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Old 10-26-07, 01:57 AM
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Injector size

Hi folks:

I am building my FD from Stock Twin into a Single T04, What size of injecotors should I use in order to have best performance and it last?


thank you for your help

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Old 10-26-07, 02:16 AM
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A good fuel pump with 550cc/1600cc, 850/850, 850/1600cc. Depends on how much power you want to make and if youre going to go the whole way thru and do the entire fuel system...

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The short version....

Take your target rear wheel horsepower (rwhp) and multiply by 10.
This is your required fuel in cc/minute.

Let's say you want 400 rwhp.

400 x 10 = 4000 cc/min of fuel required.

On my car, I did 2 x 550 and 2 x 1600 for approx 4300 cc/min of fuel and I'm basically just over 90% on my duty cycles.

Now, as to which COMBO of injectors... here are my thoughts...

stock primary 550s provides a nice idle and you can install stock 850s in the primary location with a little work for cheap and get more fuel.

For secondary injectors, 850-->1300 overbores are cheap, but I am not 100% of reliability with the overbores. You can go with a 1600 cc/min setup, but then you have to buy a new rail, new fittings and hoses, and a new fuel pressure reg. This adds up fast.

The KEY question is what is your target rear wheel HP?
Old 10-26-07, 06:08 PM
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To expand further... here is my recommended upgrade path... Keep in mind these are ESTIMATES. If you plan to be right on a breakpoint, you may wanna go with the next size up.

Assumptions:
- Close to stock fuel pressure levels
- You are not replacing gasoline with other fuel sources like methanol injection (at high enough mixtures that it is a major fuel source in the motor)
- You have an upgraded pump system that can deliver enough flow volume and won't fade at the top end!!!!! (VERY IMPORTANT)

Stock = 550/850 and will support about 270 rwhp
FREE - no need for any upgrades

Upgrade 1 = 850/850 and will support about 320 rwhp
Cheap - used injectors can be purchased and cleaned professionally and installed into a slightly modified primary fuel rail. Buy yourself a fuel pump from a Supra for a drop-in upgrade.

Upgrade 2 = 550/1300 and will support about 350 rwhp
Cheap - Buy 850s overbored to 1300s (or pay to have your stock 850s modded) and install in the stock secondary rail. Buy yourself a fuel pump from a Supra for a drop-in upgrade.

Upgrade 3 = 550/1600 and will support about 410 rwhp
Somewhat expensive but in my opinion, the "right" way to do it - Buy an aftermarket secondary fuel rail, aftermarket fuel pressure regulator (1:1 boost compensating type), aftermarket fittings as needed, 1600 cc/min injectors, and resistors to use with the injectors. Wire it up, test it out. The Supra pump is getting to be at its limits at the 400+ rwhp levels. Your fuel pressure may have slight fade as you near redline. This is the area where you may wanna think about dual pumps or a less-drop-in and more race style setup for the fuel pump(s). Rewiring the pump to draw directly off the battery with larger wiring may help.

Upgrade 4 = 850/1300 and will support about 410 rwhp
Cheap - Put your stock 850s in the modded primary rail and buy a set of overbored 1300s from someone else's car. The Supra pump is getting to be at its limits at the 400+ rwhp levels. Your fuel pressure may have slight fade as you near redline. This is the area where you may wanna think about dual pumps or a less-drop-in and more race style setup for the fuel pump(s). Rewiring the pump to draw directly off the battery with larger wiring may help.

Upgrade 5 = 850/1600 and will support about 470 rwhp
Somewhat expensive - Your stock secondaries become your new primaries in a modded rail. Buy an aftermarket secondary fuel rail, aftermarket fuel pressure regulator (1:1 boost compensating type), aftermarket fittings as needed, 1600 cc/min injectors, and resistors to use with the injectors. Wire it up, test it out. The Supra pump is getting to be at its limits at the 400+ rwhp levels and is probably not going to cut it up here. This is the area where you may wanna think about dual pumps or a less-drop-in and more race style setup for the fuel pump(s). Rewiring the pump to draw directly off the battery with larger wiring may help.




500+
If you're going for 500+ rwhp, I really hope you're not getting the meat of your advice off this post
Old 10-26-07, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Wargasm
Stock = 550/850 and will support about 270 rwhp
FREE - no need for any upgrades
This sounds low to me.

Let's begin with what 100% duty cycle gives and correct at the end. Assume 2800cc/min or 2.8L/min from stock injectors. Fuel's specific gravity is roughly 0.75, giving 2.1kg/min. At 11:1 AFR, we'd need 23kg/min of air. That's just over 50lbs/min, and our old rule of 7.5rwhp per lb of air states 375rwhp. Drop the duty cycle to 85%, and we're still pushing almost 320rwhp.

What's wrong with this reasoning?
Old 10-28-07, 01:50 AM
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Eh, nothing is wrong with your calcs. I'm sure someone has probably done 320 rwhp on the stock setup.

My little estimate is just a rough one and errs on the side of safety. 8D
Old 10-29-07, 02:08 PM
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Kenne Belle boost-a-pump is another option if you need a ton of fuel. It works very well on a Supra TT pump. My friend had a 600whp setup on his VR-4 with that, although it would probably only do like 500 on an Rx-7
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