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    On a carbed engine with an electric fuel pump, is there any reason why I can't plumb the return line from the regulator back into the feed line from the tank before the pump?
    67 Bronco blue - LS 6.0, 6l90, & atlas (working on it)
    69 Bronco red - F/I 302,c-4,36" TSL S/X( sitting next to a barn)
    69 Bronco Yellow - TBI 350,th350, 203/205, Dana 60, 14 bolt, 4-link rear, 3 link front,full hydro, body narrowed 8", 39.9 Iroks on Walker Evans
    79 CJ 5 360 v8 t18 33's locked & sprung over (sitting in a barn since 2000)
    67 Camaro Lq4,built 200r4,Hotchkis suspension(work in progre$$)

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    Re: Fuel return lines

    Sounds easy enough,, but why? Low pressure ... You are just making more places for leaks.. Once it's pressurized it's just more tubbing holding gas..
    KK6DAD
    70 Miles to the Rubicon!

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    • #3
      Re: Fuel return lines

      So if it's only an 8-15 lbs pump it's not enough to worry about back pressure and damaging the pump?
      67 Bronco blue - LS 6.0, 6l90, & atlas (working on it)
      69 Bronco red - F/I 302,c-4,36" TSL S/X( sitting next to a barn)
      69 Bronco Yellow - TBI 350,th350, 203/205, Dana 60, 14 bolt, 4-link rear, 3 link front,full hydro, body narrowed 8", 39.9 Iroks on Walker Evans
      79 CJ 5 360 v8 t18 33's locked & sprung over (sitting in a barn since 2000)
      67 Camaro Lq4,built 200r4,Hotchkis suspension(work in progre$$)

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      • #4
        Re: Fuel return lines

        Thats what I say.. You are not reducing pressure unless you return all the way to the tank. Or at least before the fuel pump.other than that it just builds to max pressure and stays..
        KK6DAD
        70 Miles to the Rubicon!

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        • #5
          Re: Fuel return lines

          Thanks. This is for my camaro. Getting really close to firing it up.
          67 Bronco blue - LS 6.0, 6l90, & atlas (working on it)
          69 Bronco red - F/I 302,c-4,36" TSL S/X( sitting next to a barn)
          69 Bronco Yellow - TBI 350,th350, 203/205, Dana 60, 14 bolt, 4-link rear, 3 link front,full hydro, body narrowed 8", 39.9 Iroks on Walker Evans
          79 CJ 5 360 v8 t18 33's locked & sprung over (sitting in a barn since 2000)
          67 Camaro Lq4,built 200r4,Hotchkis suspension(work in progre$$)

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