Engine cutting out while braking or cornering

[1987cp]

Eek, I missed the M3150. Same deal, as the 6588, crappy 23gph OE pump, NOT EVEN FOR WINDSOR ENGINES but came up under a Windsor search anyway, pictured as a Strip Super pump and advertised at 120gph. This all makes me very unhappy with Summit's ability to run a reliable website when thousands of people rely on this very site for ordering stuff.

[1987cp]

One note about the HPG1: if I try to mount it on the engine, I have no idea where it'll go, unless I take and reconfigure stuff some more and stick the regulator right off the side of the carb ....

[1987cp]

This is nice, "Dallas" from Summit says he'll get the pic on the M6962 pump corrected very soon. I took the opportunity to reply and mention the 6588 again (I'd mentioned it before only in a note asking for free handling on an exchange order) and also the 3150.

[1987cp]

Also nice, a guy from Jeg's wrote back saying he'll look into and correct the M6588 issue.



In related news, I browsed Summit a bit so far this morning and came across a rather interesting filter option. It's a small, inline-style filter, uses 3/8-NPT inlets and outlets (unlike the many inline filters that require AN adapters), and is rated up to 160gph flow capacity. At $31 it's the same price as the supply line I'm planning to return and $10 cheaper than the bulkier HPG1 that's only rated at 45-90gph.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PFS-10211/

Replacement filter element: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PFS-10221/

I also discovered a cheap option for a fluid-filled pressure gauge, a Summit brand unit for $17 (versus $29 for the cheapest fluid-filled gauges I saw yesterday): http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-800115/

[Pirate]

Also nice, a guy from Jeg's wrote back saying he'll look into and correct the M6588 issue.



In related news, I browsed Summit a bit so far this morning and came across a rather interesting filter option. It's a small, inline-style filter, uses 3/8-NPT inlets and outlets (unlike the many inline filters that require AN adapters), and is rated up to 160gph flow capacity. At $31 it's the same price as the supply line I'm planning to return and $10 cheaper than the bulkier HPG1 that's only rated at 45-90gph.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PFS-10211/

Replacement filter element: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PFS-10221/

I also discovered a cheap option for a fluid-filled pressure gauge, a Summit brand unit for $17 (versus $29 for the cheapest fluid-filled gauges I saw yesterday): http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-800115/

I know it's more money, but Id stick with the Fram filter unit.

[1987cp]

Primarily because of its larger filter area, I presume?

[1987cp]

Just in case I've never mentioned it before, I hate hooking fuel lines to AFB carburetors.

Silly Summit people waved that feed line combo, only for me to realize that I really need the filter *before* the regulator .....

... my old setup with a 3/8" brake line is sloppy and involves dozens of adapters, which look stupid and cost money, especially on discovering the one is 3/8-inverted flare to 1/4-NPT and not 3/8-NPT .... could add a bushing, but who wants to do that?

Compression to 3/8-NPT is always an option ... seems silly to leave the tube there, though ....

Since I already have a carb-to-3/8-inverted-flare adapter, it'd be nice to find something to take that straight to 3/8-NPT .....

Could also possibly cut the barb ridge off a stock Edelbrock carb-to-hose connector, and stick a compression fitting on there ....

Argh.



Edit: trying to locate pipe and tube and compression fittings on the Internet is a major pain in the ass!!!!!!

[1987cp]

Hm, I wonder what this "IFF" is that Speedway Motors refers to? Is it the adapter that threads into an inverted-flare fitting, or the kind you use with compression collars? Or better yet, neither?


Annoyingly, the carb supply line I'd ordered in error seems to be the most efficiently-routed supply line available ...... and it costs the same as other supply lines that include no extra features and are routed forward, which would leave no room for other junk. I suppose I could indeed just keep it and run a redundant filter upstream of the regulator ......

[Pirate]

Primarily because of its larger filter area, I presume?

Ditto.

[1987cp]

Got the HPG1 indicated on my exchange slip!

[1987cp]

New conundrum .... I've read where at least some aftermarket performance fuel pumps, such as I think those offered by Edelbrock, can be "re-clocked" so the inlet/outlet face a different direction. Any ideas whether my new Summit pump also has that capability?

[Pirate]

Judging by the pic....it's definitely clockable. I'm just not sure of the range.

[1987cp]

Popped it apart, and it seems to be clockable 360 degrees in 30 degree increments. This may prove convenient since the inlet and outlet are reversed from a Crown Vic fuel pump, so it will be easy to just point the inlet toward the front of the car and use some elbows to point a barb fitting (or I suppose eventually a braided-hose fitting) toward the back while the outlet points conveniently straight out the side.

I actually just bought a bunch of elbows and junk at Lowe's and am just a piece or two short of getting things mocked up. My concern now is that my brass 1/4-NPT fittings seem to have pretty restricted passages inside, so perhaps I may want to either use steel or step directly up to 3/8". (pump has 1/4-NPT inlet and outlet)

[1987cp]

Pics of pump, filter, regulator, gauge, and misc. brass adapters, along with concerns about brass adapters:

http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showpost.php?p=450841&postcount=11

[Pirate]

Pics of pump, filter, regulator, gauge, and misc. brass adapters, along with concerns about brass adapters:

http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showpost...1&postcount=11

Geeze, who told you to order that stuff? I'd never put it on my car....