can i use this fuel filter for fuel injection?
02-22-2003, 10:02 PM
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Car: '87 Camaro LT
Engine: 355 L98
Transmission: T56
can i use this fuel filter for fuel injection?
on my carb setup i have a plastic body fuel filter that just has a hose fitting on either end. will this hold up to the pressure made by a tpi pump? if not, should i get a steel body one?
02-23-2003, 01:19 AM
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Car: 1988 IROC
Engine: 5.7 HO TPI
Transmission: 4 spd Auto
I think that the hose clamps don't grip enough to hold under the pressure generated by the fuel pump. Hence the need for the in-line fuel filter to have threaded fittings. As for the plastic filter itself...I think I would not chance it, it is made for the pressures put out by a mechanical fuel pump, obviously much less than an electrical one.
02-23-2003, 02:34 AM
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Car: 1988 Mustang GT
Engine: 302
Transmission: T5
also quite dangerous... imagine that thing bursting/coming off the line with 45 psi behind it alll over a hot engine 
reminds me of the time a needle stuck on my carb and fuel was spurting out of the vent tube... lucklily the motor wasn't hot and I caught it right away
reminds me of the time a needle stuck on my carb and fuel was spurting out of the vent tube... lucklily the motor wasn't hot and I caught it right away 
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