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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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IF YOU PUT ON BIGGER INJECTORS WITHOUT INSTALLING A TUNE FOR IT CAN YOU DAMAGE THE MOTOR? THANKS FOR YOUR HELP EVERYONE.
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 05:04 PM
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you wont damage the motor per say but it will run horribly as it will be excessively rich, why do you want to switch them anyway. unless you have some sort of power adder you arent going to max out their duty cycle.
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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I HAVE 21 POUND INJ THAT CAME WITH MY 02 AND IM INCREASING ALL MY AIR IN MY MOTOR BUT STAYING N/A. IM GETTING A CUSTOME TUNE FROM JBA PERFORMANCE AND I WANNA GET THE MOST OUT OF MY MOTOR. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF I INSTALL THE INJECTORS AND I DRIVE ON THEM FOR A DAY OR TWO BEFORE I GET THE TUNE INSTALLED I DONT WANNA HURT MY MOTOR IN ANY WAY. I DO A HAVE A SCT TUNER TO CHANGE THE AIR/FUEL RATIO.
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 05:20 PM
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if you stay all motor you wont even get close to 350 rwhp which is the amount where you need to upgrade your fuel system.
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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WHAT I DONT UNDERSTAND IS WHY DID FORD PUT 21 POUND PINK EXPLORERINJECTORS ON MY CAR INSTEAD OF 19 POUNDS. MY CAR CAME STOCK 21 POUNDS. IF THEYMAKE NO DIFFERENCE THEN WHY THEY CHANGE THEM?
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 06:11 PM
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ford didnt someone before you must have installed those the stockers should have been 19 pound orange injectors i believe. if you are running 21 pound injectors and dont have a noticable drivablility problem then you are almost positively already tuned to run on them.
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 06:45 PM
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IN LATE 2001 FOR PUT SOME 21 POUND INJECTORS ON SOME OF THE 2002 CARS. I HAVE ALREADY FOUND OUT THAT FROM JBA AND ALSO MY FRIEND HAS 21 POUND INJECTORS ON HIS 2002 GT. I ALSO BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW. THEY DID INFACT COME STOCK. I ONLY FOUND THIS OUT ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO. IM STILL NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY.
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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hmm thats interesting, i have an 01 and it has the regular 19lbrs in it, never the less this could be true. but still if you are staying n/a you dont need to upgrade your injectors you wont max the 21 pounders out without some form of forced induction.
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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YES THAT MAY TRUE BUT IF I DID PUT IN THE 24'S ON IT COULDNT HURT TO PUT THEM IN ONCE TUNED RIGHT? IT COULD ONLY HELP FROM WHAT I COULD SEE. THE ARE FORD RACING MATCHED SET IF THAT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE. IM STILL TRYING TO DO MY RESEARCH ON THIS. SOME SAY ONCE I GET IT TUNED IT CANT HURT ANS PLUS IF I EVER DECIDE TO GO WITH BIGGER INCREASED AIR FLOW I WONT HAVE TO CHANGE THEM. SEE I ALREADY BOUGHT THEM AND THAT IS WHY I REALLY WANNA PUT THEM ON LOL. BTW THANKS ALOT FOR ALL THE HELP.
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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TURN YOUR CAPS off[:@]



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