[s-cars] Fuel pump

[tedebearp at yahoo.com]

Looking at the list of things that might fail and strand me, about the only thing left that I haven't replaced is the fuel pump.  I have a GT2871 turbo (roughly similar to RS2 output) but haven't upgraded ECU or fuel injectors yet because I still have the stock fuel pump.  This would be a good time to improve reliability and performance at the same time.  Looks like the popular choices are:

Walbro 255 lph
Bosch 040
Bosch 044

I gather Walbro is the cheapest and can drop in to the stock fuel basket with a neoprene sleeve to make it fit properly.  This has the advantage of not requiring me to remove the fuel basket.  However, I found some discussion of problems with the Walbro a few years ago.  I don't want to have to replace the pump again and can't tell whether the Walbro pumps still have quality issues.

The. Bosch 040 and 044 require use of the 60mm fuel pump basket.  However, 034 sells a kit that looks like it uses a bracket instead.  I'm not sure how the bracket allows you to avoid using the 60mm basket.

What fuel pumps are you guys with upgraded turbos using?  No, I'm not looking for a Happersized setup.

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