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Originally Posted by 84HOtransam
I checked out the cam..i am a little afraid of soild lifters..how often to they need to be adjusted?...i will stay away from the roller lifters..
the fuel system in the car is still a stock mechanical pump and stock fuel lines..if i need to change them out for something more could you recomend a pump? and should i run one new feed line and keep the same bypass...
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if you are going to race a car with an early type motor and want it to do the things the money you spent >SHOWS -- you will have to learn to adj a set of lifters its easy it shows you in some cases when something is going wrong before it brakes and i can in as many as 10 steps start to finish how to do it, but lots of the young guys on the site know as well i am sure - start a new thread and if the responce is poor i will take the time and answer it as well ----
fuel system the stock pump has only one real issue / problem in a drag car from the standpoint of Heat soak -- drag cars sit around on black colored pit areas and park around and next to 200* cars in the lanes with temps of 90* so the underside of the car gets ( overheated ) for a mechanical pump to do the job - the reason you see mushtangs leaking water like a dog and a pole > ( ICE ) dense fuel has more power in it and cold is the answer, so it happens with an electric fuel pump and a return line > yes its still hot but all the fuel, even the fuel in the tanks temp is put into the mix, lowering the fuel charge you have in the car, now this is another subject what fuel holds the coolest tems unleaded / blue red > alky wins hahahaahhah
as far as using your stock return line - maybe i dont know what car you have and what size the line might be - we use a bigger line going back in real race cars so as their is no restriction and restrichion brings a rise in temps as well so full flow to return to the tank > having said that you rairly see that in place its a very small thing most opp to just use a #6 line for all of it and the eletric pump i would opp for the red holley but you can use the blue one it is cheaper but buy a good return type regulator / with a gage -- jz