Weird fuel pressure issues?? please help

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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 04:36 PM
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Ok my fuel pressure is acting weird... I am running precision 780cc with walbro 255hp and b&m commandflo fpr. At idle my fuel pressure is 48-50psi, if i give it gas from the throttle body i see fuel pressure drop to 42psi as throttle increases then back to 50psi-ish once i let go? Is this normal?

Also when i turn the car off psi drop immediately to 30psi, on my old setup it would stay at 45-50psi and slowly go down over the period of a few hours, on this one it just instantly drops...

I was thinking maybe a leak somewhere but it must be very small cause i cant see or smell gas coming from anywhere... ideas?
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 04:38 PM
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are u trying to lower FP ?
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 04:45 PM
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no im not trying to do anything with it im just trying to determine if how mine is acting is normal.

If it idles at 48psi and i turn off the car shouldnt it stay at 48psi and slowly come down? Mine drops to around 25psi the second i turn the car off...

If I squeeze the main fuel line coming from the filter to the rail it increases until i let go; i kno u cant use the commandflo to lower fp
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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i dunno.. i modified my b and m regulator and when i shut my car off it drops to 0 almost instantly..
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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the stock diaphragm will not bypass enough fuel w a high pressure fuel pump which results in high idle fuel pressure. but when u accelerate the injector duty cycle goes up an the regulator doesnt have to bypass as much fuel thus drop in fuel pressure occurs. same thing happened to me when i put my 255 walbro on. i just got a new fpr problem solved. hope this helps u out.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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B&M FPR are garbage. i would NEVER run them in a turbo application. i had two of them that did the exact same thing : dropped pressure when revved up. pressure should increase with rev (vacuum/pressure change) get urself an external regulator like aeromotive or even a AEM
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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do you think that could be the reason that my car idles RICH sometimes and 13/14 other times? Also if i press the gas just a lil like going from a stop the car sputters but normal driving is fine
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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I just use a drilled stock regulator with my walbro..(as per endyn's instructions) I'm not baller enough to get a better unit.. The fpr should always maintain a certain differential pressure between the IM and the rail, if yours doesn't do that consistently, get rid of it..
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Old Jun 22, 2006 | 07:15 AM
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what do you mean by drilled stock one? You drill the diaphram?
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