EBAY FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR INSTALLATION AND REVIEW 

GOING TO USE THIS ON A 1970 TWIN SUPERCHARGED BUG! TELL YOU HOW IT GOES!

Much help🤙

Is it still good

Yes sir, still going. Check out the newer videos and the turbo C10 playlist for confirmation. 👍🏻

Glad this video was helpful to you and good luck with your RV project! 👍🏻 -Robert

Thanks for watching! Yep, this ones still going strong 5 months later as well. 👍🏻

***UPDATE*** THE TRUCK THIS REGULATOR WAS INSTALLED ON 7 MONTHS AGO IS NOW TURBOCHARGED AND REGULATOR STILL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY! Very good budget solution for sure!

That would be ideal yes. My reasoning for mounting it where i did was explained in the video.

Bad Luck Garage gotcha! Might have missed that as I wrote this comment. Subbed man! Love the content! Keep up the good work man!

Appreciate that brother. I tend to talk alot and overexplain so I'm sure people skip through alot of the videos,lol. Basically I was just using it to replace the vette filter regulator so I mounted it in the same position that it was in to avoid having to spend more time and money running an additional return line. And since had already scaled the fuel injectors in the tune to deal with vacuum levels in the manifold, a vacuum reference wasn't necessary.👍 This setup actually ended up working out really well even after we turbocharged this truck a few months after this video was made.

Matt uses a totally different regulator on 8F8. I think it was QPI or something like that. Still eBay regulator though...just made a little differently.

In the four years since this video was made we’ve used these same regulators on 2 other project vehicles here on the channel and our twin turbo Camaro “Chaos Theory” is currently running a knockoff of the smaller Aeromotive 13301 regulator. We’ve had zero issues with any of them. 👍

Thanks for watching brother. Hope it works as well for you as it did for me. 👍🏻

bad luck and dumb self taught - no schooling here !

Yep, it worked flawlessly for over a year till I sold the truck. 👍🏻

Yea as far as I know this one is still on the truck I put it on to this day( over four years now).

@@BadLuckGarage a win win. For sure. Nice video brotha.

Thank you sir!! If you have time, you should check out the playlist for my budget turbo C10! I think it might be right up your alley. 😉

you will get a wrong pressure reading = ha ha ha - dumb ass !

@@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm Pressure is the same at every point in a sealed system 🙄

Your car, your decision brother. I have several other videos documenting the failure of these fittings on oil lines and fuel lines. They usually fail at the swivel point of the angled fittings. Its just not a chance I'm willing to take again.

Thank you for watching Joshua. If you check the pinned comment, there is a link to the one year follow up on this regulator as well!

I saw that. Awesome. This is my racing channel. If you get bored, check it out. I'm putting a 302 in a 300ZX. The fuel pressure regulator is next!

I’ll check it out for sure brother. But why a 302? Just had it laying around?

@@BadLuckGarage haha I hadn't seen but 1 done before. Cheap motor and all. Thought id give it a shot lol.

I’m not a Ford guy but I’m all about doing something different brother. I remember back in the day when 225hp was considered “big power” everyone in as swapping the 5.0HO engines into Miatas. That was like 20 years ago. I gotta admit though, 225hp 290lbft in a 2100lb car was a pretty badass combo back then. Those were the days when if you had a 12 second street car you were considered a badass and an 11 second car was just insane. My first corvette was a “built” 78 L82 with ported heads, a wolverine blue racer cam, edelbrock performer rpm intake and 750 carb, B&M turbo350 with a 2800 stall and a 3:90 rear gear. That car ran high 7s to low 8s in the 1/8 mile depending in weather. We used to race on a closed bridge on Friday nights. I had that car for a year and nobody could touch it with a street car. My buddy at the time had a beefed up 5.0 GT with all the Bolton’s, cam, and a Paxton supercharger and is still consistently beat him by one or two cars on the street everytime. At the strip we were dead even usually trading out wins every other run. God I miss those days. 😔

Sounds like a cool project brother. 👍🏻

In a carb setup you don’t need to use a vacuum reference UNLESS it’s a boosted application.

The muffler is NOT blowing exhaust anywhere near the regulator. The regulator is mounted 8” above and about 6 “ to the left of the exhaust and the exhaust tip is aimed down. It’s an optical illusion because the video is being recorded from above and to the right of the muffler.

@@BadLuckGarage oh ok just looked like it was a foot away from it from the video.

Naw brother, it’s just the camera angle. Trust me the exhaust is nowhere near the fuel line except near the firewall which is unavoidable in this swap.

