How could I get more fuel into my engine
02-27-2005, 10:25 AM
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How could I get more fuel into my engine
I recently changed my stock fuel pump to a 170 LPH and I installed a fuel gage. I can’t seem to find a manufacture that makes a fuel regulator for a 98 GT. I tried BBK and other manufactures. According to this note I found, I can’t seem to get a regulator for my car. How can I get more fuel into the engine?
I copy and pasted this from a BBK site.
Q. Why won't BBK fuel pumps and fuel regulators work on a 1998 and up Mustang?
(part numbers affected include: 1526, 1527, 1606, 1607, 1622, 1617)
A. In the 1998 model year, Ford switched their fuel system to a return-less system. The model years previous to this used a physical regulator and a constant-velocity fuel pump to regulate the pressure throughout the system. The old-style system constantly supplies a fairly standard pressure (depending on load), the regulator only allows a certain amount of that pressure into the fuel system, and the excess fuel and pressure is bled back to the fuel tank. On the newer design, the fuel pump is a completely different design that works with varying pulses of voltage, and the computer monitors and controls the fuel pressure. Basically, the ECU (Engine Control Unit) controls the fuel pressure by telling the pump to speed up when the engine is under load, and tells it to slow down when you are just cruising, constantly varying the pump speed to control pressure in the system. While the newer style pumps can be adapted to be used in older applications, the older-style pumps and systems will not adapt to the newer-style ones.
Note: when I bought the part it said that it would fit my car.
I copy and pasted this from a BBK site.
Q. Why won't BBK fuel pumps and fuel regulators work on a 1998 and up Mustang?
(part numbers affected include: 1526, 1527, 1606, 1607, 1622, 1617)
A. In the 1998 model year, Ford switched their fuel system to a return-less system. The model years previous to this used a physical regulator and a constant-velocity fuel pump to regulate the pressure throughout the system. The old-style system constantly supplies a fairly standard pressure (depending on load), the regulator only allows a certain amount of that pressure into the fuel system, and the excess fuel and pressure is bled back to the fuel tank. On the newer design, the fuel pump is a completely different design that works with varying pulses of voltage, and the computer monitors and controls the fuel pressure. Basically, the ECU (Engine Control Unit) controls the fuel pressure by telling the pump to speed up when the engine is under load, and tells it to slow down when you are just cruising, constantly varying the pump speed to control pressure in the system. While the newer style pumps can be adapted to be used in older applications, the older-style pumps and systems will not adapt to the newer-style ones.
Note: when I bought the part it said that it would fit my car.
02-27-2005, 10:35 AM
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RE: How could I get more fuel into my engine
the question is... why do you want more fuel?
Your engine is fuel injected, the ECU will inject the correct amount of fuel into the cylinders regardless of what size pump and regulator you have. Simply flooding the cylinders with more fuel will not gain you any power. Your mods don't suggest you have a blower, advanced timing or Nitrous, so more fuel will do nothing for you.
Save your money for a blower first.
Your engine is fuel injected, the ECU will inject the correct amount of fuel into the cylinders regardless of what size pump and regulator you have. Simply flooding the cylinders with more fuel will not gain you any power. Your mods don't suggest you have a blower, advanced timing or Nitrous, so more fuel will do nothing for you.
Save your money for a blower first.
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