Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:26:59 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!!
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So these fit the Wasserboxer???
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
dylan friedman wrote:
> I have done a few FI systems in Aeroquip braided stainless lines.
> You can get -AN fuel rails and adjustable fuel pressure regulator from Porsche suppliers.
> The only non -AN connects would be the return and attachment at the fuel pump.
> These setups ran approx. $350.00 complete.
> The nicest thing about this setup is that the rails and regulator have pressure gauges attached for easy debugging.
> The parts are all 914.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/914-rail-example
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:42:54 AM
> Subject: Re: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!!
>
> "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> said:
>
>
>> now that these vans are 20+ years old --
>> i dont think changing them out if still OEM is going to cause you any
>> grief
>> indeed ...
>> unless you do a worse job of installing than factory did ...
>>
>
> With all those lines snaking all over the top of the engine -- scary! I
> really was tempted to plumb in metal tubing around the perimeter of the
> engine bay and run short rubber lines down to the injectors -- however
> I've sort of learned not to try to be smarter than the engineers who do
> this for a living...
>
> Also I guess any such solution would ideally need to be mounted on
> stand-offs from the motor so it would not move relative to the motor
> during acceleration.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL
>
>
>
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