Sudden Acceleration: The Early Years

[frankxbe]

Article about Bendix Electrojector fuel injection system first on the 1958 Chrysler 300D ,Dodge D500s, Plymouth Furys, and DeSoto Adventurers .

The Bendix system was later Improved and licensed to Bosh in 1965 and eventually evolved into the Bosh D -Jetronic it went into production for 1968 model year in Volkswagen 411s and Porsche 914s. Soon thereafter, various Mercedes-Benz, Saab, Volvo, and Jaguar cars and was later used on the 75-79 cad Seville.

Read more: http://www.automobilemag.com/featur...on_the_early_years/viewall.html#ixzz2cuzRKcjn

Tom Hoover, one of the original Ramchargers and the father of the second-generation Hemi V-8 engine, enjoyed his share of excitement during his 24 years as a Chrysler engineer, but a couple of incidents stand out. During the early days of electronic engine controls, Hoover had two brushes with runaway acceleration. Hoover, now enjoying retirement in Roanoke, Virginia, recently shared his recollections to shed some light on the issue that has plagued practically every maker selling cars and trucks in the US. Today, everything from errant floor mats to magnetic waves from outer space are suggested as the root of all unintended-acceleration evil. But in Hoover’s day, there was only one smoking gun: the Bendix Electrojector fuel injection system that Chrysler planned to introduce on four car lines in the 1958 model year.

 

[BOUXY]

Bosch

 

[skippy_ps]

Interesting article about the Chrysler FI. I sorta vaguely remember that system, I think.

The Rochester system on '57 - '65 Corvettes were all largely the same with incremental modifications over the years. Low pressure constant-flow systems. Were also sold on '57 - '58 Chevy and Pontiac passenger cars.

 

[Mrv8q]

Damn, I love me some '58 Impala! That car is beautiful! cool FI!

 

[frankxbe]

Interesting article about the Chrysler FI. I sorta vaguely remember that system, I think.

The Rochester system on '57 - '65 Corvettes were all largely the same with cabe driven fuel from the distributor it injected fuel to all 8 cylinders intake runners at once they had a lot of trouble with it especially the cold enrichment system.

I worked on the 75-79 Cadillac electronic system it wasn't bad not hard to work on. compared to the Bosh CIS ,D jetronic,L tronic and Japanese AFC systems .
and of course the later American systems the TBI's , were a real
PITA.