MONTE CARLO "COPO" Monte Carlo SS - Turbosaurus Build (Swinging Dick Racing's c*ck got bent... she bounced a little too high & hard, & came down awkwardly)

[81cutlass]

Does an OEM GM intake have a 'step' in the bottom of the injector bore? Curious what happened first, did the injector push down or was there more distance between the fuel rail bore and intake bore shorter than the injector itself.

I know people have commented that some aftermarket LS intakes (holley, Edel, etc.) have just a normal thru-bore for the injector port with no step to prevent the injector from going into the intake. During vacuum/boost fluctuations the injector has pushed into the manifold and had a dual effect of pressurized fuel coming out of the rail AND hot, pressurized air coming out of the injector hole in the intake and basically blasting the underhood with hot misted fuel.

 

[64nailhead]

I use the clips on the factory rails. and all of the aftermarket setups I've built are made so that the injector cannot come out or get pushed down so as to not allow an o-ring to get exposed just for that reason.

Do you need some clips?

 

[Texas82GP]

Everything was going great until it wasn't. Fuel leak at speed ripping down the highway. No bueno. I got really lucky that it happened on the PS of the engine where the exhaust sweeps forward so the fuel wasn't landing directly on the hot side. So no fire.

But, the pucker factor was an 11.

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I swear I've seen this guy before...

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Got Natasha to come and rescue me.

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Got to order another fire extinguisher for this thing.

Bad juju!

 

[Northernregal]

We need to use clips?!?!

Space your rail 0.01" from crushing the injector and send

 

[64nailhead]

We need to use clips?!?!

Space your rail 0.01" from crushing the injector and send

If he's running a Deka height injector, then he can space them as you describe, but if he has stock height injectors or 210's, then that won't work with a stock intake and rail.

 

[Northernregal]

If he's running a Deka height injector, then he can space them as you describe, but if he has stock height injectors or 210's, then that won't work with a stock intake and rail.

Sounds like quitter talk Jim. I bet he can make it happen. 😉

 

[motorheadmike]

Time for a much deserved update and clarification.

First, I will fully disclose this situation is solidly KICKING MY A$$. I am literally pissing money on the ground here... and asphyxiating myself in the process. Brain damage notwithstanding let's proceed.

Next, yes - these are tall Deka 80s. Yes, the factory TBSS intake does have the injector/o-ring stops/sealing surfaces to prevent injector drop. And please recall that this car has been running and driving just fine up until I decided to crank the base fuel pressure. Now fuel is just blowing past the o-rings. FML.

I have made new brackets that allow more downward pressure to close the tolerance. And now I have leaks on both sides... this is clearly the result of over compensation and misalignment. Best I can tell the o-rings are cockeyed in the rails - and I may have hooped them with my overzealousness. Additionally, I may need larger outside diameter o-rings which as best I can tell are specialty order products - and only come in packs of 8... so f*ck you if you need a spare in a hurry.

I will revisit the brackets later today. The shop reeks of gasoline fumes and it's not pleasant to work like that. Ventilating again. Additionally, I need to get either a pressure transducer hooked up (ideal because data, but $$$) or a better glycerin-filled gauge on the AFPR (still more $).

 

[motorheadmike]

I use the clips on the factory rails. and all of the aftermarket setups I've built are made so that the injector cannot come out or get pushed down so as to not allow an o-ring to get exposed just for that reason.

Do you need some clips?

Thanks for the offer, but I have lots of clips thanks to being a dumpster diving pack-rat. These aftermarket rails do need some safety built in... I should look to see how they did it on Natasha's Camaro. They have billet rails from the factree.

 

[64nailhead]

I bought some e-bay rails and had tabs tig'd onto them to mount on the Trailblazer intake. I had to cut down the mounting bosses as well. My rails are custom fit to my intake so if I swap intakes for whatever reason, then I'm going to need to adjust the intake to fit the rails - not a bog deal really, unless I sell the car to some unsuspecting person (I wouldn't do that though.)

I went with rails from ebay only because of the inside diameter being 5/8. I called Holley and looked everywhere for them. It seemed most were 3/8 inside diameter and only the custom rails I found were 1/2". And Holley does make a set for a Trailblazer intake that would accommodate the 210's with fuel hats. And I feel your pain with alignment - I test fitted them about 20 times to get them to align correctly. IIRC the Trailbazer mounts are not symmetrical side to side. I know my rails are side specific. I've got photos somewhere - I thought I put them in my thread, but they aren't there. Maybe I IG'd them, dunno.

As you've discovered, all O-rings aren't the same size :

Fuel Injector Components, O-rings, Seals, Filters, Caps

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www.fiveomotorsport.com

But I contacted my injector guy and he sends them to me for free. He's in Buffalo - you can find him on Facebook - Grant J Farmer Fuel Injector Services.

 

[Northernregal]

Time for a much deserved update and clarification.

First, I will fully disclose this situation is solidly KICKING MY A$$. I am literally pissing money on the ground here... and asphyxiating myself in the process. Brain damage notwithstanding let's proceed.

Next, yes - these are tall Deka 80s. Yes, the factory TBSS intake does have the injector/o-ring stops/sealing surfaces to prevent injector drop. And please recall that this car has been running and driving just fine up until I decided to crank the base fuel pressure. Now fuel is just blowing past the o-rings. FML.

I have made new brackets that allow more downward pressure to close the tolerance. And now I have leaks on both sides... this is clearly the result of over compensation and misalignment. Best I can tell the o-rings are cockeyed in the rails - and I may have hooped them with my overzealousness. Additionally, I may need larger outside diameter o-rings which as best I can tell are specialty order products - and only come in packs of 8... so f*ck you if you need a spare in a hurry.

I will revisit the brackets later today. The shop reeks of gasoline fumes and it's not pleasant to work like that. Ventilating again. Additionally, I need to get either a pressure transducer hooked up (ideal because data, but $$$) or a better glycerin-filled gauge on the AFPR (still more $).

I appreciate that you waited until gas prices spiked to blow out the orings. Bold move.

If you bought 3 or 4 sets of ICT injector spacers because you couldn't measure heights.... you'd have enough large orings to fix this issue. Ask me how I know.