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Old 02-11-2013, 11:41 AM   #117
Luther Grimace
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Re: 1955 12 Valve NAPCO Clone

I did some searching and I found out that this:

"The Cummins Non-intercooled engines (1989 through December 31, 1990) use a 9mm injector hole, with a 155 degree injector spray angle.
The piston bowls are shaped correspondingly, HOWEVER the (Lucas) POD injector (7mm hole) is the same spray pattern, as are the Marine 370 injectors (7mm hole).
Simply using the aformentioned shims will allow the use of 7mm injectors in the 9mm head.

Some people make a big deal out of the fact the the 9mm head has a definite cracking issue in the injector hole, and while they do tend to crack there and they do seep through the washers, they seldom ever do much more than seep a minute amount of compression.
To this point, personally, I have never seen them crack and have a coolant issue.

The spray angle on the '91.5-'93 INTERCOOLED injectors is 145 degrees.
The spray angle on the '94-'98 (pre 24 valve) injector is also 145 degrees.

The injector BODIES are different where the injector line fitting attaches to the body.
The '94-'98 line fitting is larger than the '89-'93 style.

The tips (sometimes called "nozzles") interchange between the bodies on all years, but the "pop pressures" (Initial line pressure required to move the pintle) differs between the 2 different pump styles (89-'93 VE vs. '94-'98 P-7100).

I (and others) consider the Non-Intercooled VE engine to be the "Hot Rod" engine of the VE line, as it has the largest stock injectors, flow wise, (4x.013) of all the 12 valve engines, as well as a bit more agressive cam profile.
As stock, the non-intercooled VE pump is usually very conservatively tuned, with much more capacity available in it's adjustments.

The above specs are to be credited to the GREAT FOLKS at 1stGen.org.

Mark."

So it looks like I have lucked out on this. I can just reuse my injectors since I have a 91.5 year model. Sheww! I just made it by the skin of my teeth. I would like to possibly upgrade injectors down the road but I don't have the cash flow to do that now unless I unload some parts. I will have to check on selling these P Pump injectors and front timing housing.
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