Hi all, My car is in storage so I can't eyeball it right now... I want to run a fuel pressure regulator for the Edelbrock on my 350 with A\C. That means putting their fuel rail and a gauge in place of the rubber line that's snaked over from the drivers side now. Will that rail and some gauge fittings clear everything with the A\C bracket installed? I've been looking for pictures but everyone seems to remove their A\C or run the Q-Jet. Thanks
You have to find a place for the regulator then go off of that to the carb. I made a bracket and used the underside of air cond bracket to put my lines in.
Thank you Right... the regulator will dictate where my lines come and go to\from. It looks like the fuel rail and a gauge will clear the A\C bracketry. We'll see.
Welp... due to the configuration of the intake manifold and how the A\C bracket attaches, the Edelbrock 90 degree fuel line will not fit. It actually got jammed up trying to get it back off. Where the A\C bracket bolts on next to the carb sticks up way too high and won't allow any clearance for it to fit. Bummer! Looks like I'll be configuring some AN fuel line setup instead.
Basically I just want a gauge setup out of curiosity. I want to know exactly what the carb is getting to it as far as pressure and I thought the easiest way would be to just throw that hardline on with a gauge. It would tell me if the fuel pump is working good...and I could keep an eye on it. Edelbrocks are fickly when it comes to fuel pressure. I'll just plumb the gauge inline with what's already there instead.
It's much easier to use a set up like mine. The most expensive part will be the electric fuel pressure gauge. https://www.amazon.com/Auto-Meter-3361-Sport-Comp-Electric/dp/B0002M700O What you do is replace the metal line with -6AN braided or push lok line. Then you can use an adapter fitting at the carburetor, and fuel pump, https://www.redhorseperformance.com...-inverted-flare-pump-fuel-line-adapter-clear/ For the gauge electric sender, this fitting goes inline in front to the carburetor, https://www.summitracing.com/parts/rus-670340 The later Quadrajets had a much stronger float assembly, and they can deal with increased fuel pressures. Mine normally sees 8-9 psi without a problem.
You can also run a fitting like this if you want to eliminate the Q-jet Fuel Filter, and incorporate it into your fuel line instead. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...Sa8fuswuwFeZr1jfdGw52V7h-q7G-wd5rXrV81QoeQ0ss
