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Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:10 pm
by kennysti
Might be the wrong spot ot post or possibly a very silly question, I'm upgrading my fuel pump to a Deatschwerks 65c to go with my bigger turbo build. Basically I dont know if it will arrive before my car is due to be tuned again with the intake, turbo, TMIC and 3 port solenoid.
Is it worth delaying my tune until the pump shows up? or is it not that big a deal? Does swapping out the fuel pump have an effect on the tune at all?
Thanks guys again sorry if it seems a bit of a noob question :oops:

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:57 pm
by t.renshaw34
wait for all your parts. put them all on. Then get a tune.

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:16 pm
by Deep Heat
I don't think it should make a difference since the flow into the engine is controlled my the injectors but take my opinion with a grain of salt.

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:10 pm
by Scotty's Customs
There is a good chance the pump won't flow well at idle and cruise unless you run new wiring and a relay from the battery.

Aftermarket pumps require over twice the current so you generally need to upgrade the power wires to the pump, also they don't seem to like the factory low voltage at cruise/idle.

Do you have a wideband o2?

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:40 am
by bigBADbenny
I'm looking for a stock replacement/upgrade pump for reliability thus interested.

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:46 am
by legacydan
no need for remap or extra wiring for DW65c i fitted one about 2 months ago and no issues with it, it did help lower injector duty cycle by about 5% though

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:21 am
by norbs
Scotty's Customs wrote:There is a good chance the pump won't flow well at idle and cruise unless you run new wiring and a relay from the battery.

Aftermarket pumps require over twice the current so you generally need to upgrade the power wires to the pump, also they don't seem to like the factory low voltage at cruise/idle.

Do you have a wideband o2?



This is news to me. Anyone else of similar opinion?

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:50 am
by bigBADbenny
legacydan wrote:no need for remap or extra wiring for DW65c i fitted one about 2 months ago and no issues with it, it did help lower injector duty cycle by about 5% though


That's my plan since my car is at 170K... Did you change the filter part as well ?

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:25 am
by legacydan
DW65C comes with a new filter 8)

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:06 am
by bigBADbenny
Great - so thats it? Buy, install, enjoy?

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:15 am
by bass_straitener
On special at Carmods at the moment.. Good price too.

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:41 pm
by jacks-GTB
bass_straitener wrote:On special at Carmods at the moment.. Good price too.


thats pretty standard price, pro speed, N1auto...

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:02 pm
by bass_straitener
jacks-GTB wrote:
bass_straitener wrote:On special at Carmods at the moment.. Good price too.


thats pretty standard price, pro speed, N1auto...


Bugger thought it was a bargain at $159 + postage. The carmods website says on special..

You live and learn..

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:38 pm
by bigBADbenny
Great excuse to visit Tuspeed :wink:

So if my 170K stock pump fails, will my car EXPLODE?

Or do I have better things to worry about?

Re: Re-Tune for fuel pump?

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:11 pm
by bigBADbenny
bigBADbenny wrote:So if my 170K stock pump fails, will my car EXPLODE?