gqneon
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So - I've been embarking on this garage install journey with my 2018 GT PP. Lots of little differences between this year and the 15-17's for sure. The fuel system is a noteworthy one. I'm in the midst of replacing the stock fuel system with a Fore twin pump system. I did this on my last 15 GT and it was not that hard. Honestly, the 18 isn't that much more difficult - Fore has a T-block that goes right on the HPFP to feed the loop for both sets of rails and both pressure regulators.
The snags so far mostly relate to the whipple rails that come with the whipple kits on the 2018 models. I've talked to Mike at Whipple and Rick at Fore and gotten my thoughts together. The passenger side front connection to the Whipple fuel rail is in close proximity to the stock heater hose. This has a LARGE metal crimp connection to a 90* factory snap on fitting to connect to the top of the block. Whipple uses -6 size fittings on their rails and Fore uses minimum -8. To get the lines to work, a -8 to -6 adapter has to be screwed into the end of the Whipple Rail before any hose connection can be made with the Fore system. Fore sent these adapters knowing this. But because of the increased length this adds to the rail, it becomes a impossible to put a 180* fitting for the fuel system in this location to connect the system.
I'm on my PC so I'll try to add some pictures to illustrate the area and fitment concern later. I think my solutions are to cut the factory heater hose and attempt to swivel the factory fitting out of the way, or to remove the factory fitting and simply put a piece of coolant hose onto the stem and use a worm drive clamp or something to get it to stay. I think this would look like crap and be a real concern for a failure point, so it's definitely my option #2.
People have installed Fore systems on 18 Whipple cars I'm sure - I'm open to any ideas or what you might have done - especially any pictures - to help get over this hurdle. I'd love to not hack up hoses but in the end it's not THAT big of a deal. I was just hoping not to have to drain my coolant in a 10* garage today!
Post up - I'd love to hear and see what others have done.
The snags so far mostly relate to the whipple rails that come with the whipple kits on the 2018 models. I've talked to Mike at Whipple and Rick at Fore and gotten my thoughts together. The passenger side front connection to the Whipple fuel rail is in close proximity to the stock heater hose. This has a LARGE metal crimp connection to a 90* factory snap on fitting to connect to the top of the block. Whipple uses -6 size fittings on their rails and Fore uses minimum -8. To get the lines to work, a -8 to -6 adapter has to be screwed into the end of the Whipple Rail before any hose connection can be made with the Fore system. Fore sent these adapters knowing this. But because of the increased length this adds to the rail, it becomes a impossible to put a 180* fitting for the fuel system in this location to connect the system.
I'm on my PC so I'll try to add some pictures to illustrate the area and fitment concern later. I think my solutions are to cut the factory heater hose and attempt to swivel the factory fitting out of the way, or to remove the factory fitting and simply put a piece of coolant hose onto the stem and use a worm drive clamp or something to get it to stay. I think this would look like crap and be a real concern for a failure point, so it's definitely my option #2.
People have installed Fore systems on 18 Whipple cars I'm sure - I'm open to any ideas or what you might have done - especially any pictures - to help get over this hurdle. I'd love to not hack up hoses but in the end it's not THAT big of a deal. I was just hoping not to have to drain my coolant in a 10* garage today!
Post up - I'd love to hear and see what others have done.
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