1987 camaro fuel pump?

i need to know if i can hook the fuel pump to a switch. i need to know if it will work if i hook the positive wire straight to the power will it turn on and work? also to run it this way do i need to hook up relay, or anything else besides a fuse? thanks alot for any help you may be. rich

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Yes, it will work but you will bypass safety features inherent in the stock system.

A relay would be a good idea, since the pump may pull enough power to overload the switch.

In a stock setup, when you first turn the key on, a fuel pump relay runs the pump for a couple of seconds to pressurize the system for start-up. After that, the fuel pump won't run until there's oil pressure.

That way, if you lose oil pressure (low oil or car is upside down via a rollover) the fuel pump will shut off.

With a switch, it's on all the time and in an accident it will run fuel out if there is a broken fuel line. Can be risky.

KennyH

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