TITLE: Corvette Legend or Myth & Zora's Marque of Excellence VOL III
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Item Description:
The History of Zora's GM's Ramjet Fuel
Injection - Volume III
PLEASE NOTE: This is a comprehensive companion book to Kenneth W. Kayser's
which was the National Corvette Owner's Association 2007 "Book of the Year" (Reference the Photo w/Yellow Cover)
In the sixty years since Chevrolet
Motor Division proudly announced the advent of the first mass produced
automobile engine capable of generating an incredible
1 Horsepower per 1 Cubic
Inch of Displacement
literally millions of words have
been written about the “Ramjet” Fuel Injection system
and billions of words have been written about the more than One-Hundred-Million
Chevrolet V-8 engines that followed it!
Just as a very fine wine mellows
with time, 1957 has now become a Vintage Year thanks to the 1957 Chevrolet
Corvette equipped with the Rochester “Ramjet” Fuel
Injected “283-283” V-8 engine Zora Arkus-Duntov has become the …
Father of the Rochester’s “Ramjet”
Fuel Injection!
Elliot M. “Pete” Estes was the first
to investigate fuel injection at General Motors for the Oldsmobile 1949 Rocket
V-8 engine.
Fuel Injection was recognized by
General Motors Vice President of Styling Harley J. Earl as necessary for race
car performance. Earl’s interest in fuel injection caused GM’s Executive Vice
President Harlow H. Curtice to recognize fuel injection as a “Future
Technology”. Curtice deemed fuel injection necessary for improving fuel
economy, reducing exhaust emissions and improving performance across all of
GM’s passenger cars in the early 1950’s.
Harlow Curtice’s plan was to roll
out fuel injection across Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Chevrolet,
starting with the premium name plates. As events unfolded, GM’s high-volume
value leader, the Chevrolet Motor Division, would become GM’s first application
of Rochester Fuel Injection.
Chevrolet’s engineers worked as a
team with their engineering counterparts at GM’s Engineering Staff in Warren,
Michigan, Diesel Equipment Division in Detroit, Michigan, Rochester Products
Division in Rochester, New York, AC Spark Plug in Flint, Michigan, Packard
Electric in Warren, Ohio, and Delco-Remy in Anderson, Indiana; to bring “Ramjet” Fuel
Injection to the U.S. automotive market place by late 1956.
On December 6, 1956 Chevrolet Motor
Division proudly announced Corvette’s Regular Production Optional Fuel
Injection at the 42nd New York Auto Show held at the Manhattan
Coliseum.
Just how did General Motors
Corporation, Chevrolet Motor Division and Rochester Products Division’s “Ramjet” Fuel
Injection arrive at this pinnacle of automotive success in 1956?
12 Point Durable High-Gloss Cover
High Quality #60 Gloss Paper
626 Pages, (216 Color)
Over 120,000+ Words & 1,250+
Photos, Illustrations, Documents, etc.
ISBN: 978-0-9998697-1-0
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