[gmachinz]

Well heck no...a sump has rear fittings-a properly designed sump also has fuel even hard hard braking-but if you have a severely lowered truck, I would not suggest an external fuel pump as you mentioned since the pump needs to be positioned slightly lower than your fuel tank so it never draws air and cavitates-that will kill it in a short amount of time. Just get the 1987 stock type fuel tanks and go with the Walbro 255 pumps-you'll be good then.