Automotive

We had a little discussion recently about the SPICA fuel injection system in the Alfa Montreal coveted by Nicolas, and it motivated me to create a short post. I will try to explain how these systems work (or not) and why they are better than carburetors (...  

Thanks for this thorough summary. I recognize a lot probably because I lived in the US late seventies and later on late eighties and it brings back memories of 5he hot rods and the illegal drag races (even on base) Todays car technology is incomparable no... 

. . . but there were other GM vehicles outfitted with Rochester injection, including the '57 Chevy (saw one on the 10 Freeway in the '80s) and '58 Pontiac Bonneville. I didn't know about Chrysler's experimentation until several years ago. They must've bee...  

. . . this was coming. My money's on the Wedge ;-)

Imagine writing technically-correct, rhyming lyrics to a drag race song sung by surfer dudes with no knowledge of what they were singing about ...

. . . both a car guy and a surfer. Brian Wilson has the songwriting credit for Shut Down , but I've gotta believe Dennis was the tech consultant. ;-) ...  

Sadly he was a very troubled man and took it out on everyone and everything, especially his vehicles. Extracts from a 1984 article in Rolling Stone "Wilson was famous for letting people crash at his house — when he had one. In 1968, Charles Manson and his...  

I also found some details on the Rambler version of the Bendix Electrojector system. In contrast to Chrysler’s 20 cars produced, Rambler built 6 unofficially and 0 officially. It wouldn’t start under 45-50° F because they had no scheme for cold start enri...