New Injectors
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Seriously, Delphi isn't too bad but why buy new when you can use a reman set that is tested and they can mix and match to get it as close as possible?
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Racer
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I just ordered a new set of the Bosch 3 22lber injectors, plus the intake kit and orings for a decent price. Since I'm doing my intake this weekend it should be no problem installing these. He did say he sells more of the Delphi set and he said they use the old style coils and single nozzle, which I'm sure works just fine but I wanted to try something different and since you guys have such great reviews on the Bosch 3 set, I don't think I can be disappointed.
The only thing that concerned me was the fact that the clips aren't used anymore. Then again I'm sure there is enough tension between intake and injector rail to have them sit and not wiggle around too much. The injectors just looked a bit longer in the pictures.
They should be here by Thursday, I'm so excited
The only thing that concerned me was the fact that the clips aren't used anymore. Then again I'm sure there is enough tension between intake and injector rail to have them sit and not wiggle around too much. The injectors just looked a bit longer in the pictures.
They should be here by Thursday, I'm so excited
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The only thing that concerned me was the fact that the clips aren't used anymore. Then again I'm sure there is enough tension between intake and injector rail to have them sit and not wiggle around too much. The injectors just looked a bit longer in the pictures.
They should be here by Thursday, I'm so excited
They should be here by Thursday, I'm so excited
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Racer
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From: Sarasota Florida
The injectors showed today! Very satisfied with the shipping!
The injectors look nice but what stood out to me was each and every injector had the part number scratched out. What's the reasoning behind this?
Also, the injectors came with a plastic clear cap on the fuel rail side, which was to prevent damage from shipping, and another clear plastic ring on the intake side that sits in front of the first o-ring. I assume this was for shipping as well but I was really pushing and pulling on this thing and it was not budging, is this part of the L98 "fabrication" that FIC talks about or is it just the double o-ring? I'm trying not to be too forceful with this plastic ring in case IT IS for the custom fit. Does anyone know what I'm referring to? Nothing was said about removal of the plastic pieces. I can send pictures via email.
Stupid question, I know, just wanting to be safer than sorry..-er.
The injectors look nice but what stood out to me was each and every injector had the part number scratched out. What's the reasoning behind this?
Also, the injectors came with a plastic clear cap on the fuel rail side, which was to prevent damage from shipping, and another clear plastic ring on the intake side that sits in front of the first o-ring. I assume this was for shipping as well but I was really pushing and pulling on this thing and it was not budging, is this part of the L98 "fabrication" that FIC talks about or is it just the double o-ring? I'm trying not to be too forceful with this plastic ring in case IT IS for the custom fit. Does anyone know what I'm referring to? Nothing was said about removal of the plastic pieces. I can send pictures via email.
Stupid question, I know, just wanting to be safer than sorry..-er.
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From: Hartford WI
The injectors showed today! Very satisfied with the shipping!
The injectors look nice but what stood out to me was each and every injector had the part number scratched out. What's the reasoning behind this?
Also, the injectors came with a plastic clear cap on the fuel rail side, which was to prevent damage from shipping, and another clear plastic ring on the intake side that sits in front of the first o-ring. I assume this was for shipping as well but I was really pushing and pulling on this thing and it was not budging, is this part of the L98 "fabrication" that FIC talks about or is it just the double o-ring? I'm trying not to be too forceful with this plastic ring in case IT IS for the custom fit. Does anyone know what I'm referring to? Nothing was said about removal of the plastic pieces. I can send pictures via email.
Stupid question, I know, just wanting to be safer than sorry..-er.
The injectors look nice but what stood out to me was each and every injector had the part number scratched out. What's the reasoning behind this?
Also, the injectors came with a plastic clear cap on the fuel rail side, which was to prevent damage from shipping, and another clear plastic ring on the intake side that sits in front of the first o-ring. I assume this was for shipping as well but I was really pushing and pulling on this thing and it was not budging, is this part of the L98 "fabrication" that FIC talks about or is it just the double o-ring? I'm trying not to be too forceful with this plastic ring in case IT IS for the custom fit. Does anyone know what I'm referring to? Nothing was said about removal of the plastic pieces. I can send pictures via email.
Stupid question, I know, just wanting to be safer than sorry..-er.
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Racer
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He said to leave it on. It's to hold the o-ring in place, it's called a pintle cap. Now I did see other models of Bosch with a black ring/cap but was just confused by this clear one. Just seemed odd. Maybe it's a Bosch thing? I can spin the plastic in place but just can't pull it up. Makes ya wonder what would happen if that ring fell off
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He said to leave it on. It's to hold the o-ring in place, it's called a pintle cap. Now I did see other models of Bosch with a black ring/cap but was just confused by this clear one. Just seemed odd. Maybe it's a Bosch thing? I can spin the plastic in place but just can't pull it up. Makes ya wonder what would happen if that ring fell off
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Just weird to me. I've purchased injectors before and they did not have this ring. To me it looks like the ring sits on the intake instead of the o-ring which is concerning. I'll look at it during install before I go any further. Did anyone see this when they purchased Bosch 22lbers from FIC?
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Just weird to me. I've purchased injectors before and they did not have this ring. To me it looks like the ring sits on the intake instead of the o-ring which is concerning. I'll look at it during install before I go any further. Did anyone see this when they purchased Bosch 22lbers from FIC?
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I won't worry myself, just curious as to the purpose of the ring. I know it's to hold the o-ring but if it's the same size as the oring, and sits in front of it, to me that sounds like mounting will be off and will sit on the cap, not the oring. I'm probably wrong with that statement, but on paper and in my head it sounds like it's not supposed to be on there but I've seen other Bosch injectors installed with a black cap/pintle cap.
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The installation was a success! The Bosch 3 injectors I ordered from FIC worked great. I called Jon mid install just to double-triple-quadruple check the injectors needed to go intake side first, obviously I was correct. He picked up right away and helped answered my questions with no problems.
The car idles much much better, though I do feel a drop in power I think I need to advance the timing a little more. It's really boggy around 6 degrees but really happy around 9 or 10.
The car idles much much better, though I do feel a drop in power I think I need to advance the timing a little more. It's really boggy around 6 degrees but really happy around 9 or 10.