Experimenting with an adjustable fuel pressure regulator is one of the jobs on my to do list. I’ve had a flat spot ever since I’ve had the car & my box of sensors, replaced in an attempt to cure the problem, attests to the tenacity with which I’ve tried to rectify it.
The FPR forms part of the fuel circuit; the pump lifts fuel into the fuel rail, which is common to all the injectors. The injectors meter the fuel when required by the ECU & the excess is returned to the tank via the regulator. In a closed system it doesn’t really matter where the regulator is, the pressure is dictated by the setting & that setting should remain constant.
I can’t see any reason for the regulator to work cold but not hot, the unit is little more than a spring acting on a diaphragm & when the pressure is reached the valve opens & fuel is returned to the tank.
This, at least is how I understand it & it’s this information on which I’m basing my adjustable system.
Any advance on this anyone?
M