Re: Fuel Pressure Regulator

WindsorFox<SS> wrote:
Jim C wrote:
In the spirit of the last thread *not* rehashing the air filter
question, I wanted to throw out something old. The last question I
put out there, someone challenged me back with the point that I should
have a plan and he's right. However, the next step on my plan will
cost a couple bucks, I'm saving up, yet still have the upgrade itch.
While I prepare for the next big step, one person I trust talked about
a fuel regulator, which seems affordable, and like a 'couple hours in
the driveway' do it myself type of thing. I have a couple questions.

What will it really get me? Is it really that easy to install? The
way my friend described the install and set-up, it almost seems
similar to advancing your timing, that once installed, you need to
tune it to the right setting. Do I need a fuel pressure gauge? How
would I tune it / set it up? The friend who had done it on a Mustang
he used to have remembered an article in Fast Fords with step - by -
step instructions that made it easy. Does anyone have the link to
this article?

There is a guy locally, actually a GM LT engine tuner, who has a dyno and told me that with the mods I have and a perfect tune up, he could tune 20-60 HP out of my Mustang with an adjustable fuel pressure regulator.

I don't know what your mods are but on a N/A engine I can't see getting anywhere near that improvement from just adjusting fuel pressure. If it is out of spec that far then you should be experiencing drivabilty issues, IMO. Maybe there is that much power to be had if you change other parameters on the computer or if you have a blower. But even with a blower I would think you would have melted a piston or two from running lean under WOT with an out-of-wack fuel pressure regulator.
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