Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator Differences

[motoman358]

Does anyone know that the difference is between this AFPR:
http://www.aeromotiveinc.com/pdetail.php?prod=12

and this one?
http://www.aeromotiveinc.com/pdetail.php?prod=10

I have been looking and I have come down to 2 kits to choose between, the Import evolution kit and the slowboy kit, and I noticed they came with different regulators. I was just wondering if one would work better than the other for our application. The Import evolution kit comes with the one listed on top and slowboy with the other. Thanks for the help guys!

 

[larsrya8]

The IE one is smaller? I own one and it works fine...

 

[brute]

I use the Import Evolution one. It installed just fine and works great. If you get that kit, you'll need to go by the local hardware store and get thread sealer tape that's the yellow kind. The tape that comes in the kit is white and blue and is for plumbing applications. The yellow and black one is gasoline-resistant.

 

[oldman]

The little one is for boys, big one is for men.

 

[motoman358]

so there is really no difference as far as you guys can see in capabilities, like one is good up to 500hp and the other to 600hp or anything like that?

 

[daren_p]

No their both pretty much the same design, when I talked to Aeromotive they said the one you posted in the top link was geared towards high hp imports, etc. They should support basically the same hp, the main differences are how you connect up the lines, pressure reference & gauge as they both have different layouts. For a 1g I would say take your pic as there is lots of room for mounting options. For the 2g I have run both & I switched to the one in the second link because of mounting issues. For the first link the inlet is on the left, outlet on the bottom & the gauge is on the opposide side to the inlet. For the second link it is more compact in height & because you dont have a gauge out the side its also more compact in width which works better for a 2g. With it the inlet can be on either end, return on the bottom & the gauge out the front. The physical size of the top fpr is obviously smaller but when you plumb both fprs, you will find the second link to be more compact.

 

[gixrman]

This is how I ran mine, just fab'd up a piece of angle aluminum and bolted it to the side of the coil's. One thing to mention I had a problem setting my base at first and had to call Aeromotive. The boost source nipple was coming into contact with the spring when it was tightened all the way in, so I had to grind alittle bit off for it to work properly. The aeromotive rep. said they were fixing it.

 

[Rice Over Wheat]

You had to fab a bracket? My IE kit came with one. You can bolt it to the brake fluid reservoir but the a/c lines tend to be in the way. There's an unused bolt in the firewall to the right of the brake fluid reservoir which worked perfect for mounting a bracket to for the afpr.

 

[gixrman]

Yes mine came with the bracket, I jsut really did'nt like anywhere I postioned it on the firewall. This just worked best for me.