Don't overlook one of the major design elements of the stock system. Fuel flows through the cigar tubes constantly when the pump is running, returning to the tank via the pressure regulator return line. That means cool fresh gas is always at the injectors and most air or vapor gets pushed away from the injector inlets harmlessly back to the tank. That is what fuel rails are intended to do. If you create long dead end hoses to the injectors you are opening yourself up to potential problems. When you shut off a hot engine the fuel lines soak up heat from the head and elsewhere. With the rails working as designed this hot fuel and most any resulting vapor gets immediately pushed back to the tank upon starting. Better hot starts, etc. Mark
Mike Collum wrote: > Kim Springer wrote: >> Can anyone explain to me why you need a fuel rail on a WBX? >> >> Couldn't you put the same thing together with some metal tees and fuel >> line >> and proper clamps, or is there a flow volume/return built ito the design. > > You could fabricate a replacement without problems. > > In fact, my '84 Westy was delivered to me with NO fuel rail (cigar tube) > on the driver's side. The two fuel hoses went directly to each > injector. Of course, you could NOT do that on both sides as you still > need a return path. It's just that the return path was reduced to a > single rather than the original double. The engine ran fine, by the way. > > That's something that could be done as a "Roadside" fix if one of the > plastic cigar tubes broke or lost it's metal end. > > Mike > '85 GL Westy > '84 GL 7 pass > '84 Westy > '84 Westy (parts donor) > |
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