Fuel pressure questions....
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Fuel pressure questions....
Have questions on the FP reading that I am getting from my lift pump. Installed a Raptor 100 a couple months ago. At idle it reads 15-16psi, but then drops to 8-10psi while cruising, and when I get on it I can bury the needle on 0 psi. I am curious why I am able to pull my fuel pressure down running the Raptor. The engine is bored .40 over, has 50HP Scheid Injectors, and I am running a Smarty Jr. on SW1. For filtration I have the factory filter plus a GDP 2-micron kit in between that and the CP3. I am running the standard fuel lines that come with the kits (nothing oversized) Filters were changed today. I know what the Raptor 100 can flow, and the GDP kit says it flows 100GPH. I am using a fuel snubber on the CP3 to prevent fuel spikes to the FP gauge. Leads to a few conclusions:
1. The fuel lines are too small and I am draining the system
2. The gauge is broken
3. The snubber fitting is causing the readings to be off
4. The Raptor is bad out of the box.
5. I am actually draining the system (didn't think possible with what I have for fuel mods) I am guessing I am in 400HP range and figured the Raptor 100 was enough
6. This is just normal...
Any and all advice is appreciated!
1. The fuel lines are too small and I am draining the system
2. The gauge is broken
3. The snubber fitting is causing the readings to be off
4. The Raptor is bad out of the box.
5. I am actually draining the system (didn't think possible with what I have for fuel mods) I am guessing I am in 400HP range and figured the Raptor 100 was enough
6. This is just normal...
Any and all advice is appreciated!
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FWIW, my gdp walbro 391 idles at 17 and wot is 15, measured at the cp3. I check mine every summer with a temporary test gauge and no snubber, on the dash, and I'm about to go put it in. You have something wrong. I'd start by trying another gauge. Craig
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The Raptors are pure overpriced junk. Mine never made the pressure they claimed,like yours,then quit. I had a 150. Biggest waste of money ever. Perfectly clean inside when I took it off. JUNK! Looked like a cheap seal failed. Oh and they refuse to warranty mine. It's scrap metal.
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So I put a new Raptor pump on and still have the same issues. Went the length of the fuel line and no pinches or restrictions that I can see. Only thing I can think of now is either the gauge is bad (Isspro EV2), that running the sender through a fuel snubber is causing to to read bad. or that the lines on the GDP 2-micron kit is too small causing a restriction and I need a big line kit. Thoughts?
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Are you using a draw straw? T into suction side of pump install vac gauge if suction restriction of more than approximately 100 MM Hg or (4.0 inch Hg)
Then you have a pickup screen blocked or debri in tank blocking pickup. I have seen many pickup screens become completely plugged causing fuel pressure problems under WOT or heavy loads while towing.
Then you have a pickup screen blocked or debri in tank blocking pickup. I have seen many pickup screens become completely plugged causing fuel pressure problems under WOT or heavy loads while towing.
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No I have a liberty canister mod. It has been like this since I installed the fuel pressure gauge. It read the same on my stock LP before the Raptor and liberty mod. That is what has me thinking it is either a bad gauge (electric gauge) or the lines with the GDP Filter are too small. It isn't an all of a sudden type thing.
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