fiero died from meeting

It could if there were excessive resistance in it's power supply, but that'd be a "real treat" to check. Other reason you could have pathetic pressure include:

• Leak in the fuel supply. (Would smell like gas)
• Regulator stuck open.
• Injector stuck open. (Would theoretically run this way however).

As you said, the pump not being "fed" proper power can also cause insufficient fuel supply.

And Clynt, I assume Chevy does the same as Ford (Because everyone wants to be like Ford), but with Fords, the moving parts of the pump (The part that actually pumps the fuel) have nothing in between the metal. They rely upon there being a sufficient quantity of gas (In Ford's case, 1/4 tank) to be present to keep things lubricated, not unlike what the oil in your engine would do.

Not that it matters anymore with this problem, but there is another possible reason for a poor fuel supply.

My 84 Duke would start, run for a couple of seconds then die, so I checked the fuel pressure. At 4 psi it was well below the spec of 11 psi. The problem was not the fuel filter.

After dropping the fuel tank and I noted that the short rubber sleeve immediately on the discharge of the fuel pump (inside the tank) was quite spongey, so I replaced it, and installed hose clamps. It would have eventually failed, but it failed at that moment because the hose had softened sufficiently that it lost its grip on both the fuel pump and the metal pipe. I installed hose clamps because somebody on Pennock's suggested doing that.

Now 11 psi.

Gary