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My 044 pump makes a bit of noise too. It's not too bad, though I can say I wish it was a little quieter. I wanted to stay with something that fit the factory slot as well and for the flow the 044 is the only real pump that will fit back there. The A1000 is quite a bit larger and it has only minimal flow over the 044 upstairs...but the line size plays a role as well. I think an A1000 with a larger line would be higher flowing, but it's such a tight squeeze. I've also heard that those pumps fail regularly as compared to a Bosch.

I'm almost done with the high-flow pick up...just trying to get the soldering down perfectly on the brass screen.

Lots of people running the 044 pump with decent results. It is supposed to feed about 650 HP. I should have a bit of overhead with the increased voltage...hopefully not sacrificing pump life in the process.

I tend to think a lot of the dynos out there read differently so it's hard to be able to compare system to system. I know for a fact that I use the entire load map on my fuel mapping and that corresponded to about 560 HP on the rollers with the Dynojet. There was only 1 cell I didn't get to on the load map and that was where the engine torque drops back above 5800 RPM. I've seen a lot of other power results but never heard how low on the maps these cars were dropping. For example, I had by brother's car on a Dyno Dynamics dyno and it made 480 ft-lbs and 400 HP in 95F heat!...he put the car on a different dyno in Florida and with 2 psig more boost it made less HP and torque on that dyno. When I called the guy who was running the dyno session at the Ford show on the Dyno Dynamics and told him about it, his response back was that he had turned the correction factor up because peeople wanted to see "bigger numbers". He claimed 20% increase on the numbers had been used that day. I've still got those sheets around here somewhere. There are more variables than you would care to guess at when trying to compare multiple dyno sheets. My stance now is to not do it any longer, because it is not an even playing field until you get all the cars on the same machine on the same day.

Anyway...I'm just looking to have more safety on the fuel system. The weather here is nice today and I should be able to get some photos of the install now. I got lost in pool and yard work over the weekend and now it's time to go to work!!!