I was learning the automotive trade at my father's shop in Nashville when the Rochester mechanical fuel injection was introduced in 1957. When it was discontinued in 1962, I was a "know it all" high school student at the GM training center during summer break. I made the mistake of criticizing one of those Rochester field engineers about GM dropping the FI system. He schooled me- - - - -

#1- - - - -"The only time the fuel injected engine makes more horsepower than the 2-4 barrel Corvette 283 engine is at wide open throttle- - - -and then only by 5 HP."

#2- - - - -"It costs GM more to produce the FI system than we can afford to charge for it- - - -we lose money on every one we produce."

#3- - - - -"If every engine being produced worldwide had the best fuel injection system we know how to produce, regardless of cost, and someone came up with carburetion in its present stage of development, it would be hailed as a major advance in fuel system technology!"

Once again- - - -straight from one of the people who designed those things! Then Volkswagen came out with the first factory installed electronic fuel injection system, on the aircooled 1600 CC flat 4 cylinder in the 1965 Squareback. Truckers loved that one- - - -the clock circuit in the computer ran on the same frequency as CB radio, and a rig with a linear amplifier could shut down the engine by keying his microphone when a VW got even with his antenna during a passing attempt. VW changed to a different frequency in 1966.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!