Does any body make Big Block mechanical pump that can support 800 hp?
I know Race pumps did but only sell parts for them now.
Thanks for any help

This one !?

Call Clay Smith.

Went with the Magna 500.Should just about cover all the cars here

The math says a 66GPH pump is needed. 800 HP/ 1/2 lb of fuel per hour = 400 lbs of fuel per hour. 400 LBS per hour / 6 lbs per gallon = 66 GPH.
If you ran a 110 pump that would give you a 40% reserve.

http://www.manciniracing.com/homefupu.html


Joe

I second the Clay Smith recommendation. They make a 6 valve big block pump that should meet your needs.

Thats thru in theory, but in reality it need moore. I don't think a 110 GPH fuel pump is big enough.
Fuel pump must struggle against fuel filter(s), regulator, various bends and turns in the fuel system and G-force when you floor it.

You can never have a "too big" fuel pump as long as it is regulated.

Do all the calculations you want, but in the real world, on the car, at the track...that little 110 pump won't keep up.

And maintain a steady 6psi at the carb through it all.

Most pump ratings are for "free flow"....... 0 psi.
Those numbers are essentially useless.

Put it in the for sale section....

what you have described is supply issues. You (and others) have made assumptions on where the engine is going and it's location relative to the fuel tank. The OP stated none of these.
I have data (meaning I have tested) showing a mechanical fuel pump supporting 837HP with no issues.


Joe

Ran the 110 Pump back when that was all you could get, for a while and it did drop in different locations on a pass. I also ran a very big line and big filter with no kinks and slow curves in the line up to the regulator that was beside the Carbs. Being a stick car with a violent leave I knew I needed more pump. I would spend the money on it once and buy a better pump. There are a lot of fuel pumps that do a much better job than the 110 Pump and are not that much more money. Usually a pump pushes better than it pulls so location of the type of pump you are using has an effect of performance of the pump.

Thanks

Thanks, this should work.

Be ready to do some serious grinding on that Clay Smith pump. Had to grind the block on my 440, ran out of room on the pump.

are you talking about a electric pump? Because a mechanical pump develops a significant amount of vacuum on the suction side(10 inches of mercury on a stock pump)unlike a electric pump. I have never tested a HP pump to see how much vacuum it pulls.


To the OP, it's clear that the majority opinion is you need a very large pump. A 140 GPH pump from clay smith that, he claims, supports 1300HP might get you by.
http://www.claysmithcams.com/mopar-b-426-chrysler-hemi/

I give up.

Joe

Every time I have upgraded pumps the perfectly running drag car picked up and ran even better at the track----
The Edelbrock mechanical is pretty darn good for street cars but even on street rides with great mechanicals when I added an electric as a booster to the mechanical it ran better by far--good thing is you can run on the Mechanical and just flip on the electric when you are ready to stomp on it hard works like a charm and you don't have to hear that damn buzz all the time

I have used the C&S before works very well Must be regulated though

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I hit it lucky and didn't have to clearance the block at all but it is a snug fit as it sits. I did have to clearance the pump almost to one of the screws. Last motor was a little over 600hp running with this pump and held a steady 7psi all the way down the track. Hopefully it will keep up with the new motor as well. Time will tell.

What block do you have? I really do not want to grind my block

What block do you have and do you run a return line?

There is ONLY SO MUCH atmospheric pressure available to push the fuel into either pump. Same as on the oil pump, (except if you run a vacuum system in your crankcase there is less atmospheric pressure to push oil into the oil pump).

The atmospheric pressure will have an easier time pushing fuel through an 18" hose into an electric pump than it will have pushing the fuel through an 18 foot line up to the mechanical fuel pump. This is a fact of life. After the fuel gets into the pump it doesn't matter what the atmospheric pressure is because now it is the pump pushing the fuel into the carb.

R.

PS: Pumping a huge amount of fuel and using a regulator to return most of it to the tank heats the fuel and hurts performance as the engine runs. That's why it is better to have the system adequately sized, but not excessively huge.

from their website:
And, according to Dyno figures, it takes approximately 10galllons of gas per 100 HP per hour, the Clay Smith Power Pumper will theoretically handle up to 1300 HP on gas or 1150 on alcohol !

"THEORETICALLY" Just like your signature says, Without Data, you’re just another guy with an opinion.

I'd like to see that data that proves this will support 1300hp.

NASCAR did it back in the day. My 514 uses 360 lbs of gas an hour to make 900 hp. That is 60 gph.

Thanks everybody
I called clay smith they recommend to run the pump with a regulator , check valve with a return line. I am running a cross ram with 4235 and 4236 carbs any suggestion on how I should set up my fuel system and lines.
Thanks

Rigid 1/2" stainless feed lines, parker braided Teflon between the pickup and hard line and frame rail to the pump. Tim

Mine is ran like this.

1/2 inch pickup in the tank with a 100 micron filter before the pump, 1/2 line to the pump then 3/8 lines from the regulator to the carbs. and probably a 5/16 or 3/8 return line

I would have to go down and look but I am pretty sure it is a '72 or '73 440 block.

A '73 440. I mocked it up on a '78 400 and no grinding was needed on the block.

Some Mopar RB and B blocks have a half moon shape machined into them by the fuel pump, some don't

Hopefully the pump will fit.
Picture not working, I need to take new one
moparts uses old tech, I have to set my phone on old settings

Here is a picture on my block. Hopefully the pump fits.
I have a solid roller cam. Is the stock fuel pump pushrod ok to use?

No. You need a bronze tipped pushrod to use on a billet roller cam.

Any recommendations on who sells them?

Mancini

That one will do it easy
claysmith nfg

Thanks
Now how figure out the plumbing and the return line and make it look good.

There are rumors of small-block pumps from CV-Products that work on the big blocks. Haven't tried it myself, yet.