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Fuel Injected Midget

Yep. I used an inline fuel pump from an 88 Ford F-150 (I think). I got it at O'Reilly's for roughly $70-80. I bought an adustable regulator with gauge from eBay for roughly $25. I used a long stick of 3/8" brake line for my pressure line and used my stock fuel line for my return. I drilled a hole in my fill pipe near the tank and inserted a tube just long enough to reach 1/2" from the bottom of the tank. I sealed the hole up with GOOP. I hooked a hose to the end of this tube, ran it through a hole in the back of the trunk (BL was kind enough to put one there for me, and attached it to the old fuel (return) line. Easy peasy.

However, you are going to need some kind of surge tank between the pump and the tank. Otherwise, your fuel supply will cut out in corners once you go below half on the fuel gauge. (I know this from experience /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif )I know of at least one person who has used a large, free flowing deisel filter for this. I am currently working on fabbing one up from box stock.
 
Ahhh, good call on the surge tank. I know we don't have any baffles in our tank (which brings up the point "Why the heck don't they on replacements???")
 
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