The most complete history of the fuel injection system and its relationship to chevrolet and the corvette. I was talking about this car with ken kayser, who wrote the book on the 57 corvette race cars the history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree. Diesel engines do not use spark plugs to ignite the fuel that is sprayed, or injected, directly into the cylinders, instead relying on the heat created by compressing air in the cylinders to ignite the fuel. Oct 14, 20 as connell explains, kayser conducted a forensic engineering audit on no.
The history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet. The book includes over photos and makes for a great illustrative history. Ken kayser has authored over seventy five articles regarding the early history of the chevrolet corvette published in several different automotive hobbyist magazines since 1990. While the book reads like a novel, its true value will be found as a wonderfully rich reference source for many years to come. Petrol engines can use gasoline direct injection, where the fuel is directly delivered into the combustion chamber, or indirect injection where the fuel is. The project also benefited from valuable consultation with ken kayser, author of the book the history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8. As connell explains, kayser conducted a forensic engineering audit on no. Kayser writes that 43 went on the recognized airbox cars that were out there, and four. According to kayser who wrote the book the history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree, chevrolet actually built a total of 50. This iconic vintage corvette is offered with receipts and over 300 photographs of the restoration.
Exhaustively researched and encyclopedic in content, kayser s book provides an incredible wealth of insight, data, photographs, and blueprints never before available to the corvette reader. I was hoping this book would give me some insight into the actual tuning process of an efi system once the conversion had been made. Pit stop usa sells kinsler fuel injection, kinsler fuel injection systems, kinsler dragon claw fuel injection units, kinsler kjets, kinsler k140 high speed bypass, kinsler fuel injection replacement parts, kinsler up nozzle lines, kinsler down nozzle lines, kinsler injector nozzles, kinsler aluminum banjo body, kinsler aluminum nozzle banjo, kinsler bronze air filter, kinsler air filter. The uncommon 1957 airboxfuelie transformed the corvette. The history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree. Ken has given a great piece of chevrolet history to the reader, so i highly recomend this book to a car enthusiast. The history of general motors ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree was published in 2007 and was named the 2007 corvette book of the year. The 1957 chevrolet 283cid v8 prototype fuel injection engines were all originally built at. Unlike many companies, kinsler offers their experience and abilities to supplement any manufacturers equipment. Fuel injection in automotive engineering intechopen. Diesel publications, incorporated, 1945 diesel motor 174 pages. At aprils meeting we were honored to have ken kayser, author of the history of ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its racing pedigree as our special guest. To view a table of contents and order this book click here.
The history portions are so interesting, that i often reread sections to better understand the time. I bought this book because i am working on a carburetor to fuel injection conversion for my classic car. Kayser writes that 43 went on the recognized airbox cars that were out there, and four boxes were installed incorrectly at the factory. Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by the means of an injector all diesel engines use fuel injection by design. Documented with historical data from noland adams 1980 first edition restoration and technical guide vol. Before final development, gm opted out of fi for their upper lines and went with multicarb setups 2x4 on 5557 cad enginestripower for 5862 and the j2 tripower for the 5758 olds and. The 43 fuel injected cars which were built with an airbox in 1957. But ken kayser, who wrote the book on the 57 corvette race cars the history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree, states that chevrolet built a total of 50 of these famous airboxes. Fuel injection, in an internalcombustion engine, introduction of fuel into the cylinders by means of a pump rather than by the suction created by the movement of the pistons. The gm fuel injection system promised unsurpassed engine performance with exceptional fuel economy. It has its own section in the black book corvette bible, the history of gms fuel injection development and racing pedigree by ken kayser. Next, ken kayser, who was a gm engineer for many years and spent the biggest part of his employment at gm accumulating engineering and historical documents, which finally, was published in a book recently, both hard and soft bound versions. Ken also said that the book is currently in reprint and 100s are due in 2 weeks. It was a great surprise and privilege for the author to read the original gm photographic log books.
Performance fuel injection systems is not a megasquirtspecific book but does speak from our experience. All of these documentsawards come with the car together with many photographs, tapes of interviews and original movie camera film of the cars races. Ken kayser poses with his 1957 corvette at the 2007 bloomington gold. Payte discovered this nugget of information in kenneth kaysers lengthily titled book, the history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet. Ken kaysers long awaited corvette book shipping now shipping.
Oldsmobile completed gms first fuel injected automobile a year later about kens. Fi book introduction mechanical fuel injection constant flow. The project also benefited from valuable consultation with ken kayser, author of the book the history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its. The history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its. View kenneth kaysers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by the means of an injector. Instead, this book spends a great deal of time covering basic electronics ie. The information in his book is neither speculations nor assumptions. The lowe fuel injection book is the most comprehensive and most technically up to date fuel injection book in the world. The history portions are so interesting, that i often reread.
