Hey i was in the market for a Holley blue fuel pump for the turbo i also need a regulator so if anyone out there has an old one which they were willing to sell please let me know. cheers

Old fuel pumps are bad news dude, especially at high rpm when they decide to stop working. They are not the expensive new and most holleys come with a reg.

lol i didnt mean old as in old old i ment a pump which sombody has which they dont need, 2nd hand or new.

Still though, holley pumps seem to just #### themselves. Lucky for my mate, buying it new he had warranty, but second time around he went and bought a bosch pump instead. Cant vouch for them myself though, i do know you can buy a rebuild kit for them. So i suppose they should be as good as new but i like those sort of things new. Maybe try on ebay, theres always good deals on there!

My opinion is steer clear from holley red or blue pumps they fail regulary
I have had two fail on me over the years either a carter or bosch would be my recomendation.
Cheers Andrew

If you end up with a holley you will probably want to get some earplugs too. Maybe all these pumps that I have heard need a rebuild. Carter is another brand to look at.

mmm so is sounds like i should give the holleys a miss. what would be the best bosh or other pump that could put out about 14psi and should i go for a malpassi rising rate reg. if anyone has these please let us know.

Cheers

you can get a generic holley blue for $160 at performance wharehouse in vermont area (springvale rd/maroondah highway area)

it will give you the 14psi boost, i went through a couple of them but i never had them setup in the ideal situation either (they sat above the tank with no lift pump)

there is a cheap way to get around buying a rising rate reg... but it's a long explanation if your interested let me know (i ran it without any problem)

please explain in interested too.

basically you have two lines from your 16psi (or similar pressure) fuel pump one has a consatnt regulator set at 3 or 4psi (perfect for off-boost), the other line has a electronicly controlled solenoid in it, this solenoid is normally closed, but when boost comes on is wired up to open (a hobbs pressure switch is used to detect boost and open the electrical circuit to the solenoid to open it), when this solenoid opens it allows the full pressure (16psi) to flow to the carby

basically the two lines are run in parallel using t-pieces to connect to the fuel pump and carbie

this allows low fuel pressure off boost, but opens up full fuel pressure on boost, to avoid over-comming the needle and seat with excess fuel pressure off boost

i ran this with both my carby setups, boxed hitachi and unboxed 32/36, i never noticed lag caused by lack of fuel pressure or any other side affects, this system doesnt even require a return line

i always had problems with the unboxed 32/36 it leaked fuel and boost, as it alwyas blew out the gaskets, so i wouldnt recommend an unboxed 32/36 for a turbo setup.

i always had problems with the boxed setup in that the throttle cable was always binding up, this is probbaly the biggest issue with boxing a carby, and i havent seen a great solution for it yet