[urq] Verification needed: 2.5bar 3B folk?!

Chris Miller chris.miller.home at gmail.com
Wed Oct 14 05:27:30 PDT 2015


Been a while... My 3b ia III+ used stock fuel pressure regulator and
injectors.

I have heard that aan injectors require higher fuel rail pressure, think
the 7a one works.  You have stock injectors?

Hard to comment without knowing how it was chipped.
On Oct 13, 2015 9:20 PM, "Talisman" <talisman05 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Still trying to figure out my (apparent) fuel starvation under boost issue.
>
> I was previously using a 944 fuel pump with a "pinched" ~4bar regulator,
> both installed by previous owners. Since I replaced the pump with an OE
> spec unit, I have been getting "limp home" behavior and lean mixture
> readings every time I get into boost.
>
> My recollection was that some years back several folks had told me that a
> stock urq pump and a stock 3bar 3B regulator were sufficient for 2.5bar
> performance on 3B'ed cars.
>
> After checking almost everything else I can think of, I am wondering if the
> combination of the OE spec pump and unnecessarily pinched regulator might
> be the problem.
>
> The reason I'm soliciting the help is I found the OE Bosch regulator on
> Amazon for $80 with prime shipping and I am mulling going ahead and getting
> it since I wanted to get back to that route anyway (if I understand
> correctly that this will work just fine with the higher boost setup).
>
> If anyone can confirm that the stock parts work fine with the 2.5bar 3B, I
> would be most appreciative!
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
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