Installing a fuel pump

[Ted]

Ok I want to prepare for the worst but hopefully it is just my relay. If it is not however I have a few questions that I can't find answers from the search I did. In order to drop my fuel tank would I have to remove my exhaust and/or any part of the rear end or suspension. Would it be easier cutting out the floor from up top and then just rewelding it back together? Second if I did need to replace the fuel pump with a walboro 255 could someone explain to me exactly the differences between the stock one. Does it pump a lot more fuel and would I need a regulator on my car with this pump? Thanks

[hockeyman]

I haven't done this project yet, but I will say if you want to cut the floorboard out, take the tank out first. All you would need is a little spark getting into the gas tank, and poof! Your a 911 call.

I would like to get a "how to" guide myself.

-Marc

[OneQuickV6]

Originally posted by hockeyman:
I haven't done this project yet, but I will say if you want to cut the floorboard out, take the tank out first. All you would need is a little spark getting into the gas tank, and poof! Your a 911 call.

I would like to get a "how to" guide myself.

-Marc

If you're going to drop the tank to go the cutting the hatch route, why not just change the pump while the tank is down? [img]smile.gif[/img]

I did mine by cutting the hole in the back. Everything is a bolt-on project, no real big modification needed. I used a peice of thin sheet metal to make a "door" for my hole, and used short screws and silicone to seal it off. Works great!

[Ted]

Well what i'm trying to figure out is if i need to take off my exhaust or any suspension to drop the tank. My exhaust is completely welded on and it's just been out of the exhaust shop 2 times in the past week, i'd rather not have anything to do with the exhaust. No one has answered my ? yet so thast why I asked if it'd be easier to cut a hole, but i guess not. So does anyone know if you have to take the exhaust off. The chilton's manual doesn't say anything about it, but then it doesn't say a lot about other stuff either. Any help?

[slim_john]

Just thought I would ask, which pump is a good replacement for the stock pump on a 3.4l camaro.
Plus all the info I have gathered suggests that you lower the tank.

[RevLimit478]

You're probably going to want to cut a hole. To get the tank out completely, you need to remove your exhaust and some rear end bits. After debating it a lot having installed my new rear about 3 weeks prior to replacing my fuel pump, i decided to cut a hole rather than take everything back off. I used an install guide I found online to help me. It took about 2 hours, most of which was slowly cutting the hole to avoid a catastrophe. It's surprisingly easy to do though, and way less trouble than dropping the tank. Fuel Pump Install
That's the site I used to guide me. As far as replacement pumps go, I've got a Walbro 255, as do a lot of other people and no one seems to have any complaints. I know I don't.