Can you use a mirror to look and see what you have? Back it up on ramps? If there are only one hose at each end of your current pump then that would indicate that someone has already done the Ljet pump conversion. If that is the case, general consensus is to get a Bosch pump and not a made in china knockoff.

 

Thanks vitagemilano. I will stick with the Bosch pump.
Strangely enough, with 3 women in the household, I don't have a mirror large enough that isn't screwed on to a wall to see under the car. It also won't go on the backwards up the ramps either. It never occured to me to check before getting the lower springs, but I probably would have got them anyway.

 

I figured out a Bosch 044 + Holley regulator system that alllows you to use the original hose and flow configuration, and without reducing the size of the calibrated orifice to retain the desired pressure.

Meanwhile, before you do anything to the pump, install a new rear fuel filter. If your tank is shedding loose crap, rust, etc, it will block up the filter, making the pump strain, creating noises.

 

Thanks. I will look into the Holly regulator system.

 

Here;s where I showed a little about the pump+Holley approach. Down around post #68

A 115 Spider as a boy’s first car - the technical events

I have a similar thread over in the cast iron 2000 thread, mostly containing anecdotes and philosophy. I promised the mods not to foul the air over there with too much mechanical stuff, so that order can be maintained. Anyway, I finished the fuel pump replacement today, and finished sorting...

www.alfabb.com

 

Thanks. Very informative.