Re: re:AMC modifying

[farna@xxxxxxx]

On August 22, 2005 andrew hay wrote:

> actually -- they did have rochester injection on the '57 327, and
> overdrives all through the '60s behind 3sp 287s and 290s at least.
> that's just nits though.
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Andrew Hay     

Now Andrew, that's a big slip for you!! Yes on the manual OD trannys (even behind the 327 -- T-89 w/BW OD), but ROCHESTER injection? The 57 got BENDIX electronic fuel injection, not Rochester Mechanical!! And for the record, there were no production cars shipped with EFI. It just wasn't reliable under to varied conditions. Within a certain range of parameters it worked fine, but get out side of that range and it got real tempermental. To hot or to cold and it may not start! As far as can be determined, only 5-6 cars were built with EFI, and none left the factory except for early test cars sent out where a few journalists could drive them, most notably  Daytona Beach during Speed Week, but none of the cars were officially run. None were actually sold though. For the record, the Rochester MFI wasn't very reliable except under a narrow range of conditions either. The Bendix used "new fangled" transistors. I can't imagine a single layer board with enough discrete circuits on it !
 (no ICS at all) that would actually do the job of controlling EFI correctly, to modrn standards. But that's what Bendix was working with. I don't know for sure, but might have been a vacuum tube or two in there! 

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