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Is 82% injector duty cycle to much?

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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 11:38 PM
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I was datalogging my car today and the injector duty cycle was 82% Should I upgrade to 30# injectors or will my 24#ers be fine? I'm in Colorado So That why its only using 82% with my head/cam setup.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 11:44 PM
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I would upgrade or get an adjustable FPR. to bump pressure a tad. I bet when we get her tuned the DC will be pushing 85+
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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You could use a little upgrade. Some redtops would be perfect for you
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 12:12 AM
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Yup redtops seem to be in order here
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 01:04 AM
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Nothing wrong whatsoever with 82% DC.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 01:08 AM
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Why would you change them? They are fine! Unless you plan on adding more power of some sort.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 01:20 AM
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Ive been reading that anything over 80% duty cycle and the injectors lose control. Is this not the case?
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 06:49 AM
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They are fine. Some people have better results with injectors pushing in the 85-90% duty cycle. I am around 80 right now and my tuner even said I could have gotten away with a slightly smaller injector.
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I'll take injectors running at 85% WOT over injectors running 60% ANY day!
Fueling is more accurate and consistent when the "open" time is proportionally much larger then the transient (opening and closing) times. Mine run 85 to 90%.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 08:54 AM
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Don't worry about injector constant until you see 100% or close.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 11:32 AM
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Ask GIZMO. On the teens SE car he actually stepped down from stock sized injectors to 19lbs and picked up time. Injectors perform great when they are sized proberly for the app.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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I'm @ 82-83% duty cycle now on a 90* day and The track I run at is around 1400 ft lower than where I live. So on a cool day at the track I think the duty cycle will be unacceptable. SVO 30's should fix this issue.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by pyro719
I'm @ 82-83% duty cycle now on a 90* day and The track I run at is around 1400 ft lower than where I live. So on a cool day at the track I think the duty cycle will be unacceptable. SVO 30's should fix this issue.
Don't try to fix a problem that you don't even have. If you exceed 100% DC on your data log for a few seconds during a run in great weather, it's STILL no cause for a alarm.
How many minutes/hours do you think you'll be running at that high DC?
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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I've run 96% on 30 lb red tops during cool WX with DA around 2000 ft with no problems. I would not stress mid 80s DC.

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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 01:13 PM
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If you are using Datamaster, the value is calculated, anyway. So, it might not be perfectly accurate.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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I wouldnt worry about it either.......your fine.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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All you guys cant be wrong lol
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 07:00 AM
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You do not have a problem. Do not get bigger injectors.
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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I looked at my datamaster scan again and found a point @ 6250 rpm injector duty cycle is @ 92.5%. I plan on reving this thing to 6500 rpm So I'm going with some 30lb svo's.
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 02:08 PM
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Stop trying so DAMN hard to spend your money needlessly!
Don't let yourself be so intimidated by one teeny Datamaster point!
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