Jetting for Racing Mechanical Fuel Injection – Big Block – 2nd Edition

Jetting for Big Block Mech Fuel Inj$39.99

For Normally Aspirated BIG BLOCK V-8 Racing Engines on METHANOL

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FUEL INJECTION TUNING HELP FROM THIS MANUAL: Racers throughout the world rely on racing mechanical fuel injection for high output power levels. Those polished stacks, scoop, or huge throttle body fed by individual fuel lines all indicate high power outputs. Tuning the jetting produces a win or loss, DNF or DNQ a race engine in one piece or broken. Simplify your tuning with easy to use lookup tables with detailed technical information. Math secrets to fine tune your jetting adjustments are revealed.

Jetting for normally aspirated big block V-8 engines from 400 to 1000 cubic inches (6.6 to 16.4 liters)

(revised cover for 2nd edition coming shortly)

FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW FUEL INJECTION
• Kinsler
• Rons
• Enderle
• Hilborn
• Crower
• Pete Jackson
• Algon.

FOR THE RACING FUEL INJECTION TUNER
• For auto, tractor, & boat racing METHANOL V-8 engines
• For Big Blocks from 400 ci (6.6 L) to 1000 ci (16.4 L)
• For all brands: stackers, tunnel rams, & throttle bodies
• Jetting for optimum air to fuel ratios & fuel pressure
• Jetting for air density changes
• Math to determine custom jetting
• Race tuning.

ABOUT THE MANUAL: This is the second in a series of manuals about jetting for mechanical fuel injected race engines. The first was for the small block. This manual is specific to larger big block V-8’s on methanol.  Info on nozzle sizes applicable to 2, 4, and 6 cylinder engines or any number of cylinders is provided.  Setup & tuning of a methanol fuel injection engine is done with proper fuel pump size and jetting. Even after a proper fuel pump size is determined, tuning with jetting can be an endless task. This includes variations from engine component changes and weather changes. While the adjustments are few, their numbers of combinations are large. Because of that, this manual provides the following:

• Science of tuning with jetting
• Math for how to determine the jetting basis
• Jetting tables to illustrate individual tuning trends
• Additional jetting tables for various engine sizes.

UP & DOWN NOZZLE SETUPS: While two or more nozzles per cylinder are not covered, the simple math provided in this manual can be used to determine those nozzles as well.

FOR TURBOCHARGED MFI ENGINES WITH WASTE GATE BOOST CONTROL: Nozzle info from the manual applies to the normally aspirated nozzle set for turbocharged MFI engines with two nozzles per cylinder; whereby the normally aspirated set of nozzle is used for starting, idling, warm up, & driving around. A second set of nozzles for boost is not covered; however the simple math provided in this manual can also be used to determine those nozzles.


CONTENTS

FRONT PHOTOS (in color)

FUEL INJECTED BIG BLOCK RACING ENGINES
TRADITIONAL STACKER FUEL INJECTION WITH 8 RAM TUBES
TUNNEL RAM MANIFOLD WITH FUEL INJECTION HAT
FUEL INJECTION THROTTLE BODY ON CARB STYLE MANIFOLD
FUEL INJECTED BIG BLOCK POWER ADDERS
PHOTO DETAILS

JETTING CHARTS TEXT

1 INTRODUCTION
2 COMPARISON TO OTHER FI SETUP & TUNING METHODS
3 LOW COST NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
4 PRELIMINARY STEP TO OTHER SETUP & TUNING METHODS
5 INTRODUCTION TO AIR TO FUEL RATIO FOR TUNING

MATH TO DETERMINE JETTING CHARTS

6 ENGINE AIR FLOW
7 ADJUSTMENT FOR AIR DENSITY
8 FUEL FLOW
9 ENGINE FUEL FLOW
10 AIR TO FUEL RATIO
11 DETERMINE FUEL PRESSURE FOR TUNING
12 FINE TUNING PRESSURE
13 FUEL PUMP VOLUME @ DIFFERENT ENGINE RPMs
14 HIGH SPEED BYPASS JETTING
15 ENGINE RPM FOR HIGH SPEED (HS) BYPASS OPENING
16 TOTAL BYPASS JET AREA
17 TOTAL JET AREA (WITH NO HIGH SPEED BYPASS)
18 TOTAL JET AREA (WITH HIGH SPEED BYPASS)
19 PRESSURE CHECK
20 JETTING CHARTS INTRODUCTION

