I have a 96 Eclipse RS. People have told me that I should have a FPR on the end of the fuel rail for my year of eclipse, yet I do not see it. Check the pic and make sure I'm looking in the right place ;-) I"m assuming I have the newer type of fuel setup with the FPR back by the gas tank??

Well i see your test port on the rail there,but is not on the end of the rail, so its a 95/96 rail/ fuel system. Look at the other end of the fuel rail, and you will see a round metal part, with a vacuum line going into the top of it.

That's actually a fuel rail for the later fuel system. That picture that you have is the end of the rail that would have the regulator with a vacuum line connected to it. Also, if you had a 95 rail, you would see a return line coming from the rail right underneath where the fuel feel line is. Soooo, to answer your question, yes, your regulator is back near the tank.

ack, conflicting statements! :D

Alright, the '95 and '96 have the test port between the #1 and #2 injectors. The '95 has the regulator at the end of the fuel rail and the fuel filter under the hood. The '96 has the regulator and filter in the back, near the passenger side rear wheel. The '97-'99 have the test port on the left side of the rail, sticking straight out of the fuel rail, and the fuel filter and regulator in the rear location.

I know this because I just transplanted a fuel setup from my '96 to a '98, and an HRC turbo fuel setup from the '98 to my '96, so I have firsthand experience.

-=B-=

Well, Matt saw the test port facing up, which often indicates that its the 95 rail, but the regulator isn't on the end of the rail where it should be. This leads me to believe that there were actually 3 different rails used. That is definately not a rail with a regulator on it though.

Pretty interesting stuff. Thanks for the confirmation all, I was pretty certain but I just wanted to be sure.

From my understanding, I heard that the early '96 models are set up like the '95s, but there are few of those around. The majority seem to be the newer setup like the 97+. This is just hearsay though.





Jaeson
'96 Eclipse RS

16.537 @ 84.00 mph, 2.489 60'

To the best of my knowledge, NONE of the 96 model year cars have the 95-style fuel system.

So, to make it simple, if your car isn't a 95, you don't have a 95 fuel system.

i was just asking the same thing a min ago...here are some of my pics im also a 96 BTW


dosent appear to be any FPR here...and this is the drivers side of the fuel rail


and here too is my test port on top, not in the side

and i know its not the right section...but while were on the subject..are both test ports the same size/thread....can i use the fuel tee from a wet nitrous in my port even tho mine is on top instead of the side?

There were 3 different rails used in these cars. Any dealer will tell you only 2 were used but they are wrong. The 95 has the regulator on the pass. side and a return line fitting on the driver side. The 96 which was used into the 97 year has no return line fitting and no regulator. Then you have the 97+ rails with the test port on the pass. side endcap, and no return fitting. Now as far as fuel systems go for the kit's you either have a 95 or you have a 96-99 the system will work with either of the 2 later rail designs. As far as what is on the car seems to be hit or miss as far as the 96-99 cars. Now the test ports are all -4an ports, so no worries there. However I don't know if I would send nos through the test port. It would be flowing against the fuel flow from the tank, so it would be working against itself. Also flowing against the current like that would make me worry about it going into the cilinders evenly.(I am not a nos expert and I don't use it, so I could be wrong, I would post this in the proper section to see if anyone else runs it that way) If you are doing the 8 injector setup don't just assume if it's a 97 that it will have the test port in the proper place, you must check on a part by part basis. The only replacement fuel rail they sell for the 96-99 is the one with the proper testport location for this setup. Note: according to Bob Kise there are less that 10 replacement fuel rails left to sell new. So if you want to go 8 injector and need the rail new from the dealer then you better get on it now.