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I've had that Terminator tbi setup on the 442 since like 2012, no issues. I drove that thing after a partial resto on the Power Tour. It was in my driveway for a while due to a module failure in the dual sync (FAST distributor), replaced it and drove it from my old house to my son's house which is an hour 45 min away. With crappy old gas in it too.

Holley uses (for the most part) GM sensors, so they are reliable. I do have a spare set for times of troubleshooting or long drive toolbox mode.

If you're running a mech pump on your Pontiac, pretty doubtful you will find a replacement at an auto parts store, that stuff just isn't stocked by most. And you still have to make it from a roadside to a parts store.

I don't carry a spare tire, so if i get a flat, I flatbed it home anyway. So I'm prepared to do so. I didn't want to put a door in the trunk so if a pump goes bad, I just drop the tank.

Usually when pumps go bad it's not an on/off thing, it slowly starts flowing less and less. You start getting bogs etc, so you can usually limp it home.

I ran carbs for years in the LeMans, and drove up & down the east coast and more, rarely had a problem, but most of that time I had an elec pump. I did at one point have an issue with an HEI that was eating coils, and carried coils with me, but eventually switched to an aftermarket unit. Problem solved.

It can go either way with a mech pump/carb or efi, so it's hard to make that argument. But I do understand some not wanted to switch. Me personally, I won't go back.


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