Please let me know what car you have if your fuel rail looks like this:



I need to know if anybody with a STOCK TPI as a fuel rail with the fittings pointing STRAIGHT OUT, and not curved over to the drivers side. If yours is STRAIGHT OUT, let me know.

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'87 Trans Am-K&N,Cold air induction, SSM SFC, Boxed LCAs, 8mm Accel wires, Flowmaster, 16" GTA rims.
'97 Bonneville SSE

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mines straight out

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87GTA,MAF screens removed,K&N,modified air intake,ADSchip,3:73s,3inch cat back Flowmaster,TPS.54,Bosch Plat plugs,base timing 6BTDC,Bilstiens all around....movin the MAT is a waste of time and GAS,don't let yer meat loaf

 

I see you have an 87 GTA, what do the hard lines look like, going from the fuel rail fittings, to the rubber flex lines? I guess they are "L" shaped?

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'87 Trans Am-K&N,Cold air induction, SSM SFC, Boxed LCAs, 8mm Accel wires, Flowmaster, 16" GTA rims.
'97 Bonneville SSE

 

i dont have those but....whats the deal if yo udo....bad??

-Stell

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1988 IROC 305TPI MINT!!
Mods= Accell SuperCoil, MSD 6A, Ported Plenum, No MAF Screans , K & N, 160 Thermostat+ Temp Switch
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No, BUT, I bought fuel lines to do my TPI conversion, and noticed in all the parts diagrams at work have the curved fuel rail lines, and I need the intermediate lines (from the fuel rail to the rubber flex lines for a fuel rail in the pic above) and I know the Corvette's lines are straight,(thats where the pic came from) but none if its lines will interchange.

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Savannah, GA
'87 Trans Am-K&N,Cold air induction, SSM SFC, Boxed LCAs, 8mm Accel wires, Flowmaster, 16" GTA rims.
'97 Bonneville SSE

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GM tech ..sorry i've worked on so many Tpi's i thought this one was straight out the front....its not.I looked at it close, fuel rail fittings are 90's hoses attach straight into um

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87GTA,MAF screens removed,K&N,modified air intake,ADSchip,3:73s,3inch cat back Flowmaster,TPS.54,Bosch Plat plugs,base timing 6BTDC,Bilstiens in the rear....,don't let yer meat loaf

 

GMTech,

I did a TPI swap on my S15. I had to make up the lines to work. My fuel rail is like the normal F-body, so I needed to get a 60 degree elbow to hook into the fittings and then allow me to connect a rubber hose. I basically scoured the wreckers and took a bunch of fittings off fuel lines until I found one with the right bends.

So I have the fuel rail, connect with steel fittings about 3 inches of pipe, then a rubber line to another set of steel lines which run down the block, and then to the traditional rubber lines that connect to the fuel lines on the vehicle.

A little crude I admit. I would have preferred to bend some steel lines and make it look proper.

With your setup, you might have to, gulp, cut the ends off the fuel rail and clamp on rubber lines. Darn ugly, but it will work.

My 1 cent. (2 cents if it was a clean idea).

Mark.

 

That picture is showing a Y-BODY fuel rail that receives and returns fuel on the PASSENGER SIDE. It will work on the 85-87 non serpentine applications F-bodies, with some good line bending. I actually use dhtis Y-body fuel rail in my Monte 88 since my fuel lines come on the PASSENGER SIDE, and I have an 88-92 F-body serpentine setup, but I had to cut off the ends and use HIGH PRESSURE HOSE to connect it. I also used ORANGE AEROQUIP HIGH TEMP sheating to protect the fuel hoses from the engine bay heat and so on. It would save a lot of hassles if you just got the F-body fuel rails. You can get some CHEAP from CAMARO HEAVEN in New Hampshire at 1-800-CAMARO-1. I think that they still sell them for $50, HTH's

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88 Monte SS 355 TPI/LT-4 HOT CAM/AFR Hydra-rev/ T-56 6-Speed

 

Well on my 92 the fuel lines are ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE and they look very GOOD BEING ON THE SIDE. So I don't HAVE TO USE any bends or ANYTHING LIKE THAT. So IN cAsE you DIDNT KNOW, the fuel LINES are on THE driver's SIDE on 92 Fbodies. LOL !

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92 Z28 L98 350
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Ported and polished heads, ported stock TPI base, ported plenum, Comp Cams XR270HR-10 cam (lift .495/.502 duration 218/224 lobe separation 110), Edelbrock TES headers, LT4 valve springs, Crane AFPR, Flowmaster catback with LT1 style tips, MSD coil & wires...

"Take that auto, drop it in first, hold the brakes, stomp the gas and grin from ear to ear! :-)

 

The lines on both my F-bodies are curved. If somebody needs a straight set I got that too from the junk vette motor I started off my engine project with... no injectors (well, I got a 9th injector) - I already took them.

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'89 Formula - Thunderchicken - 355 Vette L98/T-5/3.45 9-bolt/black/t-tops - the fun car!
'90 GTA - The GTA - 5.0 LB9/TH700/3.27 9-bolt/black/t-tops/tan leather - the cruiser.

 

If you need some lines let me know and I'll check my junk car(89 Formula 350)might still be good!