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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 01:34 PM
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Fuel pressure from stock 89 looks like 20-30lbs. Is this normal and can I add a inline high performance pump without flagging the ECM?
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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 02:21 PM
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Fuel pressure from stock 89 looks like 20-30lbs. Is this normal and can I add a inline high performance pump without flagging the ECM?
That's too low should be 40-45psi. You need to diagnose what's wrong with your fuel system. Maybe a clogged fuel filter, sock or a bad pump or Fuel pressure regulator.
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Too low, should be about 42-45ish.

Change the fuel filter if it has never been, or not recently changed, but I suspect your pump is dying. The FPR can go out as well.

You can replace the pump with a Walbro or other Racetronix unit, and if you do that, you need to do their in-tank wiring upgrade as well as their piggyback harness if youre adding any real pumping power over stock.

The ECM does not care, its designed assuming a pressure value, and uses a pulse width and an injector size in its calculations.
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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 06:33 PM
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Vader has it right. Easier to replace the stock pump than to add a pump in line anyway.
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