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Kiwi
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Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 16, 2009, 20:43:56 pm »
Couple of questions, Hilborn mechanical fuel injection with the tall stacks. Now the look is nice, but I understand that they are not useable on street use as they have little or no driveabilty on part throttle.
Can a electronic system be used to run it?
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Re: Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 17, 2009, 02:43:20 am »
That would be cool. I don't see why you couldn't, but I'm no fuel injecton expert by a longshot
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Neil Davies
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Re: Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 17, 2009, 10:45:12 am »
I'm fairly sure that there is a Hilborn style EFI system for V8s. I seem to rememer reading about it in Street Rodder or something like that.
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Re: Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 17, 2009, 12:09:02 pm »
yeah you can use it on the street, just take a little dialing in
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Re: Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 17, 2009, 21:15:21 pm »
They sell a boss to weld into the manifolds for new type fuel injectors - can be made to run on the street.
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rick m
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Re: Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 18, 2009, 16:43:33 pm »
The answer is yes...you can convert the old HILBORNE to run on the street. I have a lot of V8 buddies who have done it. As one stated, it takes a little more dialing in as you won't have a mass air flow sensor but you can use other controls to fatten up or lean out the fuel curve with a programmable unit controlling the injectors.
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Kiwi
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Re: Hilborne mechanical fuel injection
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September 18, 2009, 20:37:18 pm »
Thanks for the help, it is one of those things that has light at the end of the tunnel.
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Kiwi
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Re: Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 19, 2009, 17:55:16 pm »
here is a picture of what we are dealing with
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Fiatdude
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Re: Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 20, 2009, 04:53:49 am »
Totally streetable -- Have had them on V8's, VW's and motorcycles and drove them all on the street
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Re: Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 20, 2009, 12:25:39 pm »
Quote from: rick m on September 18, 2009, 16:43:33 pm
The answer is yes...you can convert the old HILBORNE to run on the street.
Rick M
It is Hilborn not Hilborne.
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Mike Lawless
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Re: Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
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September 21, 2009, 04:42:21 am »
I've been running it for a couple years now on methanol. There are certain valves you can employ to clean up the midrange and idle, but be prepared to use a lot of fuel.
I got this system pretty close in just a few races. I burned a few sets of plugs along the way, re-engineered the total fuel delivery scheme, but I'm pretty happy with it now.
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