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Old Jul 17, 2001 | 09:19 PM
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AFPR Whats everyone setting there's at?

Just installed one and was wondering what everyone is set at. I know there is fine tunning and depending on what mods and stuff but just curious. Thanks.
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Old Jul 17, 2001 | 09:54 PM
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43.5 psi

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Old Jul 17, 2001 | 11:21 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by new87:
43.5 psi

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hopefully this will give you some help it is out of FAQ of this site.check out it see what you can find

Q: What fuel pressure setting will give me the best performance?

A: The stock setting is 42 PSI. Much track testing has showed that any type of increase will greatly benefit both horse power and torque. Here's some dyno testing on a stock 350 motor which substantiates those claims:

42 PSI (stock) 46 PSI 50 PSI
RPM Torq HP Torq/diff HP/diff Torq/diff HP/diff
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2250 237.7 101.8 254.9/17.2 109.2/ 7.4 275.0/37.3 117.8/16.0
2500 241.7 115.1 262.1/20.4 124.8/ 9.7 283.3/41.6 134.9/19.8
2750 241.5 126.5 275.2/33.7 144.1/17.6 297.0/55.5 155.5/29.0
3000 237.1 135.4 278.2/41.1 158.9/23.5 305.5/68.4 174.5/39.1
3250 233.8 144.7 278.9/45.1 172.6/27.9 311.3/77.5 192.6/47.9
3500 241.0 160.6 278.2/37.2 185.4/24.8 309.5/68.5 206.3/45.7
3750 246.6 176.1 283.4/36.8 202.4/26.8 303.3/56.7 216.6/40.5
4000 250.4 190.7 278.3/27.9 212.0/21.3 298.0/47.6 227.0/36.3
4250 251.6 203.6 272.5/20.9 220.5/16.9 289.1/37.5 233.9/30.3
4500 253.5 217.2 257.3/ 4.2 220.5/ 3.3 277.0/23.5 237.3/20.1
4750 245.0 221.6 242.1/-2.9 219.0/-2.6 266.4/21.4 240.9/19.3
5000 227.6 216.7 225.0/-1.4 214.2/-2.5 237.8/10.2 226.4/ 9.7

It shows that by increasing the fuel pressure to 50 PSI, results in maximum torque increase of 58 ft-lbs (along with a much flatter torque curve) and a maximum horse power increase of 19 HP over stock. 46 PSI also provides a noticable increase which should work well for day-to-day street driving. An adjustable fuel pressure regulator (see Chap 5.2) is required to increase the fuel pressure.

Q: How do I correctly set the fuel pressure on my new adjustable fuel pressure regulator?

A: The correct way to adjust your fuel pressure is with the vaccum line of the fuel regulator disconnected. The instructions with many adjustable fuel regulators don't tell you to do this, but it is essential! You must remove and plug the vaccum line going to the regulator or you will be getting false readings, similar to adjusting the timing on vacuum advance distributor. What you are attempting to do is set the maximum fuel pressure. At idle, fuel pressure is reduced due to high vacuum, so the presence of the vacuum line is detremental to fuel pressure. Repeat the process until you have the desired reading.

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Old Jul 18, 2001 | 12:51 AM
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Old Jul 23, 2001 | 02:28 PM
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That doesn't make sense to me. I have a 305 and from factory it was running at 46psi. when we put the afpr on we set it at 36 and my car got 3 tenths in the quarter. So if my 305 runs best at 36psi, then i would imagine that the 350 would be best at about 40 to 45 psi I mean they already have bigger injectors to meet the larger displacement.I would think that anything above 45 psi would make a stock 350 run pretty rich. could someone please clarify if this is wrong.
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Old Jul 23, 2001 | 03:49 PM
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The reason you saw the increase in tenths is probly due to your stock , almost stock car's prom is way to rich from the factory. and by decreasing the FP it actually cut fuel out.

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Old Jul 23, 2001 | 05:31 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by AFRO IROC Z:
So if my 305 runs best at 36psi, then i would imagine that the 350 would be best at about 40 to 45 psi I mean they already have bigger injectors to meet the larger displacement.I would think that anything above 45 psi would make a stock 350 run pretty rich. could someone please clarify if this is wrong.</font>
Its all about tuning. You need to find out what works best for your car. Play with the timing and fuel pressure at the same time see what happens. Thats all I did, I found 43.5 psi and 11* BTDC with 91 pump gas. Every car is different go to the track and find out what works to best.

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