Hi guys,

Running in Pinks All Out this weekend after 2 1/2 weeks of hard (for me) work getting the car ready. Installed glass cowl hood, fab'd airbox (thanks to everybody that gave me guidance!) removed pass seat and plumbed AN fuel line. I don't have any pics with me but I'll post some up after the weekend.

Anyway, had some trouble with fuel delivery thought my holley red pump was on its last legs... just replaced with holley blue pump with the regulator that came with it.

Was heading up to the track last night and as soon as I got on the highway lost power and the engine quit as if it had run out of gas First time I was unable to get off the highway and the shoulder of I-70 in Denver at rush hour is not where you want to be!

While waiting for a tow I checked that the fuel pump was running and checked the pressure gauge and it was reading 6psi so I probably could have made my way off but I had to wait for my wife and the tow (no cell phone... I think I'll get one next week!) and I didn't trust going anywhere until I could figure out what happened.

Got to the shop and checked all the plumbing and verified the gauge was accurate with a pressure tester.

Regulator didn't seem to be regulating very well... when turning on the pump it would peg high for a second before coming back down and with the engine idling it slowly dropped from 6psi to 5psi. Disassembled the regulator and didn't see anything out of order but when putting it back together needed to adjust it quite a bit to get back to 6psi My mechanic surmised maybe the regulator just needed "breaking in" maybe had a burr or imperfection on the check ball and got stuck. Now, regulator doesn't overshoot and comes right back to the same spot turning the pump off and on. But sometimes I get a rattling noise from the regulator.

So after all this rambling the question is have you ever heard of a regulator getting stuck new out of the box? Does this make sense?

The other "theory" was that maybe some crud got stuck in the needle/seat and I flooded out but it seemed more to me like running out rather than a flood.

I left the car at his shop overnight since it was raining and getting dark and will take it up to the track this afternoon... of course being a day late I'm gauranteed to have a pit in the sticks. I just hope it keeps working on the way to the track and gets me through the races

Thanks for reading,

-Chris