<VV> Electric Fuel Pumps vs Diaphragm

[corvairs]

John -  Although few will tell you, the answer is - everyone has an 
opinion. Mine is, I have driven over 1 1/2 million miles in nothing but 
Corvairs for 40 years (since 1967) and have run the West's largest 
Corvair parts mail order business for nearly 34 years. I use NOTHING but 
mechanical (stock type) fuel pumps. The only place I see a possible 
advantage to an electric pump is in a dunebuggy or an Ultravan 
motorhome, for very specific reasons that have nothing to do with safety 
or reliability.

Virtually every problem you can have with a mechanical pump you can also 
have with an electric pump  - and then some. So why go to the extra 
expense and trouble of the electric pump?  That is one opinion.   Lon

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John wrote:

>I would appreciate anyone's opinion concerning switching to electric fuel pumps on my 3 Corvairs or keeping the "old style" diaphragm pumps.  
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