lets locate the reason your fuel pressure is not correct! and consistent?
where in the fuel line or fuel system, are you measuring the fuel pressure drop and under what conditions?
does your fuel pressure regulator or fuel pump have a return line?
do you have at least 7 gallons of fuel in the cars fuel tank?
have you replaced the fuel filter lately?
have you verified BOTH the fuel bowl float levels are correct?
where is the fuel filter located?
do you have a fuel pressure regulator?
if so what kind?
it was rather common cure for loss of fuel entering the carb under rapidly applied inertial loads,( DRAG RACING) and hard acceleration, with higher than normal inertial loads, the correct mods to your fuel delivery system help.
that tend to reduce the volume of fuel reaching the carbs fuel bowls under hard acceleration, is as follows
one old hot rodder's trick, back in the muscle car era (1960s-1980s) is to place a larger than average size fuel filter forward of the engine, up near the radiator shroud, mounted higher than the carbs inlet ports, with the filter feed line facing the filter and pointed back towards the engine, and the feed line to the carb mounted at the rear of the fuel filter facing the engine, so inertial loads tend to drain the filter contents, back towards the carbs fuel bowls, this tends to momentarily supply the extra required fuel to the engine as the filter drains, and flow from the fuel pump is momentarily low.
its always a good idea to mount fuel lines away from hot exhaust like headers and ideally protected from accident damage and clutch explosion shrapnel, and away from bell housings, run along frame rails and protected from heat and corrosion damage.
3/8" inlet lines
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having the carb inlet port between the pump and fuel pressure regulator is the preferred set up.
fuel systems set up with the fuel pressure regulator between the fuel pump and carb inlet port are generally not as consistently reliable in my experience.
Use these ratings to decide your return line sizing based upon fuel pump output:
if your engine makes over 400 hp plus, you should have a AN-10 or 1/2" fuel lines and filter and a fuel pump that supplies you with at least 90-100 GPH and 7 PSI consistently with a fuel pressure regulator with at least a 3/8" return line,
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Up to 45 GPH = 5/16" or -04 AN
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Up to 90 GPH = 3/8" or -06 AN
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Up to 250 GPH = 1/2" or -08 AN
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Up to 450 GPH = 5/8" or -10 AN
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Up to 900 GPH = 3/4"or -12 AN
Use these figures as a fuel line sizing standard: if your feeding a carburetor with the typical 8-10 psi fuel pump feeding to the fuel pressure regulator
* Up to 250 HP = 5/16" or -04 AN
* Up to 500 HP = 3/8" or -06 AN
* Up to 700 HP = 1/2" or -08 AN
* Up to 1000 HP = 5/8" or -10 AN
* Up to 1500 HP = 3/4" or -12 AN
never use fuel filters like these as they are a huge fire hazard
there's several tests you can do to verify what component might be at fault
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