What fuel pump to buy.
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Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Birmingham, AL
I recently bought the Walboro 255lph in tank pump from musclemotors.com for about $125. Easy change, and I did it from the top by cutting the whole, and I had a full tank of gas. Just get a floor fan blowing hard, use a dremel or a battery powered cutting saw and go at it.
Valid arguments for and against...its your call, but I prefer this way since in the future all I have to do is remove 8 screws and I can change it in 20 minutes vice 2+ hours.
Valid arguments for and against...its your call, but I prefer this way since in the future all I have to do is remove 8 screws and I can change it in 20 minutes vice 2+ hours.
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Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 2,734
From: Kansas City suburb of
Yes there are valid arguements for and against.
I changed my window motor by drilling holes in my door, (GASP) I drilled holes in my car!!!!
Get over it. Its your car so you be the judge on what you want to do: 2, 3 or more hours pulling the tank or 1 or 2 hours cutting a hole that no one is going to see so it makes things easier.
GM should have made this access hole to begin with so I have no problem making my life a little easier.
Its your car though so your decision is final and what really counts here.
Good Luck.
Just for the record, I paid someone else to change the fuel pump in my 88 IROC cause I did not have a place to do it myself and I have vowed never to pay someone 500 bucks to do something I can do in 20 minutes after the access hole is there.
I changed my window motor by drilling holes in my door, (GASP) I drilled holes in my car!!!!
Get over it. Its your car so you be the judge on what you want to do: 2, 3 or more hours pulling the tank or 1 or 2 hours cutting a hole that no one is going to see so it makes things easier.
GM should have made this access hole to begin with so I have no problem making my life a little easier.
Its your car though so your decision is final and what really counts here.
Good Luck.
Just for the record, I paid someone else to change the fuel pump in my 88 IROC cause I did not have a place to do it myself and I have vowed never to pay someone 500 bucks to do something I can do in 20 minutes after the access hole is there.
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Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 1,331
From: Huntington,WV
If you want to be "SAFE" about it, use tin snips instead of the dremail, its alot faster and safer. I did mine in less than 30 min., that's with cutting the whole and installing the pump. I used a 1/2" drill bit to make the first whole and tin sniped the rest out, real clean and no sparks at all. I Used a pice of metal off a old hood I had at work and some sheet metal screws with some seamsealer under it.
Good Luck Sean
Good Luck Sean
Thanks for all the input guys.
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Joined: Oct 2001
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The BBK, Grant, Holley and Racetronix pumps are all made by Walbro.
The difference is that Racetronix modifies the pump specifically in order to be as close to a true factory LT1 replacement. Special hardware is supplied to make it as PnP as possible.
For more info please see this thread:
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...threadid=66289
The difference is that Racetronix modifies the pump specifically in order to be as close to a true factory LT1 replacement. Special hardware is supplied to make it as PnP as possible.
For more info please see this thread:
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...threadid=66289
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