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Malpassi regulators and filter/regulator assemblies seem to be very popular with the Weber gurus in Europe. I have a brand new Filter King with pressure gauge and filter, and was wondering what the consensus is on these? A lot of the feedback I have found among Weber tuners has been full of praise.

Thank you.

never heard before. in germany, we use filters from knecht, k&n, fram....

kind regards

jens

Jim, you see Filter King advertized, but not installed on Hi-Po cars.
PM.

I've heard for Malpassi and their Regulators have a fair price,so are available to everybody.They also produce blow-off valves,fuel filter and that kind of stuff

Not quite true – if you look at many older sports or race cars, they have now been fitted with Filter King set-ups. I don't like them as they seem a bit crude, but they obviously work.

I run a filter king on my 12sec car. Used to run a stock fuel pump, too. Worked like a charm. I have the glass bowl so I can see the level when the car is on the dyno.
What´s wrong with them Harry?

Correct. You do see them on many Weber equipped cars with high specific output motors. The unit I have doesn't seem crude at all though. Beautifully cast mag housing, well finished, etc. The consistency and reliability record of Holleys?
Anyway, hard to find gph rating on these.

For a hot street car, I doubt one of these regulators would come up short on flow...  circuit racing, maybe.

Just my impression on DDD and EBI Drag cars. Correct me if i'm wrong.

Yeah Jim, but you like BRMs too. :D

Hi JS, have you ever had a fuel starvation issue? Do you know your motor HP and your fuel demand (gallons or liter per hour)?
Are you running 8mm hose?

Thanks
Jim

Nope, no fuel starvation except for a couple of issues with piece of shit electric fuel pumps.  >:(
Back when I had the original fuel pump and small valve heads it made about 150 on the dyno. Since then I changed some stuff on it, today it´s maybe 190´ish based on ET.
I was planning on running the original fuel line, but I changed it to 8mm because I was "told" the original would not work. Which I think it would have...

very cool. Thank you!

King filters are Malpassi filters  ;)

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There are 3 versions, the standard FK67with standard barbed or 1/8 npt fittings

(http://www.gt2i-classic.com/images/M-KING.jpg)

(http://www.gt2i-classic.com/images/M-KING-NPT.jpg)

The FK85...

(http://www.gt2i-classic.com/images/M-KINGM.jpg)

(http://www.gt2i-classic.com/images/M-KINGM-NPT.jpg)

For Hi Po cars, there is a Hi flow version of the King/Malpassi fuel pressure regulator  ;)

http://www.dellorto.co.uk/merchandise/products_details.asp?PartNo=V8reg&CategoryID=8&PartsectionID=18

Bye!

Yep. And the ones CB Perf are selling are also from Malpassi I believe.

wow, those look cool! :)

I was given one of the high flow (?) versions with gauge from my friend that does the Porsche restoration, dyno stuff, etc.
He bought few from a vendor in Great Britain, and has used them on a few 911 vintage-race projects, including a psuedo 911R.
I've been staring at it on my workbench, and it sure seems to want to crawl into my engine compartment. Would look nice next to a pair of 48IDAs and a Vertex, right?
And maybe a little better suited to European carburetors over the caveman Holley.

I used a Malpassi filter king on my IDA equiped 2276 Bug a while back and had no probs. 8 mm hose and 3 psi fuel pressure was more than enough for the 196 horsepower the motor made on the dyno.  8)

Malpassi..mmm sounds like some exotic dish to me ;D

I think the boost-sensitive regulator on my turbo stuff was a Malpassi. Came from CB Perf if memory serves me right.