JETTING CHARTS

21 JETTING CHART FOR 475 CI (7.8 LITERS)
22 FUEL PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT FROM GAGE MEASUREMENT
23 JETTING FOR 475 (7.8) WITH FUEL PSI ADJ. PER MEASURED VALUES
24 JETTING TRENDS FOR 475 (7.8)
25 JETTING FOR 475 (7.8) FOR LOWER AIR DENSITY / HIGH ALTITUDE
26 JETTING TRENDS FOR 475 (7.8) @ HIGH ALTITUDE
27 JETTING FOR 475 (7.8) FOR LEAN AFR
28 JETTING FOR 475 (7.8) WITH HIGH VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY
29 JETTING FOR 475 (7.8) WITH LEANER AFR & HIGH VE
30 JETTING FOR 475 (7.8) WITH A RICHER AFR & HIGH VE
31 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SIZE FUEL PUMPS FOR 550 (9)
32 JETTING FOR DIFF ENGINES FROM 400 (6.6) THROUGH 1000 16.4)
33 JETTING FOR DIFF. ENG. FROM 400 THRU 1000 @ DIFF. AFRs & PSIs
34 EFFECT OF HIGH SPEED BYPASS
35 HIGH SPEED BYPASS OPENING
36 JETTING WITH HIGH SPEED BYPASS FOR 450 (7.4)
37 JETTING WITH HIGH SPEED BYPASS FOR 500 (8.2)
38 JETTING WITH HIGH SPEED BYPASS FOR 550 (9)
39 JETTING WITH HIGH SPEED BYPASS FOR 575 (9.4) AT VARIOUS PSIs
40 JETTING WITH HS BYPASS FOR ENG. FROM 400 (6.6) TO 1000 (16.4)
41 JETTING W HS BYPASS FOR 600 (9.8) FOR DIFF. AIR DENS/DENS ALTs
42 JETTING WITH HIGH SPEED BYPASS FOR 650 (10.7) FOR DIFF. AFRs
43 JETTING WITH HS BYPASS FOR 700 (11.5) FOR DIFF. PSIs / DIFF. AFRs
44 JETTING WITH HS BYPASS FOR 550 (9) FOR DIFF. PSIs / DIFF. AFRs

SUMMARY, DATA CHARTS, REFERENCES, INDEX

45 SUMMARY
46 OTHER CHARACTERISTICS
47 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
48 JETTING EXAMPLES
49 FUEL PUMP SIZE CHART
50 JET SIZE CHART
51 REFERENCES
52 UNITS
53 TERMS
54 FI TUNING EXTRAS (2 nozzles / cyl; 2, 4, & 6 cylinder nozzle sizes; flat lining)

55 INDEX


INDEX
Engine Sizes – page numbers
360 ci – 74
392 ci – 11
400 ci – 15, 17, 56, 57, 66
410 ci – 71
425 ci – 56, 57, 66
430 ci – 74
450 ci – 19, 56, 57, 62, 66, 74
475 ci – 25-52, 56, 57, 66
480 ci – 74
496 ci – 74
498 ci – 74
500 ci – 56, 58, 63, 66
525 ci – 15, 56, 58
540 ci – 56
550 ci – 53-54, 56, 58, 64, 66, 70, 74
575 ci – 56, 58, 65
600 ci – 56, 58, 66, 67
625 ci – 56, 58
650 ci – 56, 58, 66, 68
675 ci – 56, 58
700 ci – 56, 59, 66, 69
725 ci – 56, 59
750 ci – 56, 59, 66
775 ci – 56, 59
800 ci – 56, 59, 66
825 ci – 56, 59
850 ci – 56, 59, 66
875 ci – 56, 59
900 ci – 7, 56, 60, 66

1000 ci – 56, 60, 66

A
Adams, Gene – 13, 38
AFR – 18, 33, 41-46, 48, 50-72, 74, 77, 78 . See also Air to fuel ratio
Air to fuel ratio –  7, 15, 17-26, 30-33, 40-41, 48, 50-57, 68-72, 74, 77-78. See also AFR
Algon – 17
C
Crower – 17
Cylinder Jet – 57. See also Engine Nozzle Jet
Cylinder Nozzle – See Engine Nozzle Jet
Engine Nozzle – 24. See also Engine Nozzle Jet
Engine Nozzle Jet – 27-30, 34, 37, 39, 41-55, 60, 62. See also engine nozzle ; See also engine jet ; See also cylinder nozzle ; See also cylinder jet
F
Flat-line – 38, 71, 78
Fuel Pump – 7, 16, 20-21, 24, 29-37, 40-41, 43-46, 48, 50-55, 57, 60-72, 75, 77-78
Fuel Split – 7, 21, 25, 27, 30, 37, 40-41, 45, 55, 65, 78
H
High Speed Bypass – 22, 29, 37-39, 57, 61-72
Hilborn – 7, 16-17, 22, 34, 54, 74-75, 78
K
Kinsler – 7, 9-10, 15, 17, 35, 37, 44, 47, 54-55, 75, 77
Kinsler, Jim – 7, 15
M
Main Bypass – 7, 2, 29-30, 37, 39,41, 53-55, 62, 64, 66-67, 72, 77
Miller, Earl – 7, 44, 47
Mopar – 10-11, 13, 15-16
Murry, Brendan – 37
P
Paton, III, Rich – 7, 74
Pete Jackson – 17
Poppet – 18, 35, 37-38, 61-62, 67, 72
R
Resley, Joe – 7, 55
Rons – 9-10, 13, 14, 17, 49, 54-55, 74-75, 77-78
S
Short Shift – 18, 78
Stacker – 9-11, 14-16, 23, 78
T
Tomlinson, Vernon – 7, 74, 76
V
VA factor – 34-36, 40-42, 71, 76, 78

W

Waterman – 54, 75, 79

Williams, David – 7, 74