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Message: [QUOTE="22phantom, post: 266161, member: 4081"] Well, I had a modified Elite Pump. When I was putting the build together and purchased all the parts directly from Elite I was told by them that the modified pump was the way to go for my build and that I should have close to 700 HP and the modified pump will keep up all day long. To make a very long frustrating story short. My truck ended up at Hallers Repair and when they tuned it properly it was only making 620 on the modified pump. As this time I was told I had the hardware to make more power. However, the fuel rail pressure is dropping because the pump can't keep up. It was suggested to me that I purchase a Dragon Fire to maintain fuel rail pressure. Jim called Tadd at Elite and they were nice enough to take back my modified pump and give me credit towards a Dragon Fire. After several days of pondering the idea I decided to just go for it. So, I called Jim and gave him the green light based on his recommendation. It was a tough decision for me because I was already so far over budget. Elite shipped Jim the pump, they installed it and we made 681. They drove the truck around for a week just to make sure everything was working well and then I flew out to Denver with my Wife, rented a one way car, drove it to Wyoming and picked up my truck. Seems to me with all the problems out there with the Dragon Fire that installing the duels should have been an option for me. However, at the time I wasn't aware of the duels and nobody brought it to my attention until after the failure. The worst part is that after reviewing the paperwork it appears that if I would have done the duels instead of Dragon Fire in the first place it would have only cost me about an additional $1,000.00. However, now my truck sits broken down in Wyoming with a $ 6,900.00 estimate for installing the duel pump set up. To make matters worse I lost my original modified pump that I could have ran with the duel set up when I took the advise to trade it in on a Dragon Fire. Consiquently costing me the money to purchase a new ford pump and the labor to replace it with the Dragon Fire that failed. This is all before installing the Duel Pump set up I obviously should have done from the begining. Elite has stepped up to the plate and offered to replace the Dragon Fire. For that I am thankful. However, I'm now told by Jim Haller that the Dragon Fire pumps are not staying together and they can possibly granade the entire fuel system (injectors, sensors and fuel rails) Personaly, I don't want a ticking time bomb and wish this would have been brought to my attention before making the expensive decision of going with the Dragon Fire based on the advise I was given. This entire experiance has been a nightmare and there's no end in sight. [/QUOTE]