Evo X upgrades

[Murlo26]

Very true, right, lol.

Something must be a little goofy.

[scheides]

Weird!

[Kracka]

Hopefully they can fix this issue too :(

[simulatedwood]

Here is a thought, and this is just a theory, it is possible you flooded the engine on a warm restart? If you let it sit for awhile (20 minutes or so) that would give enough time to clear the engine of fuel and possibly explain why it started.

[mlomker]

Shawn, I had considered that and plan to re-test by visiting O'Reillys today. I had been trying it every twenty minutes or so.

Right now my assumption is that the hanger needs to be pulled and modified so it doesn't have slits in it that allow the fuel to get away from the pumps. My theory is that the in-tank pumps were dry despite having 3/4 of a tank, due to the grade of the parking spot. The obvious problem is that you do have to park on hills once in a while, in real life.

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I did discover this morning that the Bosch is over-running the stock fpr. It's around 57psi at idle, which is way too much.

Two possible solutions:

1) Rewire pumps so that the Bosch is powered from the car's relay and the in-tank is always on using the add-on relay. I know that MDR suggests this as an optional wiring approach in their surge tank instructions. I'm not sure if it'd be enough to make the stock fpr happy but it'd lighten the load.

2) Install the afpr. I appear to have everything that I need other than a bracket to mount it to the front of the motor. I can either McGuyver something or wait and see if Full Blown can fabricate something decent next week.

Right now I'm leaning toward rewiring it tomorrow...that way I can just go bonkers with wiring, both that and the gauges.

[Murlo26]

Ask MAP if they will sell you the bracket they made for my car. They made a AFPR kit off for my car and sell it on their site. I bet they would give you the bracket.

[simulatedwood]

When it get into that state, did you try holding it WOT for a few seconds while turning it over? Sometime that will clear a flooded engine as well. (again on operating on the assumption it was flooded)

I like your idea better though, I will be sure to bring along my soldering station for you to do your rewiring.

:)

[scheides]

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[Kracka]

Maybe TOO MUCH fuel for a warm start is your problem?

[TheBlizzard]

This is what I was thinking as well, but that wouldn't explain why it wouldn't start on an incline.