I was wondering what you guys think is the best simplest, cheapest, reliable way of doing a fuel system for my 68 roadrunner, with a .040" 440, mild hydraulic cammed, aluminum headed dual plane intaked motor would be. I always had electric in my mind but now am wondering if it's needed. This will be a street strip car, not sure if I'm going to run a fuel cell or not. I'm needing to watch my spending a little more now (building a house, just married etc etc) I just want to make sure my motor has the fuel it needs, doesn't vapor lock or have any glitches if it can be helped. Let me know what you guys run for a fuel system and how you do it. Thanks in advance!

mild cam- go with a mechanical carter. 6 psi street pump

Have not had luck with mech pumps around here for years, summer months trips to dragstrip had car falling on it's face at end of track, changed to elec pumps and have not gone back. BUT, the use of a return line does help in many cases.

I've been using a Mallory electric feeding into a stock Mechanical for 10 years, it helps with extended storage dry start problems and helps with fuel vapor lock.
An an added bonus is if either fails, you still get home..

I prefer using my electric pump.

I wish I had added in a return line to the system so it'd help with noise and keeping the fuel cooler (not having issues with vaporlocking however). I like the fact that if I run it out of fuel, I don't have to crank it up for 20seconds to fill the carb up. Also, if I know I will be working on the carb, I can cut the fuel and run the level down without making much of a mess. Fuel pressure and volume is consistent....No complaints other than the non-return system, and going with a cheap/loud Holley blue pump.

You cant beat the simple system I run. I use my stock fuel tank with a 3/8 sending unit and I bent 3/8 fuel line and installed the line in the stock posistion. I use the Holley red pump and mounted it in front of the tank. At the carb I use some braided line with a fuel filter in the line. And I have changed the filter to a steel one. No fuel pressure regulator to mount as the red pump is set to 7 psi with built in regulation. I just wanted a simple fuel system close to stock but with 3/8 line and an electric pump. It's so simple for a fuel system that feeds my mid 11 second mild 440 with fuel to spare. As for electric fuel pump noise..............If I was worried about that I would be driving a granny's slant six car without 3" exh and Ultra-Flow muffler's. Ron

I have run well into the 12s with a stock pump and yes the noise of an elec pump drives me nuts.

use both....The electric will pressurize the line so that if the mechanical fails on HIGH revs, The electric will still send the fuel .

If you run an electric pump and a mechanical pump - in some cases (possibly all?) if the diaphragm ruptures in the mechanical pump, the electric pump can fill your crankcase with gasoline.

Just something to consider.

I would have never thought it would work either. The guy I got all my S/C stuff from recommended it. Again I only used the electric for 10-15 seconds at a time. I would never use both together all the time.

All your doing by using both is pressurizing the line When the car is running, I have used both for 15+ years in my 1968 RAII Firebird and I will say NO problems ever....I have had several times that the mechanical pump could not keep up with the high revs that the car would put out since the installation of both the car has never failed.