[DWC]

Recently, I started the car (took a second due to being about 40* outside and no choke) and it had been idling for about 5 minutes. I was glancing at the engine, checking for anything unusual, out of habit. I noticed a stronger than normal fuel smell. I looked on the passenger side of the engine bay and out of the corner of my eye, I saw a drip. Turned out being a steady drip from my fuel pressure regulator. I shut the engine down and wiped up the fuel that was puddling in the intake manifold.

There is a hole in the upper FPR casting where the fuel was coming from. It's a Summit FPR and from what I've learned, that whole is designed to weep fuel when the diaphragm fails.

Summit told me to pound sand when I told them their fuel pressure regulator failed. I ended up going with a billet, rebuildable, Aeromotive FPR. Problem solved.

As for the brakes, I felt they didn't stop as I believed they should. I could stop safely, but couldn't lock up the brakes. Even though it's a manual setup, I felt like I should have better stopping performance. The pedal is firm and felt as I thought it should.

The master cylinder I was using was a 15/16" bore. I called Wilwood, gave them my part numbers, car info, and explained the issue. They said that the Superlite 6R pistons are small and require more PSI than their other calipers. With that, he said I need a 7/8" bore MC and that would provide about 150 PSI more force when the pedal's depressed and would allow for a bit more pedal stroke.

I got the new MC installed and pedal feel and brake performance are much improved.

Daniel