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Dang it, Cliff. I was thinking about that this morning. I guess you're confirming that I need to keep more items open. I think Philip has some tech tips on that.

Thanks, Charles.

Sometimes the car will fire and run, but it doesn't like load. Sometimes the car will fire, but it doesn't want to stay running. Even pressing on the accelerator doesn't keep it running. It seems fuel starved to me. The car has a good spark.

As noted, the FPR on Jai's car has the two inlets. Here are the photos I took yesterday.

I should from the tests. Basically, I should clamp off the return on the FPR. If the fuel pressure still drops, it is likely the fuel pump. Once I got on the road yesterday, I cooled down nicely. I bought some Gatorade to drink on the trip home. Plus there was plenty of shade for the drive back. My left shoulder is sore today. It's about time I had some exercise. Of course, I helped my wife wash & wax her car this morning. It still had the bugs from the Memphis trip all over it. I will post the pictures from yesterday, soon.

Jai, Cliff is going to send me a fuel pressure gauge and fuel pressure regulator. The fuel injection relay is enough of a stretch that I don't see a need to order one at the current time.

The next time I go up, I'm going to bring my ramps. They will work better on the gravel. I would appreciate any help I can get, Greg. Next time I'll also bring my small air compressor and welder (to fabricate the battery hold down). I took my Z yesterday, but my wife said I can take the wagon on the next trip. I want to get Jai's car as safe as possible, so she can bring it over to my house for me to give it a thorough once-over. I can also put in on a lift and flush the brake fluid.

It's posts like yours that inspire me to help. Thank you for letting us know we done good.

Okay, I'm back from looking over Jai's car. My overall impression is that the car is not in bad shape. The AC needs work. At a minimum it will need new hoses and a dryer. I'm not sure if the compressor is in good shape, though. The system has been disconnected for a while now. I drained the tank. There was a little rust, but it didn't seem that bad. If I could ever figure out how to manipulate my borescope, I could have gotten a better idea of the condition of the tank. I replace the hose between the tank and fuel pump and added an inline fuel filter in case the rust is worse than I thought. I had trouble manipulating the fuel pump because there wasn't a lot of room and, it's not very comfortable working on gravel. I also replaced the fuel filter in the engine compartment, though the old one didn't seem that bad. When we tried running it after replacing the fuel line and putting in the filters, it was slow to fire. I expected that with the lack of fuel pressure. Then it came to life and seemed to run fine. Thinking that I might have resolved the issue, I tried to clean up the battery before the corrosion built up enough to drop the voltage to the car. I had issues with the nut on the negative cable, (No, I'm not referring to me.) so I just cleaned it the best I could. There was no battery hold down bracket, so I tried to use one of the generic types from the parts store. That didn't work out for me. So, I decided to wrap up the work. Unfortunately, the car didn't want to run again. It just seemed fuel starved. I talked to my friend, Chet Wittel, and he confirmed that I couldn't diagnose squat on the fuel starvation without a fuel pressure gauge. With the prevailing heat wave, I knew I couldn't keep working on the car and thinking clearly. The heat was getting to me, and I didn't want to cause more problems than I solved. So, I plan to go back in a couple of weeks. Now that have a better sit-rep, I can bring along tools to help me work on the car better. I am thinking of fabricating a battery bracket on-site next time, as well as finding the cause of the fuel starvation. My key suspects: 1. Fuel pump. 2. Fuel pressure regulator 3. EFI relay/ECU. Number 3 is the long shot, and I hope that isn't the case. I found a fuel pump on Amazon for $46, but I didn't find a specific FPR for her car, just universal types. RockAuto has an FPR, but it will be over $70 shipped. So, my questions to the group: 1. Does anybody have a good fuel pressure gauge that will go up to 50 or 60 PSI to loan me for my return trip? 2. Had anybody used a universal FPR with good results? If so, what was the cost, and what was the part number?

Yes, the BRE car is a tribute car. The owner is Randy Jaffe. He lives about half an hour from me. (I found that out at track day.) I'm trying to get him to join the GZC at Caffeine & Octane. Of course, I'd love to get a photo shoot with the car at Road Atlanta.

That is one of the reasons why I don't enter judged shows. Someone is always unhappy. Another reason is that I don't have the budget to make it worth my while to enter.

Yes, I encountered the same thing this morning. Fortunately, it turns out I found a copy of the Fuel Injection Bible I downloaded in the past.

I'll be giving Jai's car a once over tomorrow. I'm about to load up my car to make sure I have all of my diagnostic tools.

Are those burn marks or just dirt on the white wire?

I posted some of mine here: http://www.classiczcars.com/gallery/category/2264-zcon-2015/ Now Mike can be happy.