Dale, I like that idea. Simple and clean, and I like the idea of keeping the underhood area tidy. Less things in the road means easier to work on. I have this custom fuel log that I got when I bought the intake, so may just go ahead and use it.
I wasn't aware that some fuel pumps had a built in return. Some of this stuff is new to me. I have the Clay Smith mechanical pump, which doesn't have a return, but as always things are always subject to change.
I don't care for dead head regulators, so I just engineer the fuel delivery with the regulator on the back side of the carbs controlling returned fuel. Echo, can't mount it on the firewall. In the door car, the regulator is mounted on the back of a shock tower. On the dragster, it's on the back end of the fuel log.
Chris, I've heard the issues with deadheads, so not going that route. Question though, if I get what you're saying, the regulator controls pressure on the
pressure side also? I assume by regulating the return? I wasn't aware that's how they worked. I had it in my head that the inlet side of the regulator was whatever pressure the pump put out and that the regulator regulated the pressure on the exit side only, bypassing excess to the return. But you're saying the pressure side is controlled by bypassing excess to the return? It makes sense, just didn't realize that's how they worked. A big "DUH" moment for me..lol