Carb out EFI in: Part 2 Fuel System

As mentioned in Part 1 here, I elected to go with the Holley drop in OE-Style fuel tank module. (HOL 12-300). The fuel tank was easier to drop down than I thought it would be. As far as I can tell it is the original tank and the sending unit had never been out before.

When looking into different fuel tank solutions, I found new tanks are sold with the corners “notched” for additional exhaust clearance:

So I was pretty confused as to why the Holley drop in pump had the fuel line run directly into the exhaust. I test fit it anyway and my theory was confirmed, the fuel line was almost touching the exhaust pipe and was pointed in the wrong direction. I felt it would be downright dangerous like that even if I tried to bend it out of the way some. So I decided to cut the end off and connect it to the chassis fuel line with a slightly longer rubber hose than I would have otherwise. To be safe I needed to add a bubble flare to the line after I cut it off and given it is 3/8″ stainless and I’ve had minimal success with cheap parts store flaring tools, I asked a couple mechanic friends what they suggest for a flaring tool. They both said Mastercool. I decided to buy the complete set with all the dies I would ever need. It is a Mastercool 72485-PRC.

The chassis fuel line was missing a bubble flare so I added one there too. Next up was removing the mechanical fuel pump from the block, and connecting the front of the chassis fuel line to the throttle body along (with a fuel filter inline).