Corvettes of buffalo ken kayser guest speaker at aprils. The uncommon 1957 airboxfuelie transformed the corvette into. Also on november 23, 1956 chevrolets work order 1769614 authorized zora to perform a special test on his corvette sr fuel injection duntov cam 283 hp v8. Thorncliff partners is a business to business consulting network of proven professional specialists and managers. In a more complex mechanical fuel injection system with more than one bypass or enrichment nozzle, an air to fuel ratio of each segment of the fuel curve can be determined. It covers information on all types of constant flow fuel injection for virtually every application. Aug 29, 2011 i was talking about this car with ken kayser, who wrote the book on the 57 corvette race cars the history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree.
In a simple mechanical fuel injection system, the air to fuel ratio of a tuneup is a phenomenal measurement of that tuneup. The 1953 gm motorama corvette dreamcar promised an american sports car to compete with europes best. Gas engines can use gasoline direct injection, where the fuel is directly delivered into the combustion chamber, or indirect injection where the fuel is mixed with air before the intake stroke. The 31 chapter 200 page fuel injection book is here for more info on what has been called the best fuel inject i on book on this planet. Rochester fuelie unit chevy message forum restoration and. When he crawled out from under the car, kayser proclaimed, this is the real deal with this low serial number. I dont know if you are familiar with ken kayser, but he has been a gm engineer for many years and had accumulated tons of fi and early gmchevy drawingsinformationdocu mentation. Until ken explained this in his book, i never knew what made. However in ken kaysers book entitled the history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree he states that the real airbox option was actually 579d, an rpo not listed in the black book. Corvette forums dzauto has read kaysers book and says the author seems to have a pretty convincing argument. Leader in the pioneering and implementation of fuel injection systems mechanical fuel injection 866 4646553 electronic fuel injection 215 6434607 home about hilborn.
The only surviving 1957 motorama cutaway fi engine of the five made. Ken kayser s history of ramjet fuel injection on the. Rochester fuelie unit chevy message forum restoration. The history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v. Ken gave an hourlong presentation on chevrolets early fuel injection systems that were used on the 1953 through 1960 corvett. I have kens original short story of fuel system tuning and he also setup my blown alky combo, we havent hurt anything due to his settings,we have been running 1050f exhaust temps all the way.
The project also benefited from valuable consultation with ken kayser, author of the book the history of gms ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree. Kinsler fuel injection has been serving the racing and high performance industry since 1967. Kens mom, audrey louise nachbar and dad, ralph william kayser jr. Vette vues magazine 1957 chevrolet corvette 283283 fi. Before the zinc diecast fuel meter was polished as well. This book is also very technical and the reader will better understand how automotive fuel injection systems work. Prologue chapter 1 introduction to basic fuel systems chapter 2 fuel pumps chapter 3 barrel valves. Corvette fuel injection before this fi unit was highly polished, including the aluminum plenum and finned cover.
I have ken s original short story of fuel system tuning and he also setup my blown alky combo, we havent hurt anything due to his settings,we have been running 1050f exhaust temps all the way. The 1957 fuel injection book by noted 1957 fi expert ken kayser. Prototype experimental fi unit used in the development of 1957 fuel injection. Jun 10, 2016 this article appeared in the september 2007 issue of vette vues magazine in its coverage of the bloomington gold corvette show. May 03, 2018 it has its own section in the black book corvette bible, the history of gms fuel injection development and racing pedigree by ken kayser. The history of general motors ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree was published in 2007 and was named the.
Many of the tuning software screenshots and other referencesimages will be highly recommended for anyone diving into a megasquirt project, and highly educational for someone diving into any efi project. The 1957 chevrolet 283cid v8 prototype fuelinjection engines were all originally built at. It has its own section in the book, the history of gms fuel injection development and racing pedigree by ken kayser. Ken gave an hourlong presentation on chevrolets early fuel injection systems that were used on the 1953 through 1960. Kissimmee 2014 saturday catalog cars by mecum auctions issuu.
Performance fuel injection systems by matt cramer and. The general motors fuel injection history can not be told just by itself because the gm fuel injection timeline parallels that of the chevrolet corvette and the chevrolet v8. In a more complex mechanical fuel injection system with more than one bypass or enrichment nozzle, an air to fuel ratio of. There are several fi drawings in ken s book that were submitted for a patent on buick nailhead engines. The main topic of fuel injection in automotive engineering book is fundamental process that determines the development of internal combustion engines and performances of automotive vehicles.
Ken kayser s long awaited corvette book shipping now shipping. The history of general motors ramjet fuel injection on the chevrolet v8 and its corvette racing pedigree was published in 2007 and. This article appeared in the september 2007 issue of vette vues magazine in its coverage of the bloomington gold corvette show. Due to the weight of this book, it is easier and cheaper and safer to ship priority mail flat rate with delivery.
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