Re: Fuel Pump MagneFuel Rebuild troubles...Need Help
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Remember this Moparts thread from years ago. Look at Dave Dudek’s comment, among others https://board.moparts.org/ubbthread...w-much-hp-will-3-8-fuel-line-handle.html
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Re: Fuel Pump MagneFuel Rebuild troubles...Need Help
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04/12/21 12:21 PM
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I don't know what the ET is yet....Its a brand new engine. Should run 5.80's in the 1/8th at just over 3000lbs..
You guys aren't helping much....I am sending the pump in. I am pretty much resigned to missing opening day at this point. The seal IS directional, and over the phone the guy can't describe which side faces the motor. I have tried the seal both ways, and my guess is the motor shaft is scored enough from the bearing that locked up last year that it needs a new motor AND seal.
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Re: Fuel Pump MagneFuel Rebuild troubles...Need Help
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04/12/21 01:51 PM
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I don't think I am over thinking it. I think I do not want to buy another Magnefuel based on the feedback here and have exactly the same failure in a year or two. I didn't realize so many others were having the same issue. Plus, I rebuilt it, and I seem to be missing somthing because its still leaking. And I will tell you what, having the pump fail is one thing, having fuel all over a hot car and pavement is another. It dumps the tank every time this happens.
So finding a suitable alternative is kinda my thinking at this point in the game, but I am not totally sure. When you look at flow numbers and rated HP and nothing makes sense when comparing manufacturers. What flow do I need to make sure 850hp is just fine? I know an A1000 will cover that, and at 4amps less current draw.....Its the only other BIG pump I have experience with. And it was so good, I sold my spare I had for almost 10 years. That style pump, just does not lend it self well to installing it in my Duster and its not just the price of the pump anymore. So I will call Magnefuel today and see if they can save my butt....Or maybe we try an A2000 pump....Not sure at this point. This sucks and I am almost out of time. I have a cut off valve on the tank, otherwise mine would've dumped the fuel too.
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Re: Fuel Pump MagneFuel Rebuild troubles...Need Help
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04/13/21 01:33 PM
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Never understood why people spend such huge dollars on those things specifically, and huge overkill on fuel systems in general. I got talked into( via peer pressure) taking a perfect working dead headed Holley black off a hard leaving legit 650 horse 9 sec street strip car, and put an expensive return style system/ much bigger pump on the car. It didn't run a thousandth of a second better than it ran for years with the black. I am sure the black would have supported even more power, as long as it gets good steady voltage My 2-cents, For a 600 hp car running gasoline, it doesn't take much of a fuel pump. Maybe 50 GPH plus some reserve (say a 90 GPH rating). Now a 1000+ hp engine running alcohol needs to move some fuel!
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Re: Fuel Pump MagneFuel Rebuild troubles...Need Help
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04/23/21 08:55 AM
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I've had GREAT service from Aeromotive's pumps. A lot better than some friends of mine running other brands...Magnafuel, BG, etc.
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Re: Fuel Pump MagneFuel Rebuild troubles...Need Help
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04/23/21 11:14 AM
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We have an Aeromotive A2000 on the Camaro. Been on there for well over 10 years...no issues ever. I believe it's the same basic configuration you have...return right off the pump back to the tank.
CHIP '70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60 '69 road runner, 440-6, 4 speed, Dana 60 '71 Demon 340, no drivetrain, on blocks behind the barn '73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75 '90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt '06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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