I just noticed where it says the Portfueler is for "Stages IV and V" on hahn's website and I know I'm not up that high so this gets my hopes up...do I actually need the Portfueler with the Stage 2 Hahn turbo kit?
Here's a shortened list of what has been done to the engine:
Eagle Rods
Wiseco pistons .040 over
Crower stage 2 cams
stock cam gears
Dynopak "high performance" clutch
Unorthodox lightened UDP
Topline lifters & rockers
3-angle valve job
stock crank was reconditioned at the local machine shop


Then I'm adding the 20g Hahn turbo and FMIC as soon as I get the money for things like fuel management (which I may not need?), turbo timer, and boost controller...

How will my engine run if I don't have the Portfueler but add the 20g turbo?

At the very least, you will need a Walbro 255lph High Pressure fuel pump and rising rate fuel pressure regulator (FMU, SMFU).

Try some searching around on those. Next step up is either the Portfueler or MSnS.

Mike D
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Oh ya the Walbro 255 fuel pump is in the works....

I've been wondering for a long time now...what does SFMU stand for? And now FMU??

Woudl the AEM fuel pressure regulator work well for my needs?
Am I going to need larger than stock fuel injectors? I read some things around here that leads me to think maybe? lol and if I do, how big like 450cc's? 410cc's? 490cc's?

Thanks a lot man...

Mike D
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Like he said in an earlier post, an FMU is a rising rate fuel pressure regulator... it has little to do with the fuel pump (i.e. the Walbro).

There are two ways to increase fuel: an electronic method, by increasing the pulsewidth to the injectors (only possible with a standalone system); or a mechanical method which raising the fuel pressure, thus forcing more fuel from the injectors at the same pulsewidth (i.e. an FMU or S-FMU).

The FMU works well enough with the stock injectors and ECU, but you'll need something adjustable for bigger injectors. That's where the S-FMU comes in. You can easily hit 10psi with an S-FMU and 440s or 550s. You can even reach 16psi with some patience and a good tune.


And about the AEM, it's not that it's junk, but it's used in different applications. While an FMU or S-FMU might raise the fuel pressure four to twelve psi for every psi of boost pressure, an AEM or Aeromotive unit raises the fuel pressure just one psi for every psi of boost simply to equalize manifold and fuel pressures.

You'd use an AEM or Aeromotive AFPR with something like Megasquirt or PortFueler. Honestly, in your case, I would recommend PortFueler... tell Hahn exactly which injectors you plan on using, and they'll take out all of the guess work. All you need to do is follow their instructions for the install... no tuning necessary.

I know there are tons of threads on here about FMU's and S-FMU's, so if you can't find those, you'll probably have a hard time tuning too.

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Service Manuals and Guides

Ok, so basically I can't do 16psi without an S-FMU setup....and I'd be wasting my money to get an aftermarket FPR that would boost 4-12psi in pressure because I'd have to swap that out to an FPR that does only 1psi once I got the Portfueler on, correct?

So what about running just 8 psi without the Portfueler to begin with then...what parts would you recommend I get to make that happen besides the fuel pump? Stock injectors and FPR still okay?

Stock injectors, stock FPR and a 12:1 FMU.

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-Paul

Service Manuals and Guides

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I bought the turbo from a guy who told me I wouldn't need anything but intercooler piping and 450 or 550cc fuel injectors to make it run - I didn't care how it worked all I cared about is that it did work and gave me the 250+hp Hahn Racecraft has proven it to provide.

That being said, the turbo is ALREADY PURCHASED; I'm just trying to round up the last few things that I'm now just learning I need in order to have it installed (no, I am not doing the install myself. I am leaving that to someone far more experienced!)

I have looked around the site, although a little I will admit, and the fact is I don't understand 75% of what I read because in order to understand certain pages you must have a background of basic knowledge on the topic - which I don't have as I basically just started learning about engines this July (I went to a school with 20 students all my life which did NOT have extra classes such as basic mechanics btw...) so rather than spend literally hours searching for these things (cause, again, I'll read them and not know what I'm reading about cause they WILL use terms that almost everybody knows except me so I will then have to embark upoon a sub-search to find out those terms as well - a never ending path it seems...).

So with that being said, will you please just let me know what specific parts I need? It only takes a couple minutes to type down and will save me hours of wild goose chases in the archives so I would REALLY appreciate it, please!

Start reading:
http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=Turbo

Mike D
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