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im swapin my ls1 top end to a ls3 top end, few questions

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Old 02-28-2011, 05:33 PM
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my old stock fuel rail has a regulator built into it. the ls3 stock fuel rail i was gonna use doesnt.. so what should i do to regulate fuel pressure? didnt really wanna spend a ton of money and buy AN fittings and a aftermarket fuel pressure regulator
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Originally Posted by ricknbird350
my old stock fuel rail has a regulator built into it. the ls3 stock fuel rail i was gonna use doesnt.. so what should i do to regulate fuel pressure? didnt really wanna spend a ton of money and buy AN fittings and a aftermarket fuel pressure regulator
If its going in your 98, the regulator is in the gas tank, if im not mistaken. ALSO how big are your bores? They gotta be bigger than a 4.0

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Originally Posted by litle88
If its going in your 98, the regulator is in the gas tank, if im not mistaken. ALSO how big are your bores? They gotta be bigger than a 4.0
+1 the regulator is in the tank. His sig says 418ci so its safe to say he has 4.000" bore.
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You can use a corvette filter/regulator. Check out post #8 on this thread.
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yes a c5 regulator filter is the quick fix to setting up your fuel system im going to go an hose all the way down to the tank so i will be running the same thing when I do my ls2 swap.

that is also the same setup I had in my 82 corvette ls1 conversion
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ya im runnin a 4.030 bore.. the fuel rail i just took off my car had a regulator on it.. deffinatetly wasnt the original one so maybe thats why it has a regulator.. the car has a racetronix pump in it. so do you think it still has the regulator in the tank?
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yes, it is part of the pump assembly, depending on how much power you're going to make you might want to think about dual pumps.
give Lonnies performance a call, he's a great guy to deal with and has great customer service. He can answer all you questions about fuel systems
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When you look at the thing on the rail that looks like a regulator, it is probably just a pulsation dampener. One quick easy way to tell the difference is to look for a vacuum connection. If it doesn't have one, it's not a regulator, it's a dampener.



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