Hey Guy's...here's the question...I have a 18 1/2 ft Challenger with a stock BBC and the boat came with an electric fuel pump,mounted in a poor spot I might add. Anyway,I was thinking of putting the stock one back on? What do ya think? And if so is it ran by a rod like the small block's? And if that rod is not in the motor, how hard is it to put in? Or should I just remount the elec pump in the proper place and run with that? I know one thing,it's kinda nice to start after sitting a bit with that elec fuel pump. Also, I've only had the boat out to the local lake a couple o' times since I bought it and it seems to "load up" at an idle,should I be running a pressure regulator on that that pump? I'm a newbie here and this is a pretty cool site!!          Tracy

Tracy,  What fuel pump do you have now?  I think a regulator should be used on most electric pumps.  I switched from electric to mechanical, Clay Smith, and it requires a regulator as well.  It could be that you are flooding the carb with too much pressure.  Ralph and others have told me the 6 or 7 PSI is all you want going into the carb.

Greg

The Holley Marine puts out about 14 psi and requires a regulator and to take the psi down to the 6 or 7 psi.  The Clay Smith requires a regulator too and it's mechanical.  I'll have my carb and regulator set up setting on top of the manifold sometime today or tomorrow and I'll take a photo.  I did have some custom machining done since I run an Edelbrock 750 CFM carb and wanted the Holley gauge and fuel filter system that I bought from Summit installed.