555 EFI competition

[Greg Hermann]

>On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 12:44:05 -0600, bearbvd at cmn.net (Greg Hermann)
>wrote:
>
>>The whole thing sounds a whole lot like Cad reverse engineered a Bosch
>>D-Jetronic.
>
>Hey dood, you're right. Here's a quote I just picked up from Motor Age:
>
>"EFI began its rise to absolute domination of gasoline engine fuel
>delivery with Bosch’s D-Jetronic system, which was offered on a number
>of European imports in the early 1970s. As many of the EFI savvy among
>us know, this system was adapted for use on some Cadillac models in the
>latter portion of that decade. What you may not know is that America’s
>Bendix Corp. was the first to manufacture this basic system, and 100 of
>these units were placed on Chrysler automobiles in the 1958 model year.
>Unfortunately, these systems could not be made practically or reliably
>prior to the development of solid-state electronics and integrated
>circuits."
>
Did know a guy who re-did the drivers on one of the D-Jets for a Volvo with
something quite a tad hotter, and found out that he wuz opening the
injectors so much quicker that he then had to lean the whole thing down!

Greg


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