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how much can 550cc injectors take


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Both of these are side feed/high impedance and will fit the stock rail.

 

SH650A Power Enterprise Fuel Injectors 650cc

 

63561 SARD Fuel Injectors 650cc

 

ive googled these injectors and some sites say they are not suitable for a VVti?

 

Any ideas? :blink:

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I don't think anyone has really found out how much 550cc injectors can actually take.

 

The amount of fuel an injector can flow is defined by 2 limits. How fast they can open and close fully, and at what pressure they can open and close fully at.

 

As you increase revs / boost the amount of time the injector is open for is increased by the ECU. At a certain point the injector is open for so long that the solenoid can't react quickly enough to close it at the end of one cycle and open it at the start of the next. At this point the injector basically becomes static. The generally accepted maximum safe duty cycle (ie the percentage of a full 4 stroke cycle the injector is open for ) is 80%.

 

However, fuel flow through the injector is also determined by the pressure differential across the nozzle opening which is controled by the fuel pressure regulator. If the pressure differential is inceased so will the amount of fuel flowing. However you can't just increase the pressure infinitely, as the when the solenoid tries to open, it is pushing the pintle against the pressure differential. The solenoid has only so much "strength" so if you increase the pressure too much the injector can effectively end up pinned shut.

 

The stock fuel pressure differential is set by the fuel pressure regulator at between 33 - 40 PSI. The ECU takes care of the variation in pressure by adjusting the duty cycle (from information from the O2 sensor). But if you replace the stock regulator, with one that you can adjust the pressure, you could potentially increase this pressure up to the point where the solenoid is overwhelmed.

There is one other problem, in that the fuel spray pattern can be largely effected by the pressure differential, so it may be that this becomes the limiting factor before the solenoid becomes overwhelmed.

 

I don't know if anyone has actually flow tested the stock injectors (either 440 or 550cc) at varying fuel pressures to see at what pressure they do actually supply the amount of fuel they're labelled as doing. I would hazard a guess and say not. But it's quite possible if at say, 36 PSI they flow 550cc, you could potentially crank up the base pressure to say 45 PSI and you would effectively end up with larger injectors. (I don't recommend doing this unless you've had the injectors flow tested to ensure a) the solenoid can handle the increased pressure and b) the spray pattern is still good at the increased pressure).

 

Quite interestingly, there is no single industry standard as to what pressure injectors are flow tested at. So if someone is selling say 650cc injectors, it's important to find out at what pressure, duty cycle and RPM they were tested at. As each of these will have a massive effect.

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Quite interestingly, there is no single industry standard as to what pressure injectors are flow tested at. So if someone is selling say 650cc injectors, it's important to find out at what pressure, duty cycle and RPM they were tested at. As each of these will have a massive effect.

 

Great write up Tony.

 

Just to add to your last point, there is also no standard on what fluid is used to define the flow rate, this came to light when some companies were claiming increased flow numbers but were actually using a more viscous fluid :D

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