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Yellow Truck

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Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« on: September 20, 2016, 11:34:54 AM »
I'm using a Holley blue pump and it is LOUD. Wondering if there is a quieter option out there.
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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2016, 11:43:39 AM »
The Holley hp 125 and 150 are less than half as loud as the blue pumps. Swapped to a hp 150 in my mustang a few years ago and love it. Can't hear it if the car is running, and it pressurizes the system twice as fast.
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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2016, 12:07:38 PM »
Carter electric pump are quiet and reliable

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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2016, 03:49:53 PM »
+2 for carter

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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2016, 09:32:19 PM »
....Or a good mechanical fuel pump, NO noise!
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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2016, 10:43:15 PM »
Thanks guys, I'll look into a Carter. I was told the Holley would be loud but this is insane. I may try dismounting it and putting more of a bushing in, but I think it is just LOUD.
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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2016, 09:14:49 AM »
Ya, the old Blue pump.  My Mallory 140 is pretty quiet, but I also have a return line on it.  I think that is more the issue with noise, the constant deadheading.  Let it free wheel and it isn't so bad.
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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2016, 09:51:07 AM »
+1 on what Larry said. A bypass regulator made a big difference with my Blue pump. But it was still loud. Then I moved it from the back of the cab to inside the frame and that helped a lot too. When it died I replaced it with a Trick Flow that has a built in regulator. It sounds like a chainsaw running WFO.   ::)
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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2016, 10:14:21 AM »
Ya, the old Blue pump.  My Mallory 140 is pretty quiet, but I also have a return line on it.  I think that is more the issue with noise, the constant deadheading.  Let it free wheel and it isn't so bad.

I put a new fuel pickup into the tank (the original tank inside the cab/behind the seat) because the stock one was too restrictive, and I originally planned to use the stock line (still in place but blocked) as a return. I didn't out of concern that it is a little smaller than the new line and it could result in uneven pressure.
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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2016, 12:02:41 PM »
....Or a good mechanical fuel pump, NO noise!
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My Clay Smith mech pump is noise free!  8)

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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2016, 06:55:30 PM »
Any vane pump will be noisy.. Look for a gerotor style.  I have a Holley 150 mounted in rubber and it is not annoying
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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2016, 07:03:38 PM »
I had the truck on the road today to bring it home from the exhaust shop (had a little problem that the Sanderson FF427 headers were not made with the dimples to allow the bolts to pass through the holes so I had to bring it home while waiting for the replacements from Sanderson - at least they stand behind their product) when the truck quit.

It was on a busy street with nowhere to pull over, and it was raining again (this is supposed to be a semi arid region) so diagnosing it was limited to confirming that I had no fuel pump. Maybe I had a bad one - won't know until the weather clears and I can get a multi-meter on it.
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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2016, 01:05:09 PM »
....Or a good mechanical fuel pump, NO noise!
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My Clay Smith mech pump is noise free!  8)

HA! I was thinking the same thing about my RobbMC pump.

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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2016, 07:49:15 PM »
I gave up on carburetors and went to fuel injection more than 20 years ago. So all my fuel pumps have been electric for a long time. And the higher pressure pumps for EFI are often designed to go inside the tank so that the 'body' of the gasoline acts as a damper and there is no noise heard at all.

You might check to find out if such a thing could be done with the pump you're using. So far as I know, the pressure difference (higher for EFI)  is supplied by the spring in the pump body.

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Re: Is there a quiet high volume fuel pump?
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2016, 01:39:39 PM »
Why do you need an electric pump? If you need it for higher pressures and EFI, I would still use a mechanical pump to draw from the tank and then feed this....

http://fitechefi.com/products/40003/

FiTech Fuel Command Center. Coolest thing to come to hot rods in a while. It provides the high pressure via a submerged pump in its own reservoir that you mount in the engine bay (assuming you have room). No return line to the tank needed and a lot easier to wire under the hood than in the back under the car.
This may even solve the problem of having to increase the line size from the tank for some folks. If the reservoir holds enough volume for the short WOT bursts, all is good.
When I add the FiTech GoPort EFI (once it becomes available), I'll be feeding one of these units with my mechanical pump.
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