fuel accumulation in the airbox
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fuel accumulation in the airbox
Hi there
I have an Supercharged Austin Healey Sprite, it is a complete DIY project consisting of an Eaton blower, blowing into a TBI unit which is mounted horizontal. The thottle I removed from the TBI unit and moved it upstream in front of the blower.
I experience some fuel acculumation in the airbox which worries me. I know the TBI was originally made to operate in a vertical airstream, but there is no room fro that in my application.
So what can I do:
1. raise the fuelpressure a bit?
2. reduce the angle a bit (form 90 to 80-85 degrees) hoping that fuel won't rin backwards
3. put another kind of injector in (spray pattern)
4. ??
Anyone
http://kmnet.demon.co.uk/~arnold/
I have an Supercharged Austin Healey Sprite, it is a complete DIY project consisting of an Eaton blower, blowing into a TBI unit which is mounted horizontal. The thottle I removed from the TBI unit and moved it upstream in front of the blower.
I experience some fuel acculumation in the airbox which worries me. I know the TBI was originally made to operate in a vertical airstream, but there is no room fro that in my application.
So what can I do:
1. raise the fuelpressure a bit?
2. reduce the angle a bit (form 90 to 80-85 degrees) hoping that fuel won't rin backwards
3. put another kind of injector in (spray pattern)
4. ??
Anyone
http://kmnet.demon.co.uk/~arnold/
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Yes, that might be true. A while ago I removed te injector form the TBI housing trying to identify it in order to figure out the flowrate (never got that).
Anyway, I pressed the injector back into the housing and secured it again with the small plate. Maybe I didn't do this correct, is a special grease or similar necessary?? Are new O rings necessary??
Problem is that I cannot run the car without the airbox on (throttle is upstream), I can only check for leaks when the engine is turned off (and I can let the fuel pump run on for a whil if I want)
Anyway, I pressed the injector back into the housing and secured it again with the small plate. Maybe I didn't do this correct, is a special grease or similar necessary?? Are new O rings necessary??
Problem is that I cannot run the car without the airbox on (throttle is upstream), I can only check for leaks when the engine is turned off (and I can let the fuel pump run on for a whil if I want)