kenhaw
04-05-2009, 06:05 AM
Ok guys, help is needed.
I have a 69 camaro with a chevy 385 Fastburn engine with the hot cam kit.
A couple of months ago I had my engine stall on me and just before that I noticed my fuelpressure was droping sometimes. I have a holley mechanical fuelpump and stainless steel lines. I have since upgraded everything with a RobbMc sending unit in the tank, 8 AN lines all the way to the RobbMc pressure regulator getting feed from a Carter mechanical fuelpump, 2 new RobbMc filters, 100 and 40 micron. All lines are new 8 and 6 AN. My pump should be able to provide 7 - 8.5 psi but I am not seing that much. I have a pressure gauge inside the car and also in the engine compartment. I am seing maybe 6 psi and sometimes 4. What is going on. I have had the car for 3 or 4 years and never had this problem before. Before the pressure would be around 8 all the time. Is this a cam lobe problem? Have read that it is important to use the right fuel pump pushrod and called a dealer who told me to use the standard non bronze tipped type. My engine has about 20.000 miles on it. When I changed the fuelpump I noticed that the pump pushrod was the normal one so I just installed that again. I have no return fuellnes since RobbMc told me that it isnt needed. I live in the south of france and it gets hot here but have never had this problem before so I dont think vapour lock is the problem either. If I change my pump to an electric which one should I get? My car is blown and carburated and if possible I would prefer not to run a return line.
Please help.
Thx
Kenneth
I have a 69 camaro with a chevy 385 Fastburn engine with the hot cam kit.
A couple of months ago I had my engine stall on me and just before that I noticed my fuelpressure was droping sometimes. I have a holley mechanical fuelpump and stainless steel lines. I have since upgraded everything with a RobbMc sending unit in the tank, 8 AN lines all the way to the RobbMc pressure regulator getting feed from a Carter mechanical fuelpump, 2 new RobbMc filters, 100 and 40 micron. All lines are new 8 and 6 AN. My pump should be able to provide 7 - 8.5 psi but I am not seing that much. I have a pressure gauge inside the car and also in the engine compartment. I am seing maybe 6 psi and sometimes 4. What is going on. I have had the car for 3 or 4 years and never had this problem before. Before the pressure would be around 8 all the time. Is this a cam lobe problem? Have read that it is important to use the right fuel pump pushrod and called a dealer who told me to use the standard non bronze tipped type. My engine has about 20.000 miles on it. When I changed the fuelpump I noticed that the pump pushrod was the normal one so I just installed that again. I have no return fuellnes since RobbMc told me that it isnt needed. I live in the south of france and it gets hot here but have never had this problem before so I dont think vapour lock is the problem either. If I change my pump to an electric which one should I get? My car is blown and carburated and if possible I would prefer not to run a return line.
Please help.
Thx
Kenneth