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Re: 408 help needed [Re: Mirada 408] #2383259
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Blue pump on my '69 440 brkt car, 850DP, stock 906 heads, best 11.2@118, made just 1 NA run with new 2.14/1.81 ported 906's with HS rockers, no other changes, 10.7@125....people give those pumps away for free these days don't they?


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Re: 408 help needed [Re: Guitar Jones] #2383278
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Originally Posted By Guitar Jones
Two carbs in that kind of application actually require less fuel flow to keep up because the jets are smaller. I know sounds weird.

If the motor makes more power with two carbs., and what Mopar V8 doesn't, it has to use more fuel, correct work
It takes X amount of fuel to make each HP, increase the HP output and the fuel consumption has to increase to make that power shruggy


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Re: 408 help needed [Re: Cab_Burge] #2383300
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Originally Posted By Cab_Burge
Originally Posted By Guitar Jones
Two carbs in that kind of application actually require less fuel flow to keep up because the jets are smaller. I know sounds weird.

If the motor makes more power with two carbs., and what Mopar V8 doesn't, it has to use more fuel, correct work
It takes X amount of fuel to make each HP, increase the HP output and the fuel consumption has to increase to make that power shruggy


True but you now have 4 float bowls each using less fuel than just two. If the systems flow was near or at capacity with two bowls it should be slightly less taxed with 4 bowls. Its not necessarily the pump either. Where you could get by feeding each carb on a tunnel ram with 5/16 line you may need 3/8 or 1/2 for a single carb.

I know my 2 BG 750's use a lot.

Last edited by Guitar Jones; 10/07/17 05:48 AM.

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Re: 408 help needed [Re: Guitar Jones] #2383313
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Originally Posted By Guitar Jones
Two carbs in that kind of application actually require less fuel flow to keep up because the jets are smaller. I know sounds weird.


2 750'S jetted square with 8 #79 jets and no power valve is .052 sq.in total jet area.

a single 1050 jetted 88 square no power valve is .034 sq. in. total jet area.

you also have to keep 4 bowls at set level...all comes down to total jet restriction.

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Re: 408 help needed [Re: Cab_Burge] #2383327
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Originally Posted By Cab_Burge
Originally Posted By Guitar Jones
Two carbs in that kind of application actually require less fuel flow to keep up because the jets are smaller. I know sounds weird.

If the motor makes more power with two carbs., and what Mopar V8 doesn't, it has to use more fuel, correct work
It takes X amount of fuel to make each HP, increase the HP output and the fuel consumption has to increase to make that power shruggy


Rule of thumb is it takes .5 lbs of fuel for
every HP
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Re: 408 help needed [Re: Mirada 408] #2383343
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I guess I stated incorrectly. What I meant was each carb of a tunnel ram application uses less fuel than a single carb would. TR carbs don't typically use a power valve either. Some carbs have PV's in both the front and rear and the size of the PV orifice must also be taken into consideration. They are not all the same. So 4 bowls don't empty nearly as fast as 2 will. While you should be able to maintain the fuel bowls full all the way through a pass it could get by with less by the end of the pass. You could be giving up some MPH that way and never know it.

Sorry for the confusion.

Either way none of this is helping the OP, we still don't know what he has for a fuel system. Anytime I hear someone say their car is nosing over at higher RPM's my first thought is fuel supply, second thought is valve float.

BTW I feed my carbs with blue pumps, one for each carb with -8 to the regulators and -6 at the bowls.


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'74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost coming soon!
2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.
Re: 408 help needed [Re: Mirada 408] #2383382
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I went 10.60's @3670lbs with a Carter mech fuel pump, a $4 wix fuel filter, and the rest of the original 5/16" fuel line from the tank to the pump.

It doesn't take hardly anything for a fuel system to run deep into the 11's.

The only way I can see this really being the issue for the lack of performance in the OP's combo is if there is just a straight up "problem" with what he's running.

A Summit mech pump(used with a moly coated eccentric) with the rest of the plumbing all stock would be enough for his goals........ Provided the line isn't kinked somewhere and the pick-up sock isn't plugged.


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Re: 408 help needed [Re: fast68plymouth] #2383433
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What gets me is he says the ET didn't change at all. You would think something would change for better or worse. That's what makes me think there is something wrong with the fuel system. There was probably more in the original combo but something is holding it back and what ever that was it's also limiting the new combo.

And I have never been able to squeeze those kind of numbers out of a nearly stock fuel system. laugh2 The heat here is probably a factor in that though.

I tend to over build my fuel systems just so I know there is enough. I used those same two blue pumps and 3/8 lines when I ran a single 950 with each pump feeding one bowl.


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Re: 408 help needed [Re: Mirada 408] #2383435
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Just thinking, he didn't say whose converter was in it either did he? There are plenty of crappy converters out there. I had a Hughes in my Duster then bought a Turbo Action and picked up 7 tenths. Apples to oranges I know, the Hughes was a 9.5 inch and the T/A was an 8 inch. Still goes to show what the correct converter can do.


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'92 D250 Club Cab CTD, 47RH conversion, pump tweaks, injectors, rear disc and hydroboost conversion.
'74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost coming soon!
2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.
Re: 408 help needed [Re: Mirada 408] #2383456
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IMO, the converter is way way up on the list of things that need to be "right".

When my friend was racing his gto as a bracket car, running low 11's at around 120mph, he thought maybe it was time to upgrade from the factory fuel line and Carter street/strip mechanical pump.

He went with a Mallory 140 pump/regulator, matching filter, and upgraded to a 1/2" line from pick-up to regulator.
Then 2 #6 lines to the carb.

Zero difference in performance.

I'm not advocating the use of marginal fuel systems...... But at the same time, you only need what you need...... And having more fuel system capacity than that won't improve your ET.




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Re: 408 help needed [Re: Cab_Burge] #2383574
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Originally Posted By Cab_Burge
Originally Posted By Guitar Jones
Two carbs in that kind of application actually require less fuel flow to keep up because the jets are smaller. I know sounds weird.

If the motor makes more power with two carbs., and what Mopar V8 doesn't, it has to use more fuel, correct work
It takes X amount of fuel to make each HP, increase the HP output and the fuel consumption has to increase to make that power shruggy

The deal with feeding a tunnelram is you can do it with a lot less pressure because you are feeding the bowls with four needle and seats, twice as much area for flow. I bet it is also better as far as not aireating the fuel in the bowls as well , If you keep the pressure down some. I ran a tunnelram many years ago and got away with 3.5 psi. That is all one blue pump and the junk I had would deliver in the traps. More pressure from a second pump didn't change the mph.

Last edited by gregsdart; 10/07/17 09:05 PM.

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Re: 408 help needed [Re: gregsdart] #2383793
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I wonder how much if at all that the cnc portwork opened up the chamber. Could it be that the compression ratio was dropped. I had a pair of B1BS heads ported, the chamber went from 65cc to 85cc. To the OP was there chamber work done? If so how much? If this was already covered someone say so. I didn't read all 6 pages.

Re: 408 help needed [Re: Mirada 408] #2384076
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Fuel System consists of stock tank, original lines 5/16, Holley Blue pump and regulator run with 7lbs pressure. Never thought of pick-up sock, so good call on that. The converter is a PTC. Heads got milled so that i wouldn't lose compression.

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