

| Subject: | Re: ADJUSTABLE RISING FUEL RATE REGULATOR for WBX and others to cure lean engine |
| From: | Joseph Fortino |
| Date: | Tue, 6 May 2003 11:32:35 -0700 |
wow so its better to run @50 vs the stock 28psi, this is getting interesting, does anyone have a mod right up on adding this? or some screen shots? thanks much Joe On 06 May 2003, Robert Lilley wrote: > True the ECU will try to compensate for rich > or lean conditions via the O2 readings. Only > problem is in a lower pressure FI there is > less time to compensate for a lean condition > during a cycle as compared to a higher > pressure FI. > > The pressure is stock at lower RPMs and > loads and during greater loads or higher > RPMs where is more fuel is needed, it is > available so the engine can get what it > needs in a shorter pulse rather than going > lean. When I was running an adjustable fuel > pressure regulator, to get it to run good at > the upper RPMs I had to turn the pressure > up, but the lower pressure was too high, to > fix the lower pressure the upper PSI was too > low. I also found out that the AFPR would > not limit the low pressure under > acceleration and dropped down to 20 PSI > creating a lean condition whereas the stock > FPR limited the low to 28 PSI. > > In doing some research for a problem, I > ran across articles about the Digifant > that indicate that the system tends to > run lean under hard acceleration and in > the upper RPMs. I might try this in the > near future to see if it helps. > > Others on the list have reported in the past > that they have turned the fuel pressure up to > @50 PSI and the engine runs better. > > Robert
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