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1960fury |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7385 Location: northern germany | mikes2nd - 2019-06-07 7:32 PM yes your whining, bitching and attacking the guy... oh he's fake!!, he pretending!! also you ignore the fact that the parts DON'T EXIST... OH my god he's pretending its a generator... he never said it was the OE system(he said it was like the original system if you upgraded it with a modern system), so when you call him a liar/fake/pretend, that's an attack. Are you aware that everything that has been posted can be read again and again? So it makes no sense to post lies. I never called the owner a liar or the other things, but I call you a liar, because you are lying, obvious for everyone The only person who is whining is you. Like all liberals you can't cope with other peoples opinions and want to shut them down. You are a drama queen and cry baby. You are not god, learn to live with it. Again, I just posted my opinions and explained clearly why. This is a discussion board. Please stop attacking other people for posting their opinions. Thank you. Edited by 1960fury 2019-06-08 10:51 AM | ||
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Expert Posts: 1886 | There have been 1-2 of these former fuel injecting cars for sale for awhile. They weren't overly expensive. If you want one restored that way, buy it and do it. They haven't been hard to acquire, but nobody did anything with them. At least this allows people to know that a FI car existed within Chrysler in 1958. The car just got exposed to a ton of people. I get wishing it was original, but that seems impossible these days to accomplish. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | 1960fury - 2019-06-08 6:59 AM Thank you. Keep editing your posts... I guess i have to quote everything you post if were in a interenet fight. You did call him a fake and saying pretend blah, blah. nice try though. We all know he wasnt lying or pretending anything that wasnt 100% true about his vehicle. You claim he's trying to pass is it off as 100% Original, he never did. I never attacked you, i simply stated you calling him a liar/fake isnt cool. Im glad you edited your posts. Im done | ||
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Expert Posts: 2524 Location: Houston | The simple fact stands - it has a hollow ring to it when you fluff up the car because it was a FI car when it no longer runs the very system that made the car special. The system didn't work in 1958? So what if it did or didn't? This is 2019 and it's reasonable an original system could be made to work with some effort and understanding. Like the turbine car, the system wasn't a failure. You can be sure Chrysler learned a bunch from the experience. Just like the learned the turbine had limitations that proved it to be unfeasible, same for the injection. If they hadn't done it...they never woulda learned. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7385 Location: northern germany | mikes2nd - 2019-06-08 11:27 AM 1960fury - 2019-06-08 6:59 AM Thank you. Keep editing your posts... I guess i have to quote everything you post if were in a interenet fight. You did call him a fake and saying pretend blah, blah. nice try though. We all know he wasnt lying or pretending anything that wasnt 100% true about his vehicle. You claim he's trying to pass is it off as 100% Original, he never did. I never attacked you, i simply stated you calling him a liar/fake isnt cool. Im glad you edited your posts. Im done You are a liar. I did edit my post simply to rearange the layout (and maybe a few typos) as you needed to scroll from left to right to read my messages. It is something you see after you posted and it is clearly visible WHEN I edited my messages, shortly after I posted them and long before you posted that I call the D owner a liar. My last post (edit) before you claimed I was calling the guy a liar was made 6:55 PM. Your post stating I was calling the guy a liar was made 7:32 PM. Proof that you are lying. How does it feel to be exposed as a liar in public? I never called the owner of the D a fake and a liar, cry baby. Is that all you can resort to? After running out of arguments posting lies? You are pitiful being. I simply posted my opinion and I stand to what I said, as I just stated facts. It was you drama queen who started the whining and crying, as usual. Edited by 1960fury 2019-06-09 9:36 AM | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7385 Location: northern germany | GregCon - 2019-06-08 10:05 PM The simple fact stands - it has a hollow ring to it when you fluff up the car because it was a FI car when it no longer runs the very system that made the car special. The system didn't work in 1958? So what if it did or didn't? This is 2019 and it's reasonable an original system could be made to work with some effort and understanding. Exactly, but you need to be technically minded to understand. Obvously that is the problem. It is amazing how many automobile "engineers" and "experts" we have here. They all repeat only hearsay, yet claim to be more knowing and capable than the Chrysler engineers. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | Your words NOT MINE... You should go back and finish your editing... Pretend VERB speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. "I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep" Faking VERB faking (present participle) forge or counterfeit (something). "the woman faked her spouse's signature" | ||