Keep watching brother. Sometimes we get lucky but I actually had two of these flimsy eBay fittings fail on a turbo drain line (at the track, and yes it’s in a video on this channel😉) about 6 months after this video was made. The substandard rubber seals used inside the swivel part of the fittings gave out after less than 100 miles. No way I would recommend using them in a high pressure situation with any flammable fluids. If you’ve watched this channel for any length of time then you know I’m all about doing things as cheaply as possible but when it comes to the possibility of my project burning to the ground I’ll spend $20 on better fittings. 😉

On a side note I did a one year update video on this regulator six months ago and it was still functioning with no leaks when I sold the truck. Link is in the pinned comment. 👍🏻

Even if they don't leak, the inside diameters are noticably smaller than a well made -6 an fitting. For the cost of fragola or other decent budget fitting it's just not worth messing with for performance use. On a mild performance setup the fittings do work, the hose they send is garbage!

You are correct and that’s why I went and got better orings. 😉

Ok so it's fine for the oring to go all the way inside the regulator? I have -6orb and regular orings go all the way in when tight. It doesn't sit on the outside like those washers.

Marco Williams u need different o-rings

@@anthonyrowell7853 what kind?

Vehicle isn't boosted yet but will be in the future. As I stated in the video, this is only temporary and we plan to do a long term update video in a few months(or sooner if it fails). We have a factory return style set up waiting to be installed when the time comes. Thank you for watching and for the input! Good to know people still look out for others. 👍🏻

Ive had mine running for years on a boosted 383 gen1 w/ gen3 ecu

robert perrotta dude stop lying 🤥

***UPDATE*** THE TRUCK THIS REGULATOR WAS INSTALLED ON 7 MONTHS AGO IS NOW TURBOCHARGED AND REGULATOR STILL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY! Very good budget solution for sure!

One year update. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jtqo3P4tN2Y.html

Sorry to hear you didn’t have good luck with it.

If you're referring to the black cylinder, that's a summit brand 40 micron high flow fuel filter. Currently summit has them on sale.

No sir. The bottom is the return. All the ports on the sides are interchangeable though.

Before. I run a walbro 450 in tank pump, but if you run an inline pump then you want it as close to the tank and as far below the tank as possible with the exception of running a prefilter before the pump which I always recommend

No sir.

How do you connect the hose to the fittings?

You can’t be serious.

Doug Doty thanks for watching, subbing, and for the comment brother. I also did a 1 year update video. Link is in the pinned comment. 👍🏻

If you have it plumber correctly and it won’t go below 55psi then send it back and get a replacement.

No. Diagrams are shown at the 5:10 mark in the video.

Thats why I recommended at the very beginning of the video not to use the fittings. 😉 It was obvious as soon as I felt their weight that they weren't quality fittings. As I stated in the video, You could possible use them for a low pressure application but no way I use ebay AN fittings for fuel injection. -Robert

Well that's good to know I'm going to be buying this kit to run it on my Subaru since I now have a tre performance 255lph fuel pump. All I was worried about was just the regular fitting working and not leaking.

Hi willisjam fire! Thanks for watching! Glad this video helped you out!

With the adjustment screw.

This regulator isn’t designed to run at that low of a pressure. This is an efi regulator.

@@BadLuckGarage the one I bought is 0-100 psi I opened the regulator up and the spring is just way to big

Yes that’s not the same regulator brother. The only regulators I know of that have that kind of range come with two springs....one for high pressure and one for low pressure. The regulator in this video is not of that variety.

@@BadLuckGarage mine didn't come with springs and no instructions

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@@BadLuckGarage yup found that right after I posted the question lol. Thank you for your response.

😉👍

Or it could still be going now....4 years later. Just a thought. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jtqo3P4tN2Y.html

@@BadLuckGarage ok ok I was just kidding I know you get a lot of trolling I actually bought this same one

Yes.....yes I do. 🤣

@@BadLuckGarage just subscribed keep up the good work and don't worry and the crazy people out there

Thanks for watching! Be sure to check out the one year review video! Link is in the pinned comment!

There is no back flow valve in a fuel pressure regulator. If your pressure drops rapidly after shutting the car off then it’s your pump. Some aftermarket pumps don’t have them either so it has to build pressure when the key is turned forward. This is why most pcms have at least a two second prime everytime you turn the key forward.

Ok thank, i am asking because i just removed my stock 3 bar fpr on my audi 1.8t and installed this ebay thing and set it to 45psi, and now it starts bad. Mine prime perfect, but i think the valve seat in the new fpr is not sealing good. This week i will do some tests.

