. Thanks, I am quite close to first start, but I obviously need to resolve this question. All the best, Chris Barber Houston, Texas www.LoneStarVelocity.com ------=_NextPart_000_0295_01C7666D.13444C60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have=20 the Mistral intake and am setting up my fuel lines. The lines go = into the=20 fuel rail through a big hole (3/8?), but exit through a very tine "pin = hole" on=20 the other end. I am not versed in fuel injection as my history is = with=20 carbs in my ol' 65 Mustang ragtop.

During=20 the first incarnation my build buddy David had a pressure regulator = installed=20 before the fuel rail. Then, following some internet research on = fuel=20 injection by me, I found several sources that stated the pressure = regulator is=20 usually installed downstream of the rail. David figured this may = make=20 sense, but felt it should be T'ed back to the sump tank (sump per = Velocity=20 plans).

I=20 looked at my friends RV-7 who is installing an Eggennfelder Subaru which = also=20 has pin hole restrictor and tried to copy its pressure = regulator set=20 up, however, Dave and my mechanical engineering hangar mate, Richard, do = not=20 think it is proper. I too wondered what the pressure regulator was = actually doing since it is downstream of the pin hole which provides a = lot of=20 restriction and it was T'ed in a manner that went around the regulator = and since=20 the fuel would go by the path of least resistance would in all = likelihood bypass=20 the fuel pressure regulator almost completely.

I had=20 another engineering friend look at the set up (who btw has worked with = some of=20 the Mistral folks as he is heavily involved in the aviation = community...the=20 company he owns provides aircraft A/C systems for companies like Cirrus, = Moony,=20 Eclipse, Columbia and in the last couple of months he has been in = discussions=20 with Cessna, Piper and Honda Jet.....pretty good credentials....and he = is the=20 builder of the RV-7 with the Eggenfeilder) He believes that the = Mistral=20 Intake does not need the pressure regulator since the pin hole is doing = the job=20 of keeping the rail "charged".

We=20 have emailed the contacts at Mistral who have not as of yet = responded....it has=20 been a couple of weeks. I understand they cannot provide major = tech=20 support, but I would love some direction. We hope to be great = ambassadors=20 for their product. I would assume some basic tech info is=20 available.

However, since I have yet to hear from Mistral, do any of y'all = have any=20 insight and/or solutions as to what would be "best" <g>. =20

Thanks, I am quite close to first start, but I obviously need = to resolve=20 this question.

All=20 the best,

Chris=20 Barber

Houston, Texas

www.LoneStarVelocity.com

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