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What Fuel pressure?

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tbird187

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I am wondering a good base fuel pressure to start tuning at... right now i have, and I set this with the vaccume line unplugged right?

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trickflow intake
trickflow cam
ported e7's
bbk longtubes
h pipe with flows,
65mm tb
bbk cai
kirban fpr
 

5spd GT

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Is this with stock injectors (brown/orange) in color?

You will most likely want to upgrade those to 24lbers.

With 19lbers (stock injectors) you would probably want fuel pressure in the mid 40psi range with vacuum line off. Maybe even more to get a good a/f ratio or atleast help...
 

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i'm thinking about 38psi
 

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I would start around 40, depends on the combo, my car likes to run w/a little more f/p, I run around 43
 
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