swapping injectors

[Don Tanklage]

went to change out my pod's for some ddp stg III's and am trying to figure out how you are supposed to get the retainer nut off the old injector...



or are the stock injectors different than the pod's and i need to locate the stockers to steal the nut off of them?



here is a pic so you can see what i mean - the top section of the pod inj body is larger than the stg III so the nut wont come off the top



thanks, don

 

[dpuckett]

I'd say you need to find your original nuts, Don. If you dont have any, let me know- I may be able to help.



Pete, shut up :-laf



Daniel

 

[PToombs]

Yeah, I think we went thru this already! :-laf



(I must be getting a bad reputation)

 

[TWorline]

I'd say you need to find your original nuts, Don. If you dont have any, let me know- I may be able to help.



Pete, shut up :-laf



Daniel

:-laf:-laf Now thats funny!:-laf:-laf

 

[bgilbert]

Looking for better fuel mileage with the smaller injectors? 4x14 vs. 5x12's ( I think that's what those ddp's are).

 

[therabbittree]

I think you just pull or push the retaining nut off the injector... Am I wrong? I thought I've Done that before. .

Later

Deo

 

[Don Tanklage]

you are right bill, they have less cross sectional area at the smallest part of ea orfice



but there may be more to it than that...



deo, i think you can pull the nut off the top of the stockers, but not the pods



don

 

[TBurow]

hey don what you gonna do with those pod's? up for sale? pm me

 

[Don Tanklage]

not hardly - bill was right, i lost almost 20% power going from pods to stg III's. and the truck got louder.



i am gonna drive it for a while and see what it does to mileage. from what i have heard some guys got lousy mileage with the pods. these pods were from bd and must be a good set cuz i could get 20 if i drove it mellow. will post results



don

 

[NYCEGUY01]

I get low 20's with pods. Ive been thinking some new era 435's. Anyone here ran both ??



I like the power but want to try and cool it down a little and clean it up some .

 

[bgilbert]

these pods were from bd and must be a good set cuz i could get 20 if i drove it mellow. will post results



don

Don, BD was at one time selling John Russin's injectors (Buddha Power), so they could be modded POD's or well set etc. I would also guess you'd lose power if you went with their stage 4's.



Mileage- as long as you have a well tuned setup (timing, afc), and an injector that sprays in the bowl, the right foot will play the most part in MPG's.

 

[Don Tanklage]

ddp confirmed that yesterday



you are pretty sharp



i hear ya on the mileage thing - question is how do i get the afc to come in at 10 psi?



i was thinking about trying a different approach - installing a solenoid and and a hobbs switch adn using my air tank as supply



how do you think that would work?

 

[Don Tanklage]

ps - still have not tried the silver (heavier) spring

 

[Shadrach]

There are two styles of injectors. With the ones shown in the bottom of the picture the nut does NOT come off. Shadrach

 

[Don Tanklage]

thanks, i found the stock inj's and stole the nutz off of them