I’m not too familiar with Audi/Volkswagen setups so I can’t really say for sure if your stock fpr would have had a back flow valve. But I can say for certain no aftermarket regulator I have ever seen has one and most in tanks pumps do have them. Also the valve in the regulator is only there to regulate how much fuel is returned through the return line and will do nothing to stop fuel from back flowing through the inlet line of the pump doesn’t have a check valve or if the pumps check valve isn’t working properly. If the pump doesn’t stop the fuel then it will just flow right back out. The valve in the regulator MAY prevent fuel from back flowing out of the return line but again, this will have nothing to do with maintaining pressure at the rail. Hope that makes sense.

thanks, i will update, going to check some things tomorrow, very thankfull for your fast comment!

Hello Jerry Page, Thanks for watching! Unfortunately I do not but if you goto lowes or home depot they have the things hanging on the wall in the hardware section that you can either screw the regulator onto or the fitting into to determine what size it is.

Yup, same question. I want to order a better quality fitting that screws into the regulator but am having difficulty figuring out what that fitting size is

Hello Luis Beltran, Thanks for watching! I'm not really familiar with the fuel system pressure in your vehicle but I believe it most likely would work although some modification to your fuel lines will be required.

Placing the regulator after the rail allows for faster changes in pressure in the rail in relation to boost reference. Because of this it is the preferred placement of the regulator in boosted applications. If you need more explanation beyond that I would suggest researching exactly how a fuel pressure regulator works so that you can have a better understanding of why placing it after the rails decreases response time as there are visual aids that will help you to understand better than my written explaination.

That is a dead head set up. Returnless does not always mean there is no return at all, it just means it is not returned from the rail. In other words, the fuel is “deadheaded” at the tail. This is explained in the video with diagrams of each style of system. If you don’t understand the difference between a return style and a dead head style system, the diagrams are shown at the 5:10 mark in the video to help you out. 😉

Hello almc2242, Thanks for watching! The fittings are all -6AN fittings.

Thanks for watching Brando. This FPR is for high pressure fuel systems and is not capable of controlling the low fuel pressure that a carburetor requires.

Thanks for the reply. And good to know

I dont believe it would since its regulated through the center.

You have to run a return line off the regulator. That’s how it regulates the pressure.

It's for a motorcycle engine on a buggy. What's the best way to route for a return

Bottom of regulator back to tank as shown in the video

Thank you

@@70NastyLac 👍

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um...no. Its an illusion because of the camera angle.exhaust is aimed down and out. Nowhere near the fuel line

Thanks for watching! No clue on the spring but as shown in the video it’s holding the 58psi I needed perfectly and has been for about 10 months now. 👍🏻

Honestly the Summit version is probably the exact same thing. This China stuff is hot and miss sometimes but the one I got this time held up great for over a year, even after I turbocharged this truck.

@@BadLuckGarage the Summit one is definitely not of the same manufacturing quality. I'm sure it's made in China but it's cast potmetal, not aluminum.

Wow, good to know. Definitely won’t be buying one of those!😳

Sorry brother. I haven’t touched a diesel since I got out of the Army.

Bad Luck Garage ah thats too bad 😁 i'm looking for tune ups for my 1.9 jtd fiat croma. Do you think the electric boost controller in your other video could work?

brother you should watch the follow up video to that boost controller. It failed after about a month.

Yes as long as it’s running high pressure fuel injection. This regulator will not run low enough fuel pressure for carburetors or early style TBI.

Read the pinned comment. that’s the last update.

It just screws into the side of the regulator as pictured. Pretty self explanatory.

Hello London! Thanks for watching! Unfortunately I believe this unit is designed for high pressure applications. There are similar units that are designed for low pressure carbureted applications though. I know with the Walbro 450 pump the lowest I was able to take this was was around 30psi.

cool. thanks for the help!

Anytime brother. 👍

Can this part be installed on a stock vehicle? Like the explorers,rangers?

you will need adapters of course but yes

Yes sir! Thank you for watching! If this video helped you out feel free to share it!

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@@BadLuckGarage yea that’s 1 year review, is it still running after 3 years ?

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Yes sir!😉

There is no check valve in a regulator. Pressure bleed off is dictated by the check ball in your fuel pump.

Why would I send it back? This things been working great for over four years now. 🤣

yes sir!

Nice, I heard the performance products reference, I live maybe 5mins from there

@@mikejohnson120 so do I brother. I just live off Merchant dr. 😉

Lmao me too do you have a fb page?

I found you

Hello ArchieRyan1, Thanks for watching! I still have not. If I begin having fueling issues at higher boost then I'll use it but at the levels I plan to run at with the decapped injectors, I dont believe I'll need to increase pressure to have an adequate fuel supply.