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 2909 Posts Member #: 83 Post Whore Glasgow, Scotland |
18th Mar, 2007 at 03:30:09pm
On 17th of Mar, 2007 at 08:57pm Bat said:
Hi, That's a good point. Only Rover would reduce the power to a fuel pump! Cheers, Gavin :) alot of mitsubushis have a balalst resistor to the fuel pump, all the lancer evolutions for example. fuckign daft idea and a proper waste of space. turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)
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806 Posts Member #: 989 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
18th Mar, 2007 at 05:20:02pm
The ballast resistor slows down the pump and increases its life. It isn't used with the same pump on the Maestro and Montego turbos, so I wouldn't worry about linking it out.
On 17th of Mar, 2007 at 08:55pm Metro Turbo said:
Its still got the ballast resistor in place at the moment, is it safe to link it out? Are there any negative side effects to be careful of if I link it out? |
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194 Posts Member #: 1297 Advanced Member Sunny Stockport |
18th Mar, 2007 at 05:27:00pm
Another possible culprit is the pressure regulator. It does sound like fuel starvation to me, I had a similar problem on mine a few years ago and it turned out to be the regulator pressure being set too low. This meant at full throttle the engine was pulling more fuel out of the float chamber than the pump and regulator were putting in. Going through the gears, 1st and 2nd were ok as I wasn't on full throttle for long enough to empty the float chamber but in 3rd, 4th & 5th it would do it after about 15 seconds at full throttle.
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806 Posts Member #: 989 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
18th Mar, 2007 at 05:27:16pm
I have been in a Maestro Turbo that was running 250 BHP, and the HIF carb was coping admirably.
On 18th of Mar, 2007 at 03:08pm BENROSS said:
had the same problem and know many peeps who has been there the HIF range of carbs struggle with fuel supply delivery been out stripped in the float bowl at around these power figures the answer here is to remove the carb needle valve (the fuel jet) and drill this out carefull to 2.9mm no bigger or smaller 2.9mm then seat the valve in using very fine lapping past, taking any! micro scratches out of the seat Mr Avonbar can..... supply you with a modded one for around £11 BUT..... 
their postage fees leave somewhat to be disired
my moneys on this if all else checks out 
edit: The fuel pump from the mg metros are rated at fuel flow rates at a shade ove 500BHP in good order |
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194 Posts Member #: 1297 Advanced Member Sunny Stockport |
18th Mar, 2007 at 05:27:16pm
double post Edited by neilj1678 on 18th Mar, 2007. |
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193 Posts Member #: 437 Advanced Member Sunny Blackpool |
18th Mar, 2007 at 10:12:29pm
On 18th of Mar, 2007 at 05:27pm neilj1678 said:
I had a similar problem on mine a few years ago and it turned out to be the regulator pressure being set too low.Going through the gears, 1st and 2nd were ok as I wasn't on full throttle for long enough to empty the float chamber but in 3rd, 4th & 5th it would do it after about 15 seconds at full throttle. If I backed off the throttle for a bit to allow the float chamber to refill the power would be back again. Yep thats the same symptoms as mine had 
If I ever have future issues with the fuelling once I up the power again, I will fit an in-line fuel pressure gauge and see whats what. Tim 89' Metro Turbo
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