[Shotimes] fuel pressure issue

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:13:06 -0500

Ian Fisher wrote:
> Anything larger than a 155lph can wear out the seals
> in the stock regulator and cause the motor to run lean

Don't you mean rich?

Michael
94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
SHO items for sale: http://hometown.aol.com/cmichaelo/for_sale.html

----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, March 14, 2005 3:08 pm
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] fuel pressure issue

> Anything larger than a 155lph can wear out the seals
> in the stock regulator and cause the motor to run lean
> (?). A 190 pump runs a few more psi than the stock 39
> psi. I forget what the 255 runs at. www.APEusa.com has
> some flow charts. Josh's site probably explains it as
> well if you look under "performance" and then click on
> his adjustable FPR link.
> 
> Ian "I worked today!" Fisher
> 
> 
> --- Zach Leahy <leahyz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It could be, I never see mine max out except during
> > warm up when the
> > car runs extremely rich while it is cold.  Otherwise
> > I see peaks at
> > mid yellow to the start of the green range with my
> > LPM in, and w/o it
> > I see pretty much all yellow, a bit more in the
> > leaner half.
> > 
> > I generally pull the LPM when I drive a lot of hwy
> > miles and I am
> > looking to bettet my milage.  It seems to make a
> > reasonable amount of
> > difference in the A/F ration and the overall fuel
> > consumption.  (also
> > takes a pretty reasonable power loss too.)
> > 
> > Z
> >  
> > 
> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:57:33 -0500,
> > cmichaelo@optonline.net
> > <cmichaelo@optonline.net> wrote:
> > > Ian,
> > > 
> > > You mean to say that the FPR "wears out" due to
> > the high pressure caused by the 255 pump?
> > > 
> > > This might explain why, on my A/F meter, I see it
> > maxing out even at quarter throttle opening during
> > accelleration.  Or is this normal?
> > > 
> > > Michael
> > > 94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
> > > SHO items for sale:
> > http://hometown.aol.com/cmichaelo/for_sale.html
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> > 
> 
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