Anyone ever run mechanical fuel injection?

[12-Pack Jeff]

Just wonder if anyone ever ran or still runs mechanical fuel injection?? Hillborn? Enderle? Crower? would be pretty bitchen to see some stacks sticking out the hood of an old EB...

 

[Bronco_69]

i had an enderle buzzard catcher on a drag car. it was a 67 chevy II tube chassis car. ran low 8's in the 1/4. all motor 565 cubic inch big block on alcohol

my old car got about 5 gallons per mile!!! i would hate to have one on my bronco.

 

[12-Pack Jeff]

drool.. Novas.. I've had 2 65 wagons, 1 63 2 door.. how'd ya like the enderle setup w/ the buzzard catcher? heard mechanical injection is a "set it and forget" it kinda deal after its all dialed in... A lot of the boat guys I know swear by mechanical injection

 

[Steve83]

I restored a '63 Vette fuelie - what a PITA. EFI is vastly superior in every way.

 

[67ster]

Back in the late 60s, my partner and I had a set of Enderle stack injectors on a SBC . Yeah, they looked cool and the car ran right on the national record for a C/altered but I would never consider running them on the street or wheeling with a DD .

 

[Apogee]

One of my old coworkers built his own mechanical fuel injection system using a few Hillborn parts for his daughter's daily driver/drag Pinto with a 4-banger. Just based on the amount of time and effort that went into that system, I would have to agree that EFI is much more flexible, tunable, and higher performance in the end throughout the entire throttle range.

 

[73stallion]

set and forget? yeah right. you'd better know how to work on it, cause you'll be tuning it frequently. i know hot rodders who have it and they cuss it, aside from the looks. it also loads up at idle bad.

 

[70_Steve]

I suppose you could always get taller stacks!! Weber carbs for a SBF.
http://www.carburetion.com/Weber/wildv8.asp

 

[Viperwolf1]

I believe there are a few folks with 4BTs running mechanical injection.

 

[Steve83]

%) There's an oilburner in every group!

 

[sandguy356]

I wouldn't just for the fact that most mech injection is WOT set up, not really geared for partial throttle stuff.
With the EFI stuff that is out there, EFI seems a lot more practical these days on anything less than a full bore race bronco. I believe Kinsler makes a set up that looks like the mechanical stacks, but is actually 8 EFI throttle bodies.

 

[67ster]

2x on the Kinsler efi retro. and others are doing the efi thing on stack Hilborns for early ,middle and late Hemis. It can also be applied to bug,bird and buzzard catchers using either a blower or tunnel ram. There are several reasons that top fuel and funny cars aren't using it it the tremendous fuel flow required and NHRA rules mandate an air powered logic computer instead of electronic in the fuel classes.