Mechanical v Electric fuel pump?

[David C]

I quite like the idea of an auxiliary low volume electric pump to prime a system with main mechanical pump. It would be easy to control with brief timer as used with diesel injectors. That said it seems to be a fix for an unlikely problem. I understand the concern of pump running and leaking fuel with engine off and ignition on but there are other safety issues I would deal with first. The most notable is lack of headrests in the early V8s but thanks to a suggestion from Giles Parsons I hope to be sorting this soon with some from an MGB.