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Expert Posts: 3966 Location: DFW, TX | I'm not sure why this has devolved, but I got no beef with any of ya. I love the car and that it has an EFI system that uses original hardware with functional electronics on it. Up next, let's talk about... D501s!!!! | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | I can't get past the modern air in the tires .... | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Henry Ford "painted" his 1915-25 cars with Gilsonite. Model T restorations today are faked with modern paint. Disgusting fraud. What has the world come to ? | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Anyone putting radial tires on a finned car should be skinned with a belt sander and placed under a vinegar drip. Why this isn't considered a crime against humanity, I do not know. Let's get serious here, people ! | ||
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Expert Posts: 1918 Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona | Doctor DeSoto - 2019-06-09 1:25 PM Anyone putting radial tires on a finned car should be skinned with a belt sander and placed under a vinegar drip. Why this isn't considered a crime against humanity, I do not know. Let's get serious here, people ! That's actually what I'd do to anyone trying to shame me into dropping meaningful dollars into bias plys. I can't remember just what I dropped for 'em in 1991, but I gave 'em a shot on my '57 Lincoln Premiere 2-door hardtop. $#!t was like trying to teach a pig to walk a tightrope - was near impossible to drive on the freeway. Got rid of 'em a few weeks later. And, with the fools who are on the streets these days, there's a few realities of present day life that need to be acknowledged in everyday driving of these cars: Pavement isn't like it was in 1958 - stopping power needs to be more precise and dependable, same with ignition and acceleration. Not to mention, being in Arizona, air conditioning is an absolute necessity - whether the car was originally built with it or not. Also, living in Arizona, I've got to laugh at people who are purist enough to look for original, period factory stamped radiator hoses when, where I live, though the cars may stay rust free, rubber/weatherstripping etc. are the first things to go. Hell - you're lucky if you get 2 good years out of your battery..... | ||
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Veteran Posts: 139 | If your Lincoln handled that poorly the front suspension and steering linkage was probably worn and it needed an alignment. Granted, radial tires do improve and mask a worn out front end, but when everything in the front end is tight the cars handled and rode surprisingly well with bias ply's. I should know, I own a 1958 Coronet with new Super Cushions, and a mint original 28,000 mile 1963 Impala that runs, handles and rides like a dream with bias plys. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9604 Location: So. Cal | It's not the front suspension that is at fault. I've experienced the issue as well. There are 2 problems with running modern bias plys. First is the new tires aren't nearly as good as the old ones were. Secondly, a lot of these cars are running with zero caster or even negative caster. Bias plys are much harder to control without a decent amount of caster. Add 1.5 to 2 degrees of caster, and they become much more tolerable.....but still not as stable as radials. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7385 Location: northern germany | mikes2nd - 2019-06-09 12:40 PM Your words NOT MINE... You should go back and finish your editing... Pretend VERB speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. "I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep" Faking VERB faking (present participle) forge or counterfeit (something). "the woman faked her spouse's signature" Interesting, I never received an english lesson from someone who does not know the difference between "your" and "you're". My words? No, just yours. Pretending is not lying. By putting the alternator in a generator housing, for instance, the owner of the D is pretending he runs a generator but he is not lying about it. Nothing wrong with that. Someone who drives a "sleeper" isn't "lying" either. Pretending is an entirely different thing, just like faking. Lying is saying or writing knowingly the untruth, and that is what you did. Again: 1960fury - 2019-06-09 9:12 AM My last post (edit) before you claimed I was calling the guy a liar was made 6:55 PM. Your post stating I was calling the guy a liar was made 7:32 PM. Proof that you are lying. How does it feel to be exposed as a liar in public? Edited by 1960fury 2019-06-10 2:57 PM | ||
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Veteran Posts: 298 Location: Kalispell, MT USA | OK, THIS IS NOT FUN ANY MORE!!! REALLY?? SOME PEOPLE NEED TO GROW UP! I had to change my settings so my phone wouldn't get blown up with this juvenile BS... | ||
