Guest Andrew240 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 What are the adavantages to a custom fuel rail? At what point does one find the stock L28et fuel rail inadequate? I plan on running SDS, and was wondering about the whole fuel rail issue. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 There might be something to the claims that there is less chance of vapor lock - I think you have to live in the desert to run into problems with the stock rail. The biggest advantage is that it makes maintenance 100x easier. I got so frustrated with the last stock rail I was trying to take out, I ended up cutting it up with tree clippers. I've had to replace fuel pressure regulator on my 77 before I put a new rail in, and after about 40 minutes it made me want to scream trying to get that hose back in place. I'm a reasonably patient person when working on my cars, too. It just gets ridiculous. Replacing an injector or the FPR, or taking them all out to clean them, etc, takes a few minutes minutes with an aftermarket rail. Plus they look cool. I bought all 3 of mine from Pete: http://www.freewebs.com/pallnet/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spork Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Most people upgrade for one of 3 reasons. They're upgrading injectors to an o-ring style injector, they hate pulling the stock rail off, or they want to clean up the engine bay and make it look a lot simpler and dress things up a bit. Or any combination of the 3. We make custom fuel rails as well if you're interested. As far as an actual need for a new rail when using the stock injectors, there is no need...just want. The stock rail will support a moderate turbo build or a very extreme N/A build without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MyneZZZ Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Most people upgrade for one of 3 reasons. They're upgrading injectors to an o-ring style injector, they hate pulling the stock rail off, or they want to clean up the engine bay and make it look a lot simpler and dress things up a bit.... I have a stock 81 280zx Turbo...and aquired a fuel rail recently. Here is the question; is it good practice to replace the STOCK fuel regulator when using a fuel rail? OR-can I use the stock regulator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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