Do 's Works' Cars Need An Adjustable Fpr?
#1
Posted 10 July 2018 - 07:49 PM
Has anyone ever taken a well driving, problem free MPi S, and done a before and after power run to see if one is necessary/beneficial? Or at least a gas analysis?
Ive had a read of as many threads as I can about them, and some people say it did wonders for the way the car drives. Mine drives perfectly though.
But it's possible that fitting one just masked an existing problem? Tired or partially blocked injectors? Tired standard FPR? Dodgy O2 sensor? I don't know, just surmising.
Does anyone has any views or evidence on
the subject?
#2
Posted 10 July 2018 - 09:49 PM
Hi,
Well it it depends on whether the car was mapped for one if you're comparing what has and hasn't got one fitted.
There's more than one type of adjustable fpr there's a standard 1:1, there's the rising rate or power boost valve and the 2:1 race valve.
Obviously the mpi engines run out of injector window as more fuel is required for mods to the engines air flow, so to get more fuel in during the window you use more fuel pressure.
Cheers
#3
Posted 11 July 2018 - 01:20 AM
My MPi isn't mapped, and it's not possible to 'map it' as far as I know. The MEMS2J is very sophisticated.
I understand that if the engine is running out of fuel, the ECU will try to compensate by increasing the pulse duration. This has its own problems because of the siamese ports. But a FPR set to a higher level is bypassing the ECU and injecting fuel at a greater rate than it realises. Thus fooling the ECU.
My question is; is it beneficial?.... Is it needed?
#4
Posted 11 July 2018 - 08:09 AM
Hi,
What do JCG do to the engine then, surely the map must be altered to increase the fuelling for whatever they did or is it just done with the FPR?
Cheers
#5
Posted 11 July 2018 - 10:36 AM
Hi,
What do JCG do to the engine then, surely the map must be altered to increase the fuelling for whatever they did or is it just done with the FPR?
Cheers
The ECU can self adjust to an extent. WIth more air flowing into the engine the ECU senses this through its various sensors and in turn adds more fuel. You can tune the engines to an extent but only within the ECUs limitations and then to get more you would have to go to something like megasquirt etc
#6
Posted 11 July 2018 - 10:43 AM
Hi,
It only self adjusts when in closed loop mode the rest of the time it refers to the the map as its only a narrow band sensor.
Cheers
#7
Posted 11 July 2018 - 02:22 PM
The injector pulse width is controlled by the ECU. By increasing the fuel pressure, you're increasing the amount of fuel injected within the fixed pulse.
I'm not really a fan of the idea in principle, but I'd love to know of the actual benefits. If any.
#8
Posted 11 July 2018 - 06:37 PM
#9
Posted 11 July 2018 - 08:00 PM
On my 96 Spi JC's fitted a resistive link in the coolant circuit so the fuel was richer
Never heard of that before! Not sure I like the idea of that....
#10
Posted 11 July 2018 - 08:40 PM
The reason this type of valve is used, is to increase the AFR in open loop high load engine conditions where more fuel produces more power. The A Series 5 port engines like fueling around 12.5:1 and produce power there rather than loose it. Most OEM engines of the period are only tuned to low 13's AFR high load conditions, so increasing the fuel pressure in this region increases the fuel delivered, decreases the AFR and in theory increases the engine power (other modifications dependant)
#11
Posted 11 July 2018 - 09:59 PM
I get the theory behind it, but does it actually increase power with the S Works cars? There doesn't seem to be concrete evidence of such.
#12
Posted 12 July 2018 - 09:10 AM
Hi,
If the ECU is unchanged and it cannot sense an increase in airflow as there's no MAF, then the only thing that can richen the mixture when the engine is modified is the FPR as Sprocket has stated.
Was there 2 different S works packages?
I can't see a power boost valve giving you much unless there's a shortage of fuel in your current setup?
As is well known tuning a modern engine doesn't give massive gains, unless you make massive changes and that's made more difficult with Siamese ports.
Cheers
#13
Posted 12 July 2018 - 03:48 PM
my jcg s5 has a "up rated" fpr, i am very sure its not the std mpi one. my s5 came direct from jcg in 97, i am the only owner!
it not the same as the mini sport large thing.
are you sure yours is std?, they have the same size ish!
paul
#14
Posted 22 July 2018 - 04:37 PM
I had a FSE 'Power Boost Valve' on my X20XEV powered Vectra, and it made absolutely no difference whatsoever to the power then engine produced. Was always consistantly 140BHP (rolling roaded). The reason as it was explained to me was that because of a closed loop system (using MAF sensors, Lambda sensors etc....) the ECU would only allow so much fuel into the chambers, if the fuel pressure was increased, then ECU would see it and cut back to amount of fuel it needed to run.
#15
Posted 23 July 2018 - 09:40 AM
How close to the limit do Rover injectors run. If you improve the induction system, K&N filter , larger throttle body ,high lift rockers and larger valves is it possible to deliver more air than than the injectors can deliver at max pulse at standard fuel pressure. The ECU cannot control the amount of air entering the engine it just delivers the amount of petrol needed to maintain the AFR. Maybe the higher fuel pressure ( or larger injector) is needed to overcome this limit.
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