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Veteran Posts: 139 | I doubt anyone on this site realizes that at least two of these fuel injected 58 Mopars are being restored currently, one being a 300D in California and will run with the original injection components. The owners are not public with these projects due to the rarity and value of the cars. I certainly hope these owners/restorers do not frequent this site and read the embarassing juvenile banter on this thread. I doubt they would ever disclose anything on here in the future due to the content of this thread. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | 1960fury - 2019-06-10 2:55 PM Interesting, I never received an english lesson from someone who does not know the difference between "your" and "you're". My words? No, just yours. really? are you sure? hah https://writingexplained.org/your-vs-youre-difference
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Veteran Posts: 127 | Doctor DeSoto - 2019-06-09 3:25 PM Anyone putting radial tires on a finned car should be skinned with a belt sander and placed under a vinegar drip. Why this isn't considered a crime against humanity, I do not know. Let's get serious here, people ! I agree Despite that I can't understand the childish discussion going on. The 300D got restored with some mods that I wouldn't have done personally either. But it is owned by Per Blixt and he is the only one who has to like it. No man with nice car needs to be justified. Being small minded or self-opinionated isn't helpful for people who enjoy similar cars. Carsten | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1155 Location: somerville mass | ALLRIGHT MAN STOP IT JUST EVERYONE STOP THIS BITCHING AND INSULTING EVERYONE OKAY? IS MODERATEOR WATCHING THIS? as for the car .. wow the sound of that engine!!!!! one of 21.. its not for sale doesn't matter if the fi is orig. or not.... try to find a unit.. | ||
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Expert Posts: 1918 Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona | 58coronet - 2019-06-10 12:05 PM If your Lincoln handled that poorly the front suspension and steering linkage was probably worn and it needed an alignment. Granted, radial tires do improve and mask a worn out front end, but when everything in the front end is tight the cars handled and rode surprisingly well with bias ply's. I should know, I own a 1958 Coronet with new Super Cushions, and a mint original 28,000 mile 1963 Impala that runs, handles and rides like a dream with bias plys. I had the front end rebuilt prior to making it a daily driver - about 9 months before trying bias plys - aligned with a rebuilt steering box and straight (no) canter. Radials first (worn - the ones that were on the car when I bought it), then bias plys, then back to radials - all on the original-to-the-car steelies. If I know the car is mechanically sound (save for the under-exercised engine, it was), steering (including front suspension) and brakes are always first to get shaped up if they need it (far as brakes, I kept the drums and had a dual master installed - I wasn't about to drive a near 5,000 pound car with a single master that looked, roughly, the size of a thimble). The result of the bias plys? Sloppy handling with no real sure foot and it seemed like they picked up every stray groove in the pavement and wanted to follow it. I put the radials (new) back on and that '57 Lincoln drove and handled so smooth, I was popped (pulled over) early one morning in the fall of 1991 doing 116 mph thinking I was doing 80 (one problem with the original engine swap - for another, stock 368 V-8 and Cruise-O-Matic - back in May, 1991 was that the dang speedo cable kept slipping out of the trans). They were 235/75R15 slim whites and looked a bit barren, but I'll be darned if they didn't make that '57 into a sure-footed two-fingered steerer that didn't sway and lurch all over hell..... | ||
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Expert Posts: 2196 Location: Muskego, WI | I doubt Chrysler had really completed ALL necessary testing on these units, there are often unforeseen issues. Sometimes there are known issues and they are covered up or ignored instead of addressed, I wouldn't put much stock in car companies (or any large corporation) doing the right thing. How often are cars recalled today? How often are there issues with cars that even get people killed? GM ignition switches. Ford fuel tanks. Toyota floor mats/accelerator pedals. VW and Fiat Chrysler have both had diesel emission scandals. Trusting that the company did the right thing is definitely the wrong approach. Chrysler messed up and they pulled the plug before the problem got any bigger. | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | The Lincoln handled poorly because of the non-original air in the tires ... Duh ! | ||
