[s-cars] Alternatives to RS2 Injectors

[Philip Mische]

In '78 (and before and for a while after) it's true - Lucas truely earned
their reputation as the Prince of Darkness.  I haven't seen a (newer) Jag on
the side of the road lately, and the chorus of nay-sayers seems to have
quieted.  If you need to hold the grudge I can't stop you, but the Lucas of
old is not the Lucas of today.  Was the disaster in question a new injector?
How did its failure torch the car?  Usually when an injector fails they just
go inert and stop passing fuel - I've never heard of one blowing apart or
anything.

Has anyone had a problem with new Lucas injectors?

P

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Stoddard" <rstoddard at shaw.ca>
To: "Mihnea Cotet" <mik at info.fundp.ac.be>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>; "Dave Forgie" <forgied at ae.ca>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Alternatives to RS2 Injectors


> Not that I can support nor deny the numbers that have been thrown
> around, but my interest ended the moment you mentioned Lucas.  Don't
> walk, but run away from anything that has the Lucas name stamped on it.
> Personal experience 2 years ago when a Lucas injector failed on my
> fathers rebuilt 1978 Jag that caused an engine fire and the death of the
> car.
>
> RS
>
> Mihnea Cotet wrote:
>
> > Dave, you must be mistaken, RS2 injectors are 354cc/min at 3 Bar rail
> > pressure. 44lb or 48 is way too big and I'd only recommend such
> > injectors for 450+ real and crank HP.
> >
> > 12 ohm injectors are ok for the stock ECU, but I'd rather recommend
> > you Lucas 37lb/hr injectors if you're after RS2 power levels.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Mihnea
> >
> > At 14:11 20/02/2004 -0700, Dave Forgie wrote:
> >
> >> S-gruppees, and Pizzo:  A group of us in Vancouver are at the edge of
> >> the slippery slope and are in on the RS2 GP.  Naturally, we need all
> >> the other bits that go with it.  We have split up the
> >> searching/procurement duties and one of mine is to find a cheaper
> >> source/alternative for the RS2 Bosch injectors.  We understand that
> >> these injectors are 444 cc/min (about 42 lb/hr)  and were the same as
> >> those instand OEM in a "911" Carrera.  One aftermarket "dealer" has
> >> quoted me $185 CDN for one such injector (I don't think so, Tim).  So
> >> I went out at lunch to a local Camarustang Speed shop where they have
> >> a really cool Turbonetics catalogue (but that's another story) and
> >> ACCEL (tm) fuel injectors.  They list a series of injectors for the
> >> 993 Carrera turbo.  For a 48 lb/hr set of six (150648), I have been
> >> quoted $463 CDN.  For a single 150144 (44 lb/hr) injector I have been
> >> quoted $65 CDN each.   Both of these ones seem to be 12 ohms
> >> impedance (whereas others seem to be 14.4 Ohms).  So three questions:
> >>
> >> 1.  Should I continue to pursue this Accel option?
> >> 2.  Will 12 Ohm injectors be okay?
> >> 3.  Which of the two options, 44 lb/hr or 48 lb/hr is "better"
> >> (whatever that is)?
> >>
> >> Dave F.
> >>
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