Re: Stupid question on fuel pressure

[Roger Heflin <rah@horizon.hit.net>]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Marteney, Steven J. wrote:

> I here lots of talk in mags and web boards about what fuel pressure to run
> but nobody has said under what conditions should the pressure be set.  I see
> lots of variation depending on when I set it.  My guess is I should set it
> with the engine at operating temp and with the engine running at idle.
> Sound right?  I had the bright idea on my own of just jumping the fuel pump
> relay with the car off and setting it that way, but was loosing about 8psi
> with the car running.  Sorry for the bandwidth, but I've come to trust this
> group's insight (plus it's a slow day at work :-)
> 
> Steve Marteney
> smarteney@xlvision.com

ARe you removing the vacuum line from the FPR?   THe vacuum line is
there so that the fuel pressure to intake pressure is constant, so the
it reduces the fuel pressure enough to maintain a constant difference,
and 8psi would be about the right amount.

				Roger

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