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Location: North Australia | This has become my favorite thread! The highlights are...... Mike and Sid's sparring is teaching me some important Chinglish. Very important for Australians! Doc's technical detail the modern reproduction plastic emblems, crappy modern paint and the importance of OEM tire air is a surprise! Arizona Mike, thanks for kicking the thread off and the info on the Lincoln handling like a pig with Bias plys, All valuable info! Seriously though, it is a very neat car to see in a video, Per did a good job bringing this car back from the dead, irrespective of opinions otherwise. Everyone needs to calm the F#(k down, and we need to get the moderators to post up a hurt feelings form somewhere. Some good ones here...... https://me.me/t/hurt-feelings-report Ride on. Steve. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7385 Location: northern germany | moparsteve - 2019-06-11 7:21 PM ALLRIGHT MAN STOP IT JUST EVERYONE STOP THIS BITCHING AND INSULTING EVERYONE OKAY? IS MODERATEOR WATCHING THIS? It is always interesting to see all the "good people" speak up suddenly, after this thing is long settled to show everyone how reasonable they are and trying to spark it up again. Again, this is settled, therefore your messages are pointless and your intentions^ are obvious. Those who are not the victims of denunciation should stfu. In my opinion calling a man a liar is a big offence. If someone accuses me of things I didn't do, I act allergic to it and I will defend myself. This has something to do with the history of this forum. Edited by 1960fury 2019-06-12 9:52 AM | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 673 Location: Malung, SWEDEN | You nailed it Per! The car is absolutely wonderful! | ||
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Expert Posts: 2524 Location: Houston | After mulling this over a bit...it occurs to me that the reason some don't think it's a big deal that the car does not run the OEM FI system is....they don't understand anything about FI systems. It's kinda like when you ask a girl what kind of engine her Mustang has and she says "I don't know. I just put gas in it!" It's like meeting a good looking girl in the rainbow part of town and not caring what she's packing under her beltline. What's does it matter if she's hot? For those who understand about things that go on under the hood, it's easy to see why using a Volkswagen EFI in lieu of a 1958 Chrysler system would make a big difference in the authenticity of the car. It's not air in the tires or a WalMart battery, boys. It's a major difference. | ||
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Veteran Posts: 161 Location: newton north carolina | Chrysler Engineering evaluation report on the Bendix Electrojector system. Sources indicate the report--dated 1960--was submitted in response to the feasibility of using the system on the ram induction manifolds. Might clear up some conceptions voiced on another post. file:///C:/Users/Dennis/Pictures/Technical%20Report%20-%20A676%20Bendix%20Fuel%20Injection%20System%20Evaluation%20(1).pdf 12 pages so I didn't attach it. dc | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9855 Location: Lower Mainland BC | skyhawk - 2019-06-13 8:39 PM Chrysler Engineering evaluation report on the Bendix Electrojector system. Sources indicate the report--dated 1960--was submitted in response to the feasibility of using the system on the ram induction manifolds. Might clear up some conceptions voiced on another post. 12 pages so I didn't attach it. No worries. Here is a working link: http://www.chrysler300club.com/tech/efi/Technical%20Report%20-%20A6... | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | so they didnt test it, they basically just tried to take the bendix system and toss it on... funny in 1960 they wrote up their failure... just winged it | ||
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Expert Posts: 3966 Location: DFW, TX | GregCon - 2019-06-13 7:25 AM After mulling this over a bit...it occurs to me that the reason some don't think it's a big deal that the car does not run the OEM FI system is....they don't understand anything about FI systems. I'm not taking that comment personally, but repeating the argument that this car is running "2005 Volkswagen" fuel injection is terribly flawed. Here's my take on it. The modern VW EFI does not use a return style fuel system; it utilizes direct injection, not port injection; it uses distributorless ignition; the ignition and injector pulses are timed by hall effect sensors on the crank and cam(s); and most importantly, it uses exhaust gas sensors for real time system feedback on the operation of the engine, injection, and catalyst. For the sake of accuracy, the Bendix EFI architecture encompasses nearly all the required mechanical hardware and electronic sensors that make up a 1990s-era EFI system. It uses individual port injectors; it has a return style fuel system; sensors measure manifold vacuum, throttle position, and air intake temperature; the necessary fuel curve is inferred by a calibrated system of sensors and preprogrammed electronics that control injector pulse width. The key differences are that the "modern" EFI systems utilize exhaust gas sensors, and the computers control ignition timing -- and I don't see evidence that Per implemented a computer controlled ignition here. It appears to be a standard Hemi distributor with vacuum advance (ie - not computer controlled). I assume Per is using a wideband O2 and some kind of modern crank triggering for the EFI in lieu of a "second