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Old Aug 7, 2004 | 11:13 PM
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Earls Fittings for fuel rails and regulator...

I am running the KG primary and secondary fuel rail... Today, I went and bought Earls fittings to run the braided line from the pump and tank to regulator and to the rails. But I bought the way wrong fittings for the rails...

What fittings are you guys using to connect from the regulator to the secondary rail and from the secondary to the primary and so forth...

Do you use 180 degree or 90's or 20's or straights... Someone help me out...

Also where is the best spot to mount the regulator, I currently have mine mounted on the intake.

Let me know thanks

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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 12:23 AM
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most of the earl's fitting are AN thread. Keith's rails are 3/8npt thread. i'm getting ready to install mine and i'm just going to use 90* barb fittings and standard fuel hose. much cheaper to go that route than to use adapters just to run some earl's fittings
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 08:21 AM
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www.3rdgenrx7.com/images/fuelsys/almostinstalled.JPG

You have to run a 90 degree on the front of the primary rail as pictured at

www.3rdgenrx7.com/images/fuelsys/primary.JPG


The rest of the stuff can be done 100 different ways (5 of which I have tried myself ).
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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 07:51 PM
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I have an aeromotive regulator... it has 3 ports, does one of them run too the primary and one run the secondary? while third gets the fuel. which port does the fuel go into and which does it come out off?

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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 09:04 PM
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I have an aeromotive regulator... it has 3 ports, does one of them run too the primary and one run the secondary? while third gets the fuel. which port does the fuel go into and which does it come out off?

Edan
it should be the same as my SX regulator. the two ports on the sides are for return fuel coming out of the rails. the bottom port is the return to go back to the tank. the regulator basically just needs to be between the return lines on the rails and the tank
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Old Aug 9, 2004 | 08:24 AM
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spoolin... I don't think that is right. What would be the point of the regulator then, to regulate the fuel going back to the tank?
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Old Aug 9, 2004 | 08:48 AM
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spoolin... I don't think that is right. What would be the point of the regulator then, to regulate the fuel going back to the tank?
Exactly correct. To regulate the fuel going back to the tank is how you regulate what pressure your rails see.

less resistance going back to the tank less fuel pressure before regulator, more resistance going back to the tank, higher pressure in the rails.

*edit* http://www.nopistons.com/forums/inde...dpost&p=565969

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Old Aug 9, 2004 | 10:08 AM
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spoolin... I don't think that is right. What would be the point of the regulator then, to regulate the fuel going back to the tank?
they are right. this is no a carb we are talking about.
the two side ports are the "IN" and the bottom is the "out".
did you look at the aeromotive paper in the box with the regulator?
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Old Aug 10, 2004 | 06:34 AM
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I looked at the paper in the box, but it was no help... I think I may have lost the one that explainse that....
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Old Aug 10, 2004 | 06:36 AM
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How do I split the line come from he tank... I am running the A1000 pump and I have sumped my tank... I am running -8an line up front... Should use a y fitting or what? Pics would be helpful...
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Old Aug 10, 2004 | 06:44 AM
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