I inherited a 1954 ford customline and I'm fixing the failed fuel pump. I want to switch the mechanical fuel pump to an electric one, and was wondering what type of fuel regulator to use. is pic rel ($30 from amazon) good enough or should I get a holley one for over double the price? I assume they're already both made in china.
if you buy a carter or a holley red pump you won't need a regulator they deadhead internally at 6.5-7 psi.if you use a return regulator style you can use a more broad range of fuel pumps.for simplicity id just go with the carberator fuel pump with no regulator.there's cheap ones at parts stores too.a dead head regulator with a pump with too high psi/gph is not a good idea cause itll just heat the fuel and the pump.I wouldn't shy away from one of the cheaper return regulators as long as i had a guage on it.
>>28839798Just get a mechanical pump from shoebox central. It’s easier than trying to wire in an electric pump to a 54 especially if it’s still 6vt. 1953 Ranch Wagon
>>28839798Just installed one of these exact Amazon cheepos on 88' Chevy. Redid the whole fuel system because old rot, so new lines up and new return lines coming off of this. Paired with a 100 micron Amazon filter before fuel pump and a 10 micron Amzon filter right before regulator after mechanical pumpInstalled the high pressure gauge that came with this on the regulator and bought a seperate low pressure one insalled directly on the carb. Runnin great for the last couple weeksEdelbrock AVS2 with smaller secondary jets, 350 with small open intake and headers
>>28839817The carburetor was one year only for the distributor and timing system and unfortunately leaks past 5 psi, so a regulator is unavoidable.>>28840929The mechanical pump is also one year only, and shoebox central doesn't sell them for that year. 1954 was the transition year from flathead to overhead valve, so a lot of parts were one year only and changed and upgraded in the next year. It's kind of neat and unique, but makes maintenance a pain. I think I'll just buy the amazon one, test and monitor it for a few weeks, and return it if it doesn't work out.
>>28841452I think I can buy a separate low pressure gauge and put it on the regulator in the hole where the one that came with the regulator goes. Will this one be good enough? Also, thanks to everyone for the help.
>>28839798Is this a fathead or a Y?Should be able to get parts either way, check out the hamb.https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/
>>28841470yea I imagine you could just put this gauge in place of the high pressure one. Just make sure your pressure is, at wherever the carb is going to need, at the carb! Not likely a big pressure change from say a 3ft line but you never know, thats why I put my low psi gauge on the carb inlet. Some might mount their regulator farther away, like by the tank or somethinggood luck with any and all projects!
>>28841464Just get a carter P90091. Mine delivers exactly 3PSI in my VW, no regulator needed.I recommend installing it right under the tank to prevent vaporlock, and they generally work better pushing instead of pulling fuel anyway.You should hook it up to a cut off switch, double bonus if you get a fuel pump relay (google 93161511300), they take a tach signal as input so they'll automatically prime on ignition power, then cut off until they get a coil signal. Its a bit safer to not run the pump while the engine's not running.
>>28841464I like how people dressed back then now everyone is dressed in thousand dollar big logo branded clothes made out of 100% polyester aka fucking plasic. Only natural fibers for me.
>>28842900they had polyester clothes back then retard
>>28839798Don't do that.
>>28841464honestly I would just make an adapter flange for a 2100/350cfm 2barrel.you can buy a used one off ebay for maybe 65 bucks and maybe a chink clone as a spare, they're pretty reliable.
>>28841470beware of oil filled guages as they can read incorrectly once the oil heats up after the engine has been running