distributor" (which does the same basic job of determining crankshaft position) to control injector timing. But that is still a far cry from inferring he cobbled together a bunch of junkyard EFI parts to get the car on the road. The 1958 Electrojector design was fundamentally sound, but Per was right to use the 1958 parts that do work, and skip the 1958 technology that doomed the project (faulty sensors, decaying electronics, leaky and mismatched injectors). From reading the 1960 report, it's clear the one thing the Electrojector did not have - that directly led to its failure - was the lack of a feedback system to allow the computer to monitor the A/F ratio and compensate as necessary. Instead, Chrysler tuned the system for high engine speed enrichment only, which means the car ran like crap in every other use case and fuel economy was abysmal. It's right there in the report - the program was cancelled because the cars never performed satisfactorily. "It is recommended that no future development of the "Electrojector" system be undertaken" is not vague and does not indicate the engineers reviewing the project had any confidence that they could make it work within the technological constraints of the time. Bosch designed the first oxygen sensor in the 1960s and transformed all of the Electrojector concepts into a successful reality. Edited by 57burb 2019-06-14 12:35 PM (conclusions.jpg) Attachments ---------------- conclusions.jpg (169KB - 125 downloads) | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | This whole argument is invalid. The car is restored using new thread material in the upholstery, the paints made of materials not used in the original formulas, as mentioned before, it rides on still-not-invented radial tires, filled with air 60+ years newer than the car. No mention is made, but I am betting the seals and rubber are all made of non-EOM spec materials. This car is a total fraud and someone needs a spanking. | ||
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Expert Posts: 2524 Location: Houston | Jeez. It's REASONABLE to use modern air in the tires, and paint as well. But then, no one is bragging that the car has original paint, are they? They're bragging that it's a fuel injection car. Let's see a show of hands....who would rally around a guy who showed up at a car show with an original 1968 Hemi Roadrunner that - because the 426 Hemi is expensive and hard to find parts for and often ran poorly if not in tune - he had installed an LS1 Chevy engine? He'd walk around and brag about it being an original Hemi car, and you'd go nuts and say what a great job he did and how much it didn't matter that he'd used a non-original, non-Mopar engine? I don't think so. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9855 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Greg: Your sarcasm detection meter is broken Greg. Doc's "modern air" was made tongue in cheek, to smarten us up and make us realize that we were being stupid about the fuel injection issue. What Per did with the OE intake manifold and throttle bodies is commendable and in no way is anything like your LS1 in a Hemi Roadrunner analogy. Edited by 56D500boy 2019-06-18 1:03 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 3966 Location: DFW, TX | That would be a perfectly valid comparison if: - they only installed 35 total Hemi engines into cars because the Hemi engine design was such an engineering debacle that they all failed, they were all recalled, the factory deemed them unworthy of further development, and the embarrassing project was buried forever and, - the restorer had spent years gathering scraps and remnants of almost-nonexistent recalled Hemi engine parts, addressed the fatal flaws with modern parts that solve the original engineering shortcomings, and then installed this now-functional Hemi engine into his 1-of-21 built, recalled, and fortunate-to-still-exist-at-all factory Hemi engined RR Which is pretty much exactly the same thing as slapping a junkyard Silverado engine into a factory Hemi car. LOL. I think we're off in the weeds now. Tell you what, I'll buy the first round of beers. Edited by 57burb 2019-06-18 11:12 AM | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | Stop it! You're killing me, Doc! | ||
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Expert Posts: 2524 Location: Houston | No, no, no. The point being that the FI system on the car now is BARELY the same as they sent it out the door with. The simple - unavoidable - fact that it has a computer buries it. It runs original throttle bodies and intake - so what? Those are very basic and 'dumb' pieces. It's no challenge to use them. A COMPUTER for God's sake. The anithesis of what a 1950's car is all about. You don't get to brag about a feature of a car when it's not there. At best, it becomes a 'point of interest'. Kinda like 'Oh, this car was bought by Elvis Presley's road manager and it's almost certain Elvis road in it at some point because, you know, they were very close friends." "That's an awesome 300! And I see it has fuel injection emblems?" "Why thank you. Well....to be honest, it WAS an original FI car but there was no way for me to make all that stuff work - even if I could still find it - so I just adapted a modern engine's system to this car. You know, the same thing a million other hot rodders have done since the 1990's when computer controller EFI systems were introduced to the world. Nothing remarkable. You see it on every single episode of Overhaulin'. Now, if I were running the original fuel injection system - that would be something to write home about. Someday, someone will make an original system work and he'll be Cat Daddy of FL cars. But not me." "Yes, that is interesting, common, and I'm sure it makes the car run well. (Yaaaawwn) Oh, do you think Elvis ever rode in this car?" | ||
