{"id":4323,"date":"2013-01-22T21:48:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T05:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=4323"},"modified":"2013-03-04T21:34:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T05:34:48","slug":"fuel-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2013\/01\/fuel-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel System"},"content":{"rendered":"
Initially, I was only going to upgrade the secondary injectors and retain the stock primaries. Planning out the fuel system required a good deal of thought and effort, and I eventually succumbed to upgrading the primaries as well. Namely, it didn’t feel right mixing new and 2-decade old technologies together. <\/p>\n
I went with Full Function Engineering<\/a> CNC’d and anodized rails with flow-matched Injector Dynamics 2000’s for the secondaries and Injector Dynamics 725’s for the primaries. This set up should be able to support past 500HP, although I won’t be pushing anywhere close to that. I was eventually able to amass this collection of goodies: <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I bought more push lock fittings than necessary to have spares, and it’s a good thing I did, because 3 of them were sacrificed in the process of the install. I first measured out and cut the lengths out of a Fragola 8000 hose, but when I tried to push on the fittings, it just wasn’t happening. The tolerances between the Fragola hose and the Red Horse Performance fittings I had were slightly off, and that was enough to make it impossible. So I switched over to an Earl’s Super Stock fuel hose, and that was a good match – but still by no means easy. <\/p>\n I wasted enough effort with the first setup and it was getting late by the time I finally got one fitting installed. So the next morning, I decided to enlist the help of someone I thought would be better suited for the job. I wanted to hedge against uncertainty and make sure all the fittings would be pushed on all the way, there were no more second tries – supplies were dwindling. By the design of the push lock barbs, if you stop pushing while half-way on, it becomes very difficult to fully seat the hose.<\/p>\n To help further guarantee a successful outcome, I took all possible preparations: the fittings were left in the freezer to contract the metal, the barbs were lubricated with oil, and the hose was boiled in water to expand the rubber. Mr. Freshlove<\/a> (check out his blog) made the job look like easy money. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Fuel lines complete. I used Oetiker stainless clamps over the barbs as added security. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Here’s a look at the fuel rails installed on the car. Impeccable machine work, everything fit together flawlessly. <\/p>\n