electric fuel pump question

[Lew Silverman]

Capt'n Jack -

I seem to remember you having fuel delivery problems with this Suburban before, just not sure how you tried to fix it! Not sure why you'd want to run an in-tank pump with your 454 that's been converted to a Q-jet. You can get a 40 gallon replacement tank and fuel sender/pickup for an 1986 Suburban, which was the last year that the factory used a carb on the light duty trucks. If your block was fitted with a fuel-pump mounting flange, an AC Delco or Holley H/D mechanical pump should work just fine. All the big-block trucks had the 3/8 inch fuel line running down the passenger-side inner frame rail. I've never converted an '87 or newer Suburban to a carb from the TBI, but I've owned a few of each and tried to stay away from most of the non-OEM replacement fuel system parts. The cheaper pumps usually don't give you too much notice when they fail!