More pre-efi trivia

[Shannen Durphey]

Wow!  I kinda liked Bruce's idea about a repro manifold hiding EFI
workings.  Could look pretty cool.
Shannen

mrvette wrote:
> 
> I used to see those systems for about 100 bucks....back in the 60's-70's....try
> 3-5000 bucks now....restored and operating.....GENe
> 
> Jemison Richard wrote:
> >
> > It was common in the '60s for owners who started having problems (the
> > feeling later was most of the problems were non-fi related) would scrap the
> > fi in favor of a carb setup.  For a period extending into the early '70s
> > these units would turn up in swap meets, etc.
> >
> > Rick
> > Indy
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Shannen Durphey [SMTP:shannen at mcn.net]
> > > Sent: Friday, October 09, 1998 10:24 PM
> > > To:   diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> > > Subject:      More pre-efi trivia
> > >
> > > Rochester FI (called Chevrolet Fuel Injection) appears in the 63 Vette
> > > shop manual, but not in the 64 supplement.   Seems that fuel pressures
> > > up to 200 psi were possible depending on engine speed.  This system must
> > > have baffled more than a couple of mechanics.  Heh heh.
> > >
> > > Shannen
> 
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