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Bugeye Fuel Injection

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Glen_B

Glen_B

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I finished the welding and grinding on the new intake manifold and installed it Sunday night. With a mower can of gas on the garage floor and the fuel system bodged together externally (pump/pressure regulator), I got the motor to fire up and run for 2 minutes. Enough "proof of concept" to carry on with the next step of adding the return fuel line and installing the new pump/filter/pressure regulator in a more permanent fashion.
The Megasquirt worked well, and the injectors must have worked as planned as the motor ran strong and sounded great. Much tuning to follow.
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Breifly, Rayjay turbocharger, two 44lb/hr Lucas injectors, MSD fuel pump, Ford 1.9 throttle body, Megasquirt v.1

Glen Byrns
 
I tried to minimize "the smell of the fuel" by mocking up the fuel assembly out of the car, on the garage floor. The "tank", pump, filter, injectors mounted in the manifold with the homemade fuel rail in place, and the pressure regulator were all hooked together and pressure tested several times. Its amazing how tiny a hole can be and still rocket fuel into the air. After four tries on the floor, some remedial welding and grinding, the leaks were cured enough to put the stuff onto the motor.
I knew there would be leaks, I just figured, better on the floor than my treasured toy. And yes, the fire extinguisher was right by my side.

Glen
 
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