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Veteran Posts: 298 Location: Kalispell, MT USA | 57burb - 2019-06-18 9:07 AM That would be a perfectly valid comparison if: - they only installed 35 total Hemi engines into cars because the Hemi engine design was such an engineering debacle that they all failed, they were all recalled, the factory deemed them unworthy of further development, and the embarrassing project was buried forever and, - the restorer had spent years gathering scraps and remnants of almost-nonexistent recalled Hemi engine parts, addressed the fatal flaws with modern parts that solve the original engineering shortcomings, and then installed this now-functional Hemi engine into his 1-of-21 built, recalled, and fortunate-to-still-exist-at-all factory Hemi engined RR Which is pretty much exactly the same thing as slapping a junkyard Silverado engine into a factory Hemi car. LOL. I think we're off in the weeds now. Tell you what, I'll buy the first round of beers. Couldn't have said it better myself. My shipping address for the beer is..... | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9604 Location: So. Cal | Greg, it is clear you are not happy with the new computer. For others of us, the new computer is how we would have rebuilt it because even if you were able to find the original controller (which really isn't likely), and you were able to replace all the caps & resistors with new versions that work better, and you were able to get everything tuned just as it ideally would have been, it still wouldn't live up to my expectations of a good running fuel injection system. Without an oxygen sensor, you are doomed to have it run like crap. So I would have built it just like he did. If I had all the original stuff available, I would save it until I was ready to sell the car off to a museum and install it all onto it. Then it would be good enough to drive around the museum property here and there and all the purists would wet their pants over it. But I wouldn't like it. I get it that you would have liked it better that way. That's fine. Let's move on. | ||
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Expert Posts: 3966 Location: DFW, TX | GregCon - 2019-06-18 12:17 PM No, no, no. The point being that the FI system on the car now is BARELY the same as they sent it out the door with. The simple - unavoidable - fact that it has a computer buries it. It runs original throttle bodies and intake - so what? Those are very basic and 'dumb' pieces. It's no challenge to use them. A COMPUTER for God's sake. The anithesis of what a 1950's car is all about. Uh... Surely you are aware that the "Electro" part of "Electrojector" means that this was an electronic fuel injection system, right? That means it always used a (gasp) electronic computer to output injector pulses by performing calculations against data input from sensors. And that means it is fundamentally a different type of fuel delivery system than the more common 1950s-era mechanical fuel injection systems that do not need a computer to run, such as GM's Rochester Ramjet or a Hilborn Injector. (1958 Chrysler EFI 2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 1958 Chrysler EFI 2.jpg (75KB - 129 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 2524 Location: Houston | Yes, I'm aware of that...but much like an abacus is a computer, there is a world of difference between the very, very rudimentary control used in 1958 and the digital computer of today. I use the term 'computer' thusly to describe the modern, digital, mega-memory device we all know. The device that has had millions of dollars of R&D and many decades of advancement behind it....all done by others. The lack of an O2 sensor? Sure, that makes a difference but don't overlook that many, many cars were sold in the 90's without closed loop capability. Many aftermarket systems sold to the hot rodding world, which were based on OEM systems, similarly lacked closed loop feedback ability. But they ran quite well. I'd cut the car a lot of slack if the computer EFI system it uses were innovative...but it's not. It's simply the same system millions of cars use nowadays. It represents the EASIEST way out. It's like bragging that you are able to travel from New York to LA in only 3 hours on horseback as long as the horse is in a cargo plane. As I've said, it's a lovely car and I'd be proud to won it and drive it. I just wouldn't stick my chest out too far over the fuel and spark delivery setup. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | yeah he needs to spend another 15k on the efi system... that would make it a true EFI car and not a pretend fake one?... yeeesh do you guys read what you write? "Well that efi system is 10$ and im he got the original intake and all those other parts for a can of soup"... yeah im sure it was all a couple fivers... | ||
