Is this crimp/restriction on a 1989 L98 350 TPI fuel rail factory? Originally I thought somebody slipped with a wrench and crushed it but once I got the fuel rail removed I noticed its also compressed from the underside. It looks like it was done with a pliers. I can't imagine somebody purposely doing this ??

 

its not stock someone has crimped it / damaged it.
Mine is round and nice
that will restrict the flow of the fuel, fix it or replace it..

 

most likely youll have to replace it.

 

I repaired it it this afternoon. I put a two-peice 3/8" ID diameter shaft collar around the tube and tighten it down. It reformed the tube back to round again. I'm surprised how well it worked!

 

holy crap!I don't why anyone would that!
Inexpierience Is my only guess.Good job as far as reshaping it.

 

Let us see a picture of the repaired object
Good work !!

 

If that was the return side someone might have been trying to raise the fuel pressure.

What do you think?

 

That one on the top is fuel INLET, the lower one is return
So it was the inlet that was "broken"..
crimping the inlet will raise the pressure to a little bit,

but this is NOT the way to do it..

 

sounds like some of that hillrod stuff to me. People who don't know this stuff shouldn't mess with it!!!!! It's makes me wanna smack the sh*t outta them!!!!