The fuel system is orifice limited to the connection primarily at the feed line where the steel line connects to the hose near the crossmember. Also the outlet of the sender, the inlet and outlets of the filter, and the inlet to the fuel fail.
Well I guess I'm screwed because I don't have the "acurate measuring equipment". I am the original owner of this car. My OCT Monitor 4000e has served me well throughout the years, and I haven't blown anything up yet.
I don't understand what you are trying to say.
1986 Regal T-Type
I mean no disrespect. All I'm saying is that I'm not trying to tune to the nth degree. Good enough is good enough for me. I'm just trying to keep up or beat the current crop of hi performance cars. Not compete in TSO, TSM, Super 16, or anything else.
You're probably chasing after a problem that doesn't exist. Bump it to 16v and see if it changes. I bet it doesn't.
I'm saying the filter isn't going to matter at all with the other major restrictions of the factory fuel lines. I'd bet any stock replacement filter could flow well beyond the factory feed line
You know what? I agree with you. I'm just going to follow the advice of Lawrence Conley many moons ago: "Make sure your fuel pressure doesn't fall off in 3rd gear at WOT."
Yup. This is exactly why i am a big fan of aftermarket ecu that have fuel pressure correction capabilities. Just one more safeguard for the engine. It's hard squinting at a fuel pressure gauge readout while going 100+mph. When in doubt on a pump replace it. Poor grounding is very common on the pumps. The ground should at least be extended to the engine block of not a junction that's hooked directly to the battery.
Red Armstrong sends gasoline to his 1,000 hp engine through the stock unmodified fuel lines and an AC Delco Fuel filter. In his testing years ago,he noted that the fuel filter was the biggest restriction in the feed line. He told me that the AC Delco filter is a slightly greater restriction than the feed line itself and that every other fuel filter that he tested created more restriction and some were extremely restrictive. When he told me about this,he also recommended that I replace my new Perolator fuel filter with a new AC Delco filter. This was his diagnosis when I sought his help for a fuel delivery problem I was having about 6 years ago. My WOT pressure was 6 lbs less than what it should have been. I replaced my new Perolator fuel filter with a new AC Delco filter and my fuel delivery problem was no more.
That's good enough for me! I'm old school (67 years old school). Red has helped more people go fast than Carter has liver pills. The only thing I don't like about him is that he's a genius and I'm not.
Btw, I'm bowing out of this thread. It has become too much of a pissing contest.
