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      12-04-2015, 04:44 PM   #1
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Question Fuel-It TBI or CP-e PI? What's the difference?

What's going on everybody? I have a few questions regarding the best route to take in relations to using full e85 and maxing out the whip to its full potential. So I've recently jumped the gun and bought VRSF inlets, which should arrive next week, and out of the performance mods I do have I'm at the point now where it's like eff it, what's one more mod. So I've been looking at the CP-e Port Injection kit and Fuel-it Throttle Body Injection, but I'm not sure which route to go. From my understanding and I'm quite sure I may be wrong, but oh well. Is PI upgraded lpfp and hpfp option and the TBI is just an upgraded hpfp option or am I way off? I have a lpfp and I didn't know if PI was worth when I could do the TBI and get the same results.
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Your LPFP and HPFP are both separate from TBI/PI and what LPFP upgrade you need depends on how much fuel you need. Stock turbos, a LPFP upgrade like Fuel-It's Stage 2 (Walbro 450) should suffice. While Fuel-It's Stage 3 (dual Walbro 450) is needed when pushing upgraded turbos.

PI adds six extra injectors on a fuel rail and will allow you to run straight e85 with upgraded turbos. TBI adds a spacer with nozzle(s?) right by the throttle-body and should allow you to max out the stock turbos running straight e85.

Both PI and TBI were developed because the HPFP can't keep up and there aren't any upgrades for it.
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Tbi for stock turbos, pi for everything else.
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Your LPFP and HPFP are both separate from TBI/PI and what LPFP upgrade you need depends on how much fuel you need. Stock turbos, a LPFP upgrade like Fuel-It's Stage 2 (Walbro 450) should suffice. While Fuel-It's Stage 3 (dual Walbro 450) is needed when pushing upgraded turbos.

PI adds six extra injectors on a fuel rail and will allow you to run straight e85 with upgraded turbos. TBI adds a spacer with nozzle(s?) right by the throttle-body and should allow you to max out the stock turbos running straight e85.

Both PI and TBI were developed because the HPFP can't keep up and there aren't any upgrades for it.
Good explanation..
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      12-05-2015, 11:49 AM   #6
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Do you need a different/special charge pipe for TBI? Seems like fitment would be off with a spacer on the TB.
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