Glazedham42

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Hey fellas,

Workin on the project car this weekend. I am getting ready to put the fuel pressure regulator back in, but I can't make up my mind on where to mount it. I already know the whole speech about putting it close to the carb, and using a filter before it, and all that stuff. I'm going to be mounting it on the firewall somewhere but I can't decide where to put it. My engine bay is almost entirely empty, so I need to know where you guys mounted yours. Particularly if you put it on the firewall. I don't want to mount it up, and then realize that I put it in the place of something else. So.. please post pics of your firewall mounted fuel regs. Thanks!

Jamie

IanS

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Here is a somehwat shot of mine. It just kinda hangs there. It works ok cuz the return holds it all up.

vipernicus42

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Jamie,

I'll try to find a pic of mine.. I know I have one somewhere

Jon

Edit: found it. The main problem that I had was the fact that the "lip" at the bottom protruded just *slightly* too much for the regulator to fit in it's bracket once it was mounted. So I used two washers on the lower screws, which made it stick out further than the top. That let me actually mount the regulator into the bracket properly. I'm sure you will figure things out It's a good place to mount it I guess.. the only real place I could find. Any higher, and it doesn't clear the hood properly, anywhere else and it's not close enough to the carb.

cdrad51

Ha ha, mine is somewhat similar, except there is no return line to rest the FPR. There is. however, the loop of the return line going to the charcoal canister line, which works beautifully as support.

mar3

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lol...how about the lowly Purolator....look, I sold this car, alright???...

FD Racer

well heres a shot of mine....

kettlman

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mines in the same place as vipernicus42. kinda funny, i had to use the washers also!! ha ha ha. guess i'm not the only getto rigger. but it fits good and looks nice. well, the holley ones do.

Fire85GSLSE

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What fuel pressures are you FI guys running?

jayroc

When I had a 45dcoe, I had an adjustable holley and I mounted it around where viper did. Except I undid one of the bolts to that holds on the charcoal canister hard lines and used a longer bolt after I attached the mounting bracket.

Rex4Life

Here ya go. A red Aeromotive A1000-6 at the top of the pic.

Rotor13B

I've got that same pos, lol. What's the general concenus on fpr's to use?

FD Racer

43psi

cdrad51

I'd say Holley 0-4 psi for Nikki applications.

mar3

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And that's the big problem with most regulators...they start at 6 psi....the POS Purolator can go lower as well as most of the Mallory's...can't say for everybody else, but the last time I was on a dyno playing with fuel pressure, here's what we found. Rotary Performance big street port 12A with bone-stock Nikki, ported manifold, full "headers", 2" primaries into 2.5" exhaust all the way back. Full pulls were made with 3.5 psi....at 4.5 psi, pulls only got to 7200 rpm unlike the rest of the pulls which made it to 7600 rpm...

ps. the POS never gave me any problems...

Jeff20B

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I've got a POS on my 4 port 13B with a Hitachi carb that has never given me problems. Setting it to 5 PSI shows fuel at the middle of the sight glass.

mar3

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Further proof that the Purolator bias as a POS may be yet another Urban Myth...

Jeff20B

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I think Sterling has something against them. Of course my Hitachi (13B) carbs like 5 PSI, which the Purolator can do pretty well. I've got two. See if you can spot them.

http://www.nopistons.com/forums/inde...e=post&id=7548

http://www.nopistons.com/forums/inde...e=post&id=7549

Hyper4mance2k

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Paired with a big fuel pump the Puralator will leak. My FPR did after two days of a Holley Blue.

Jeff20B

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I tried a Purolator with a big Carter, and it didn't leak. It's the high GPH Carter that requires 1/2" fuel lines. No leaks.

mar3

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That one leaked...it must have been a defective one...

Alex-7

Same here.

DAVID GRIMES

My POS came apart with a Holley red behind it. Could have been disastrous.

DAVID GRIMES

oh.. I might have sold it on Ebay. Maybe your POS used to be my POS ??? Maybe there is only one defective POS in the universe !?

Rotor13B

I'll agree that it works and all, It's just that it seems sloppy and I worry that it's going to malfunction on me.

mar3

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With the above reports, I'm going to start a new thread to get this info out...maybe sterling was right......again.....