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Expert Posts: 1476 Location: Pacific Northwest | Spankings Doc? Do I detect a Holy Grail reference? I wish there was a popcorn eating emoji on this site cause this is hilarious. | ||
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Expert Posts: 1918 Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona | 60 Imp - 2019-06-12 7:13 AM This has become my favorite thread! The highlights are...... Mike and Sid's sparring is teaching me some important Chinglish. Very important for Australians! Doc's technical detail the modern reproduction plastic emblems, crappy modern paint and the importance of OEM tire air is a surprise! Arizona Mike, thanks for kicking the thread off and the info on the Lincoln handling like a pig with Bias plys, All valuable info! Seriously though, it is a very neat car to see in a video, Per did a good job bringing this car back from the dead, irrespective of opinions otherwise. Everyone needs to calm the F#(k down, and we need to get the moderators to post up a hurt feelings form somewhere. Some good ones here...... https://me.me/t/hurt-feelings-report Ride on. Steve. You're very welcome on both counts - it was yours truly who actually started the thread and spoke of 5,000 pounds of faded white, drunken swine trying in vain to keep themselves on the straight and narrow. | ||
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Expert Posts: 1918 Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona | Doctor DeSoto - 2019-06-11 10:07 PM The Lincoln handled poorly because of the non-original air in the tires ... Duh ! I would've, but it's a bit of a drive to Cincinnati - couldn't get dealer-approved compressed air and stem caps. Lost the doggone warranty, too. Turned the interior upside down trying to find it - all I came up with was an oil change receipt from May, 1960 from under the back seat. Current mileage: 1,962. Recommended service: 4,962. Almost as good as finding the build sheet, though..... | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Ray's Auto Wrecking had the most dramatic crusher I ever saw in an old school wrecking yard. Ray welded up a 40 foot H-frame boom arm and poured several tons of concrete into a 2-3 foot thick pad that made up the head end. It cranked skyward on a pivot, much like the boom arm on an old school tow truck, and when released, slammed down into a mating "pocket", comprised of an equally massive concrete pad, with 1" thick steel walls projecting up about 6' from the pad. When Ray got to crushing, he'd raise the boom, poke a car into this "pocket", and let the boom drop. The car was now about 12" tall. If it took a second whack, he'd just raise up the boom and drop it again. Clearly, Jay Leno needs to get one of these set up and crush out all these bogus cars he's got hanging around. Make room for only pure cars, with OEM air in the tires. | ||
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Veteran Posts: 139 | Does anyone realize that there exists a 1958 Desoto Fireflite convertible, running the original restored fuel injection system? It was completed in 2004 by Tom White and made the rounds at Chrysler events before being sold several years ago. Tom is an electrical engineer and spent quite a bit of time researching how the system operated before the rebuild. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | well yeah I could see someone who has a complete system trying to get it working. IF you had the original complete system that would be awesome. It will run like crap but hey its original. Per spent years and ill bet thousands just finding the bits he could. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7385 Location: northern germany | 58coronet - 2019-06-19 1:33 AM Does anyone realize that there exists a 1958 Desoto Fireflite convertible, running the original restored fuel injection system? It was completed in 2004 by Tom White and made the rounds at Chrysler events before being sold several years ago. Tom is an electrical engineer and spent quite a bit of time researching how the system operated before the rebuild. No, no, no all the "experts" here told us it is not possible. They sold these cars actually non running. They pushed them off the showroom floor and it is NOT possible to restore and improve the OE system. Hey, all these "experts" can't be wrong! Edited by 1960fury 2019-06-19 8:30 AM | ||
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Expert Posts: 2524 Location: Houston | I'm not one of them, but I work with guys who could make an original system work. The sad truth is those guys are all 65+ years old and when they're gone, so will be their knowledge. The real issue here is one of interest and money. It would take a lot of effort to assemble all the old drawings and information needed to understand what was produced, then more time and money and effort to reproduce it with better operation. To date, the Tom White Desoto is still the king by far. | ||
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