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Old Dec 1, 2005 | 01:19 PM
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First of all hello to everone me and my buddy are put a 5.3 chevy engine in a 73 firebird what i need to find out if i can still use the stock gas tank or do i need to upgrade and the wire harness do i need a new one are can i send it out
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You can use the stock tank, but you should try to design some type of baffel to stop fuel slosh. What type of pump were you going to run? If you are planning on an intank pump you can use a Tanks INC. setup which will give you a pump and baffel system already set up. Do a search on fuel tanks and you will get more info, there are many ways to set it up, intank pump w/ baffel, external pump with no baffel, low pressure pump feeding a secondary tank with a external or internal pump. If you do not use a baffel or a secondary tank though you will need to keep at least a quarter tank in it so the pump doesn`t hit air. The wiring harness can be sent out, check the sponsors, or other threads to see who everyone else sends them to. You can also rewire your own harness if you are capable of it.
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