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Brain Farts and Blinders

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  • Start date Start date Mar 5, 2011

Pops Fun

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  • Mar 5, 2011
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Hi
Any one besides me have these !!! Working several projects on the mustang one being the fuel rails..... Bought Mallory rail kit with regulator. Directions show it being mounted to the rail.. Pretty simple fuel goes in and fuel goes out... Besides hitting the distributor, another story, Any dummy can do that.!!!
View attachment 194814

Didn't like mounting on the rail so decided to mount it somewhere else. Then the problems began... see it shows the fuel going into the regulator then out the other side. OK..... where do I have room for this?? Decided the passenger side fender or strut tower would be good, close to the fuel lines.. Bought several adapters $$ right angle, 45 degree, swivel, in 6an, 8an,, npt etc. couldn't find anything that worked in the space I had. Thursday night decided to give it some time getting frustrated and waiting on more parts.
Anyway after throwing money at it, realized Friday night that I didn't have to go through the regulator going to the fuel rail but could go straight to the rail!!! The regulator controls pressure by regulating the output of the rail. Much simpler.

Perhaps I am trying too many projects at once this year. Sure didn't plan this one out!! Anyway spent quite a few night being frustrated and now see the light at the end of the tunnel, might even start it this coming week!!
 

Pops Fun

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Here is what it was going to look like....

View attachment 194679

Now it looks like this... The silver -8an stainless will go down to the fuel supply line.

View attachment 194680

Am I ever glad I took a night off and thought about what I was doing!!

Actually just about done... finished the vacuum lines Sunday, another plug for the regulator should be in Tuesday and the fitting for the fuel line will be in by then. Now I have to decide where to get it tuned.
Snow kit
60 #injectors
fuel rails
regulator
vortech pulley 2.85
Lots accomplished regulator stumped me for a while, but we prevailed ...
 

BlackVert

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Oct 3, 2003
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Mar 7, 2011
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I'm just glad it is finally getting some use.

On topic, I have bouts like that too ... sometime, I can't find something I put down 10 minutes before. Other times, the item disappears completely. When putting the seat back together for the Fairlane, I took out a spring so I could lube the runners. After I was done, I could not for the life of me find it. I ended up stealing the one from the other seat, which I have yet to start re-covering. The original spring has not surfaced yet.
 

ProKiller

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we had that problem a couple times Chris. we traced it back to a dog that loves taking and possibly eating nuts and bolts....
 
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