Hello, from NEBRASKA!!

Heard of this site through BigBlockDart.com, so figured I'd mosey on over and check it out and I see a few familiar names here, so some of you may already know me from BBD and another site or 2.
I consider myself to be a wealth of knowledge on A bodies and MoPars in general, having been into them since a 'teen in '84, then being in the parts locating business, as well.

Currently I've been assembling a '68 Dart 2 Door Post that I've installed a '93 360 Magnum and an A body (833) 4 speed into.
This feat has taxed my basic MoPar knowledge in assembling it and this weekend may well be it's first voyage under it's own power, since I've owned it.

Looking forward to associating with other A body lovers such as myself!

Mark.

Glad to have you.

Hello :headbang:

Mark Nixon said:

Heard of this site through BigBlockDart.com, so figured I'd mosey on over and check it out and I see a few familiar names here, so some of you may already know me from BBD and another site or 2.
I consider myself to be a wealth of knowledge on A bodies and MoPars in general, having been into them since a 'teen in '84, then being in the parts locating business, as well.

Currently I've been assembling a '68 Dart 2 Door Post that I've installed a '93 360 Magnum and an A body (833) 4 speed into.
This feat has taxed my basic MoPar knowledge in assembling it and this weekend may well be it's first voyage under it's own power, since I've owned it.

Looking forward to associating with other A body lovers such as myself!

Mark.

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Well there's a familiar face :wink: Haven't spoke to you in a while. Hope everything is going good Mark. I hang out at Mopar100, say hi once in a while stranger. nice to hear from you.
Augie

Welcome to the site. Post some pictures when you get a chance!!!

hey mark,
you a WEALTH of knowledge???..i thought you were a mopar GURU!!!! :happy7: :grin: :hello2:

welcome and have fun!!!!

welcoem to this place!

Welcome Mark, :toothy5:

Welcome Mark, good to see you made it here!

Thanks for the welcome, fellas!

Mark.

Nice to see another Nebraska A-body owner on here.

Welcome, Mark.

Mark,

Talk about how you swapped your car over to fuel injection; tank, lines, pump, filter, bypass, vendors, etc...

-Daty

welcome to the community mark! glad you've landed on here.

Mark, Are you a Husker fan? Even though it is very unpopular to be a Husker fan where I am in the land of the Buffaloes, I remain a Husker devotee. Go Big Red!

datyrogers,
The Magnum injection system uses a pressure bypass (bleed off) port at the pump, which means whatever residual pressure is directled at the fuel injectors at full force (@ 60 PSI).
The bleed off port is for both pressure bleed-off and helps to cool the pump, somewhat, by recirculating fuel through it constantly.
The fact that the pump is also immersed totally in gasoline also helps to keep it cool, per the factory's design.

My approach to the pump issue was as cheap as it was simple and is outlined as follows:

I removed the Magnum fuel pump from the stock ('93 Dodge van) tank's "basket", added a debris screen (To keep larger debris from possibly plugging the inlet orifice), then I took the STOCK '68 sending unit and cut the pick-up tube just before the last bend prior to the seal ring.
I then used a piece of short high pressure line, rated for fuel injection, to connect the pump into the modified sending unit's pick-up.
I allowed the pump motor to suspend from the fuel line, as it's plenty strong to do so and it hits the bottom of the tank at a satisfactory angle.

After getting the wire length I wanted on the pump motor, I drilled a 1/4" hole through the sender ring (seal ring), then passed the wires through the seal ring. After checking that I had the correct amount of wire extra, I sealed where the wires come through the seal ring with a product called "Quick Steel", which is impervious to gasoline.

After all that, it was as simple as carefully installing it into the tank and tapping the lock ring into position and it even retains the stock sender unit!

I maintained the stock, original line from the tank clear to the original filter, except that I carefully bent the engine end of the line to route up the firewal, by the heater blower motor, then added a length of steel line (Using F.I. rubber line) to it to tie into the fuel rail.
The fuel filter is a stock style for the typical Mopar application and was tied into the system at the line splice mentioned above.

The car is running, but I still need to iron out exhaust and other issues, as it's a truely low-buck deal and money is a real issue, presently.

This will be re-posted in a more technical section, as I feel it belongs there, but I figured I'd explain this much of it here.

66 dartman, I'm not much of a sports devotee. :toothy9:

:salut: Hello Mark!

Welcome.

Welcome aboard!