budget? what's that? (seriously, though, i need some fuel rails)

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Originally Posted by inperfectdarkness

are they new rails, or refurbed stockers? any pics?

p.s.

how's the rest of the stuff coming, chatz?

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lol no these are brand new rails made from raw billet stock. everything else is coming along pretty good. most of the time has been in the core . I wanted to make sure the pipes stood hidden as best as possible while keeping the core behind the crash bar without loosing its function. it has not been fun lol.

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Originally Posted by inperfectdarkness

i'd say it's practically required. i don't know where the stock rails become a limitation, but my guess would be ~550cc injectors. they can work with larger ones, but it begins to be a restriction around that point. you hit the limit faster with ethanol, because you'll be pumping more of it into the engine.

i think my fuel setup (not including rails) cost ~$1300. jackhammer's dual-pump hangar, 2x supra pumps, fuelab fpr/filter, 2 y-blocks, 3 male/male fittings, and 20' each -6 and -8 lines.

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Who told you that? Guys have been running 660's and 720's for years on completely stock rails. Running ethanol, sure, the volume of fuel goes up dramatically. But for an engine that just sees race gas or regular fuel, the stockers are just fine to run low 10's, and probably faster. If you need to up the pressure, it's just a matter of going with a pump and FPR that can handle it.

the stock rails are also designed to be used with -5an lines. keep that in mind as well.

Thanks whipping boy!

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Originally Posted by CoopKill

Thanks whipping boy!

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iirc, chris (IPO) has dual pumps in tank, and dual pumps inline. i'm not suggesting you'd need to make that kind of power; but i am suggesting that on e85, dual tank pumps is probably a good idea. and at that point, you either need twin -6 or a single -8 feed. rails just makes sense at that point.

We started using IPS fuel rails for our NA as no others would fit. LoL.(last pic) but from that point on, that is all we use. There are adaptors to convert the stock rails to AN. That works well also.
Our builds require a look that is almost empty, so I like using the IPS rails for this and end up always buying their complete system. Not cheap for sure. But sometimes we just can't get away with cheap.
Hate up grading twice. Not good pics, but you get the idea.
http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/S6306494.jpg
http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/S6306005.jpg
http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/S6302254.jpg

That Heineken catch can is cracking me up ... such a clean build though.