i have a 85 se and was wondering whats the best fuel pump for a carb stock port out on the street on a dellorto

 

Holley red, Carter, Mallory are all good. The Holley red is loud, The Mallory is expensive (relatively), but quiet... and according to RXDOCTOR, the carter is 30something bucks and quiet.

 

The Carter is not quiet....

 

That's right, but I believe the Doc said they come with rubber isolators or some **** that quietens it down so it won't sound like my little red Jackhammer.

 

Holley I think is the most reliable. I put a Carter in my stock Mustang and it only lasted about 6 months. I replaced it with a Holley and it's still pumping strong 4 yrs later. The Carter is definitly cheaper, but remember you get what you pay for.

I am also in the middle of changing out a dead Carter fuel pump on my 85 7. I'll be putting a Holley on her too.

I have no experience with the Mallory pumps.

hope this helps ya.

 

Carter is good and the rubber makes it not sound like a jackhammer, but the little bastard WHIRRS!!! At least you know that it is working.

You will need a FPR as well.

 

are the holleys expensive

 

Depends....the old style pulsing Red and Blue Holleys are relatively cheap, but also loud as hell and essentailly the same design since the 70's....their newer models finally made the move to gerotor technology (which the Mallory pumps have been all along, I might add...) and now you're back in the same price range as the Mallory, but without the extensive field "testing" and experience that Mallory has garnered having made the pumps that way to begin with....

 

David, i didn't say it was $30.00. i said it was inexpensive,lol. There are different
Ratings of the carters. Those of you you have had them fail must have gotten the lower end. I have never had one fail.
Riceburner. You can use your Se pump and get a FPR thru Summit racing to bring the pressure down. rx7doctor
The rubber isolators that come with the carters help. More for insulation use a piece of rubber about 1/4 inch thick and mount it between the frame and the pump.

 

Kind of off topic, but I'm getting a Mallory Comp 7 and a Holley FPR soon, and I was wondering if the fuel pump could have a remote switch. I've got this weird love of switches, and I was kind of hoping for another addition to my row of them. Plus I'd like a couple of things that you have to switch before you get to the start button

So, I'm guessing that the stock pump is wired to start when you turn the car to "on", so there a way that I can just route it to a switch?

 

yes

 

Sorry Doc, I didn't recheck to make sure... I guess I remembered the holley red in the 40's and put the Carter as cheaper in the 30's. At least I got the rubber insulation part right

 

i did this, i literally ran wire from my fuel pump to a switch in the inside of the car, with a 15A fuse and wired it all to the battery,

 

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