On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:52:24 -0700, Larry Jaques
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:18:29 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:22:37 -0400, "Steve W."
wrote:

wrote:

The first American fuel injection I saw was a pre-production
controller for the 1976 Seville in a GM lab.

Wasn't the first American made production automobile available with
fuel injection the 1957 Chevy Corvette?
And the 1957 Fuelie BelAir

The Rochester unit works pretty well but it takes a very specific
procedure to adjust it. Then you hope it stays adjusted for a while.
One of the reasons why many were replaced with carbs was due to the
finicky adjustments needed.
The rochester was great for places like arizona where the weather is
not changeable and there are not too many trees. Here in Ontario you
had to re-tune them with every (hourly) change in the weather, or if
the road was shaded with trees

I had far better luck with Rottenchesters in LoCal than I did with
Holleys

We are not talking about rochester carburetors - we are talking about
Rochester Fuel Injection, as used on the '57 Corvette and BelAir 283.

That said, Holley carbs always (or at least OFTEN) had issues with
leaks between the metering block and the throttle body, often due to
warped metering blocks - worse in hot climates but common enough up
here in Ontario,

. The old Ford carbs mustered right through most things,
though. That said, I rebuilt a Ford 2bbl on the Ranch Wagon a mile
outside of Mohave, CA when the float stuck. I popped the carb off,
took a few tools in my pockets, found an auto parts store, grabbed a
gallon bucket of carb boiler and a rebuild kit, walked to the last
house on the outskirts of town and asked to use their hose, and
rebuilt it on the side of the road. I had the wagon back on the road
a bit over an hour after I'd had to pull over. That carb dried
quickly in that heat, too. I couldn't have done that with any other
brand of carb, I don't believe.