Let’s face it, finding an unmolested ’60s car in any shape short of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea–like rust is getting harder to find than an honest politician in Washington. This makes ’80s and ’90s cars easier to score, and they make for excellent V8 swap fodder. This also means these cars might have been factory-equipped with electronic fuel injection. In the case of our ’90 S-10 V8 swap, we punted the wheezy, stock four-banger for a more robust TPI 350 small-block. But that meant we also had to upgrade the stock, in-tank fuel pump. While we could have scrapped the OE fuel tank for an aftermarket fuel cell hooked to some over-achiever fuel pump, we decided to resist temptation. The S-10 was equipped with an in-tank pump, so we decided to go with a replacement electric fuel pump that would be capable of increased fuel delivery. We’d originally planned to upgrade the four-cylinder pump with a third-gen TPI Camaro version, but while checking out RockAuto’s website, we found a high-performance replacement Carter in-tank turbine pump, which promised more capacity and was very affordable at around $120 plus shipping. While this electric fuel pump isn’t an exact replacement for the original pump, it did fit the S-10’s fuel-pump hanger assembly and required only minor changes to the wiring harness. We thought you might like to see just how easy it is to upgrade a stock electric fuel pump with one that offers a little more capacity for that stronger engine you have planned.
Parts List Description PN Source Price Carter HP electric fuel pump P74209HP RockAuto $117.79 Airtex strainer FS3 RockAuto 5.09
