can get them cheap.
we have also drilled a hole in the gas tank on the ventura and put a fire protection bulk head fitting in the bottom of the tank, and screwed in a 3/8ths pipe elbow and then fed a 044 pump on that car and returned on the stock feed, and made 500whp thru an automatic also...
haha
in summary i would say
if it does not have a basket, from being stock FI, do a sump or something and feed an external
if its injected factory, has a basket, just sink in a 400lph walbro for 100 dollars and make power
if you need more than that, throw that magnafuel shit on there and call it a day.
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Ebay Chinese 044 clone for 70~ dollars (we are testing this on the black car, currently idles and drives, no boost yet, but i have 60lb injectors we are gunna push for 400-500)
this is a "real" 044 bosch pump, i am running one of these bought from amazon on my 600~ hp yellow/gold car that traps 135, by itself off the stock sumped tank.
http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-Universal-Inline-Fuel-Pump/dp/B003WL73OK
protuner 750, magnafuel 4303 part number, this is the big boy 2000hp street drivable fuel pump, this is on the gold car i sold to mike, he is currently at 860whp and counting
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mrf-mp-4303
400lph walbro in tank pump. i have used this on many cars now it works awesome.
i had two in my truck, i put one in a 600hp 1500 and we have one in a 600hp 2500 truck, and we have a 400 and a 255 lph in a 2002 firebird making 700+ together.