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Well, there may be something wrong with the pump but I can't see how it would make it run MORE Than 55psi wot.
In the case of the noise...they're all noisy but I don't know how that compares with yours. I've been running mine since 2003 and its sounded about the same. Pretty whiny when the fuel gets down to about half tank or below.
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Same here- But recently (within the past 2 weeks), it's been noisy regardless. As in you-need-to-turn-up-the-radio-to-drown-it-out noisy. Kind of like that sound you hear on airplanes as they bring out the flaps. Only constantly.
As for dropping the tank, yes- That's how I do it. I don't believe in pulling the rear seats out and cutting up my floor. I drop the tank. It's two retaining straps, and several connections including the fill tube (which is the hardest).
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Just pop up the bottom of the rear seat, pop the lock ring with a flat screw driver and hammer (counter clock wise?), undo fittings/connectors and remove the assembly for tinkering.
It can be done very quickly! I forgot to reinstall the tank gasket and had to go through these steps, and it was under 10 minuets....if that.
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Do Cougar's not have the access hole in the floor pan?
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I think there is a difference...I know the 98 contours have access to it, but newer contour don't have as good...might be the same with the cougars??
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Originally posted by Swazo:
Do Cougar's not have the access hole in the floor pan?
Yes i was just back there wiring my bottle heater up last week, and thought to myself "i need to put a Walbro in there!" lol
speaking of which...what is the stock RETURN style fuel pump in a 99 cougar V6 good for? 250whp guessing?
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If its the same as the contour then its right around 300 wHP.
I should clarify that its 300 wHP with proper stock fuel pressure and larger injectors.
Too much fuel pressure, greater than 65 or70 psi will slowly eat up the stock pump.
You'd need about 6 30# injectors to max out the stock pump I'm guessing.
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drop the tank?...why? All you do is pull the seat up and its right there,no cutting,at all
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In later models Ford made the hole smaller than the access panel for the tank.
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That's right, in Derek's '00 we had to do a little trimming to be able to access it to swap out the pump for an SVT focus pump 
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My early 1999 I didn't have room either. No way I was dropping the tank though.
I made two small cuts with a die grinder and bent the metal back out of the way. The I lifted out the pump, did my thing on it, and reinstalled it.
THen I just bent the metal back in place, sealed the two cuts with RTV and put the rubber plug back in.
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