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Subject:Re: fuel pressure regulator and manifold vacuum experiment
From:Matthew Pollard
Date:Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:03:48 -0700

> I have one of these vacuum guages and I have borrowed Robert Lilley's fuel
> pressure guage, so I will give your test a try next week.  I measured it
> last weekend at 32 psi unconnected and 39 psi connected -- slightly too
> high but not enough to worry about, I hope.  I forgot to plug the manifold
> vacuum hose, though, so I need to repeat this measurement.  (What does the
> g stand for in psig?)
>

Wait!  Slightly too high? Like how much? 3psi is about 10%... follow that
through and it means 10% more gas in the injectors.... It should be dead
one spec.  A bit high (on two independent gauges) is not acceptable. I've
been down this long road before....