Resistance of injectors and resistor packs

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Resistance of injectors and resistor packs

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Now my understanding of injectors is

Low impedance = 2-3ohms
High Impedance = 12-13ohms.


The CA18DE injectors i have now measure 13.7ohms

I plan on swapping to some larger low impedance injectors either CA18DET or Evo 1-3 injectors as they are cheap.
Now i'll need to run a resistor pack and i have one all ready to go. Its from a L18E it measures 6.7ohms

Nows heres what im worried about if the low impedance injectors are say 3ohms and my resistor pack is 6.7ohms wouldn't this mean that basically each circuit is 9.7ohms. Much lower than a high impedance injector. Is this likely to cause an insure and overheat my injector drivers.

Are all resistor packs basically the same or are there ones with different resistance levels?

Any advice much appreciated.
Brett
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Re: Resistance of injectors and resistor packs

Post by unlimitedpower »

From what I can tell on the internet and its hard to find solid information.
CA18DET dropping resistor is 6.3ohms so mine at 6.7ohms should be fine (in comparison to the CA18DET one eg use of CA18DET injectors (expensive)).

CA18DET injectors 2-3ohms so a total of round say 9.3ohms (internet information not measured myself unfortunately)
I find this interesting as the CA18DE setup is designed for a 13.7ohm resistance, So it would seem that the CA18DET ECU is designed for lower total resistance values.


Now I just need to find the actual resistance values of the EVO injectors and I should be set so long as they are with in the range of 2-3ohms like the CA18DET ones then all should be well when using my CA18DET ECU.

Brett
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