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Old 03-28-2015, 08:43 AM
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Default Fuel Pump Question 548 ci with 256 blower

I'm working on a 540 (548) all refreshed, with a wieand 256 supercharger (dual carb set on on top, Holley blower carbs)
There is a mechanical fuel pump on top of the raw water pump, I believe it is a stocker (and it was on it prior to the rebuilds so it ran that way for some period of time) root cause of failure was a valve dropped into the cyl
the blower pressure is 4lbs ish (not huge boost)

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And the engine is stroked...4.25 crank

The combo seemed to work well

Which fuel pump should I be using, I was told that I would need to go electric, I would believe I could get a mechanical that would support it and not have to redo the plumbing

I was told that these engines had alot of hours on them (I also know that they came from a sonic some years ago maybe built in 96 in the past perhaps somewhere on the east coat prior to transplant into the boat that I'm working on now)
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I've never used one, but......

http://www.cpperformance.com/p-12460...6-engines.aspx
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Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER
I have a super charged engine and I went to an electric fuel pump. I installed an aeromotive one and it works great no problems
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I sold tigerweldsm a keith eckert mechanical pump that is specifically for that app. They run about $250 new with adapters shipping ect
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Just take any Holley pump that screws together and use the bottom half with the mercruiser top half. Works great
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I have one of the KE's for sale in the swap shop
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Originally Posted by airjunky
I sold tigerweldsm a keith eckert mechanical pump that is specifically for that app. They run about $250 new with adapters shipping ect
whats the P/N?
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Cv makes a mechanical pump goes right to your see water pump that's a what I use
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personally I never cared for the merc water/fuel pump combo, prefer something like a aeromotive A1000
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there is only 1 battery in the boat, and really dont want to re-plumb the system, so at this point electric is out, as they eat 10 amps combined while running (real world amps)
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