2.3 Fuel Related Questions

[JamesBaumann]

I had a few basic questions for you guys. How many gallons do the fuel tanks in our 2.3's hold? I am thinking around 20 gallons. The other question I had for you guys is how many lbs are our stock fuel injectors are? If I were to put higher lb injectors in, how would that effect things? I would imagine less fuel economy and more power, but I am not sure. Thanks in advance.

 

[Stinger]

~14 gallons...I don't remember the decimal.

14lb/hr...bad gas mileage and less power.

Stinger

 

[Red_LX]

The fuel tank is actually 15.7 gallons. An interesting note, the Thunderbird Turbo Coupes had a 20-22 gallon tank, something like that. I drove from my house to the middle of indiana on one tank of gas last year

 

[Stinger]

Hmm...you sure it's not 14.7? That's the # that's in my head. Somebody look in their chiltons or haynes manual.

Stinger

 

[JamesBaumann]

Stinger, how do you figure you get less power with stronger injectors? Doesn't make much sense to me, can anybody elaborate on this?

 

[Stinger]

Think about it. The stock ones provide the engine with plenty of fuel unless you are making more than ~150hp. If you install bigger injectors what you get is an engine that runs rich (too much fuel). Rich = Safe, Lean = Power. Too much fuel, power goes down.

Stinger

 

[Pro-Hawk]

I once asked Marcello Canitano of SilverHorse racing what I could do to get little power out of my N/A 93 2.3L LX. He had said I could run a 90-95 ish GT MAF/19lbs and it would give me a little more pep. He him self uses a N/A 93' Mustang 2.3L LX with around 150-175hp for SOLO II racing.

http://www.silverhorseracing.com/

 

[Asha'man]

You're all wrong, it's 15.4 gallons.

Ash

 

[JamesBaumann]

Think about it. The stock ones provide the engine with plenty of fuel unless you are making more than ~150hp. If you install bigger injectors what you get is an engine that runs rich (too much fuel). Rich = Safe, Lean = Power. Too much fuel, power goes down.

Seems like a reasonable explanation. Thanks for the lesson.