Stock fuel pressure settings...

93 teal terror

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whats the stock fuel pressure setting for a 93 w/ 19lb injectors and stock fuel pump???? Thanks

 

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39 psi with the vacume line unhooked and plugged.

 

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Im just wondering because i have never messed with the fuel pressure. Can you even adjust the fuel pressure on a stock pump without a AFPR? and where is the vacuum line located and what exactly does it mean when you say vacuum on or off. thanks for the help

 

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Anywhere from 35-39 psi is good.

 

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Should be 38 with the vacuum on, however, says my and my friend's Ford manuals.

You can't adjust a non-adjustable regulator, though.

 

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The proper way to check is to pull the vac line off of the regulator (right on top of the non adjustable stock one) and plug the vac line (with your thumb or whatever) if you have a gage, it should read 38-39.
I've alway's seen 39.
there is no way to adjust the stock regulator, nor would you want to on a mostly stock set up.

 

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alright, someone said 39 vac off and someone said 39 vac on...which one is it? im running like 34 vac on...am i running too lean?

 

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Does it ping?

 

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I think mine was 35 with the hose and 45 without. I checked it once when I borrowed a gauge.

 

93 teal terror

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Boy i tell ya what....tonight was hell. I was installing a kirban AFPR and seemed like nothing went my way. Got the wrong fitting for the guage at the local speed shop 30 mins away and then tried to make it work with a double male connector from advance auto. Ended up breaking the fitting off in the fuel rail at the shreader valve and breaking to vaccum lines. After I drilled the fitting out of the fuel rail I called it quits for the night. Gonna pick up the right fitting tomorrow. Got the AFPR installed though and it doesnt leak so thats good. All this is why I was wondering what the stock setting was. My cars running really rich so im gonna go a little lower than whats stock and hopefully get this thing to pass emissions. Whats the lowest psi you can safely run? Or if anyone has had a similar problem with running rich and then lowering the psi, what did you set it to? I won't have access to a dyno again for sometime so I'd like to have a good safe tune. BTW Air/Fuel is about ~11.5 throughout the rpm range in case you didnt see my dyno graph i posted eariler this week. Thanks

 

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its really hard to tell if you are running rich. from what ive noticed it depends on the car. ive heard stock is like 32 vac on with 10* timing. im running 10* timing with a chip and 34 vac on, 41-42 vac off. ive seen people on here running 51 vac off with a stock motor minus gears and exhaust. its hard to tell. sorry to hear about the trouble. murphys law>>if something is going to go wrong it will go wrong at the worst possible time. hope you get the car running like you want.

 

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Stock fuel pressure is 38-39 psi. with the vaccuum off and plugged. With it on, it should be around 30 psi.

 

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93tealstang said:

Stock fuel pressure is 38-39 psi. with the vaccuum off and plugged. With it on, it should be around 30 psi.

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ok, the rubber vac line should be plugged when checking pressure not the metal nipple on top of the Fuel pressure regulator correct? this would be the "vacuum off" procedure right?

 

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Lxpony said:

ok, the rubber vac line should be plugged when checking pressure not the metal nipple on top of the Fuel pressure regulator correct? this would be the "vacuum off" procedure right?

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YES.

 

93 teal terror

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I finally got everything hooked up right after another trip to carolina mustangs this morning. Fuel pressure was set at 46 with vaccum off. I turned it down to 38 with it off and it dropped to 30 with the vaccum on. Ran the car and it pulls much better even with the stock h-pipe on instead of the off road one. The smell from the exhaust is also gone. I can't hear any detonation so im going to go have it inspected and then come back and check the plugs. Overall im really glad its running like it should. I dont know why it was so high before, maybe the guy who had it before me upgraded the fuel pump. Doesnt really matter though. Now I gotta get it back on the dyno and see how much power I picked up.

 

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