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Old 02-18-2013, 02:04 PM   #26
mikeyg36


 
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Originally Posted by GretchenGotGrowl View Post
Yeah, these mechanical High-Pressure Fuel Pumps are a PITA. Too big and they flow too much fuel at idle and low RPMs. Too small and they don't flow enough at the high RPMs. It would be nice if they had two, one that had a valve that didn't open to the fuel rails until the RPMs were above 4000, otherwise it just recirculates the fuel. I think that would solve the problem for high HP demands.
Design it, patent it, and we'll go into business and sell that to car manufacturers for ridiculous amounts of money
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