Fuel Pressure dropping while under boost
#22
Probably just a mistake putting the regulator that high but at least it caused him to dump the crap pump and get something that works.
#24
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That picture was the first tune. We have set the fuel pressure at 55psi and still having the issue with the pump running lean after it been running a long time. Either way the Walbro 450 still hasn't gone lean after a long time running.
#29
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#31
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well, i thought i would mention it. post #1 showed a pressure of 72 psi base and 85 psi max. i dont think that is anything extraordinary.
on the topic of "stupid high fp": when the fuel systems used to run 3 bars (or 2.5 bars) i would set up my cars to run at 4- 4.5 bars. the atomisation is better at these levels, keeping in mind that around 6 bars the injectors stopp working. so if you then run say 1.5 bars of boost you end up with 90 psi fp max. its not much different on a referenced ls1. and a pump upgrade yields around 65 psi at idle returnless anyway.
of course you need a pump supporting that and if you dont find one in the walbro catalog, dont despair, there are plenty of unexpensive pumps that will support 6-8 bars. i preferred to use bosch pumps for the ke-jetronic in audis. those systems ran 6 - 6.5 bars stock.
on the topic of "stupid high fp": when the fuel systems used to run 3 bars (or 2.5 bars) i would set up my cars to run at 4- 4.5 bars. the atomisation is better at these levels, keeping in mind that around 6 bars the injectors stopp working. so if you then run say 1.5 bars of boost you end up with 90 psi fp max. its not much different on a referenced ls1. and a pump upgrade yields around 65 psi at idle returnless anyway.
of course you need a pump supporting that and if you dont find one in the walbro catalog, dont despair, there are plenty of unexpensive pumps that will support 6-8 bars. i preferred to use bosch pumps for the ke-jetronic in audis. those systems ran 6 - 6.5 bars stock.
Last edited by romandian; 06-15-2017 at 03:31 AM.
#32
Drifting
well, i thought i would mention it. post #1 showed a pressure of 72 psi base and 85 psi max. i dont think that is anything extraordinary.
on the topic of "stupid high fp": when the fuel systems used to run 3 bars (or 2.5 bars) i would set up my cars to run at 4- 4.5 bars. the atomisation is better at these levels, keeping in mind that around 6 bars the injectors stopp working. so if you then run say 1.5 bars of boost you end up with 90 psi fp max. its not much different on a referenced ls1. and a pump upgrade yields around 65 psi at idle returnless anyway.
of course you need a pump supporting that and if you dont find one in the walbro catalog, dont despair, there are plenty of unexpensive pumps that will support 6-8 bars. i preferred to use bosch pumps for the ke-jetronic in audis. those systems ran 6-6.5 bars stock.
on the topic of "stupid high fp": when the fuel systems used to run 3 bars (or 2.5 bars) i would set up my cars to run at 4- 4.5 bars. the atomisation is better at these levels, keeping in mind that around 6 bars the injectors stopp working. so if you then run say 1.5 bars of boost you end up with 90 psi fp max. its not much different on a referenced ls1. and a pump upgrade yields around 65 psi at idle returnless anyway.
of course you need a pump supporting that and if you dont find one in the walbro catalog, dont despair, there are plenty of unexpensive pumps that will support 6-8 bars. i preferred to use bosch pumps for the ke-jetronic in audis. those systems ran 6-6.5 bars stock.
Last edited by romandian; 06-15-2017 at 08:08 AM.
#33
Melting Slicks
well, i thought i would mention it. post #1 showed a pressure of 72 psi base and 85 psi max. i dont think that is anything extraordinary.
on the topic of "stupid high fp": when the fuel systems used to run 3 bars (or 2.5 bars) i would set up my cars to run at 4- 4.5 bars. the atomisation is better at these levels, keeping in mind that around 6 bars the injectors stopp working. so if you then run say 1.5 bars of boost you end up with 90 psi fp max. its not much different on a referenced ls1. and a pump upgrade yields around 65 psi at idle returnless anyway.
of course you need a pump supporting that and if you dont find one in the walbro catalog, dont despair, there are plenty of unexpensive pumps that will support 6-8 bars. i preferred to use bosch pumps for the ke-jetronic in audis. those systems ran 6 - 6.5 bars stock.
on the topic of "stupid high fp": when the fuel systems used to run 3 bars (or 2.5 bars) i would set up my cars to run at 4- 4.5 bars. the atomisation is better at these levels, keeping in mind that around 6 bars the injectors stopp working. so if you then run say 1.5 bars of boost you end up with 90 psi fp max. its not much different on a referenced ls1. and a pump upgrade yields around 65 psi at idle returnless anyway.
of course you need a pump supporting that and if you dont find one in the walbro catalog, dont despair, there are plenty of unexpensive pumps that will support 6-8 bars. i preferred to use bosch pumps for the ke-jetronic in audis. those systems ran 6 - 6.5 bars stock.
If you were using the Bosch pumps, then that is a different matter, but you were not using those ? And you cannot compare an ancient jetronic system to modern fuel injectors. They're just vastly different.