Re: 1956 Packard (maybe 1955?) questions

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2010/1/13 10:48:24

To get a better handle on this we need to look at what fuel injection systems were available in the late 1950's.

First, the Bendix Electrojector unit, as used in Chrysler products.

Next, the all too familiar Rochester Fuel Injection as seen on GM products in the late '50s-early '60s.

Then, the Bosch Fuel Injection from a late '50s Mercedes 300SL Gullwing. Notice the fuel pump on the side that looks like a small 6 cyl engine.

Next of course, is the famous Hilborn Fuel Injection.

Out of all of these, it looks like the Bendix version is the closest to what's in the Branson Executive. I judge this by looking at the pic and the components of the setup. Now, the Bendix Electrojector isn't a mechanical system, but a genuine "computer" controlled multiport EFI unit. The FI unit in the Branson Exec uses a fuel distributor and is therefore mechanical and not electronic. You can tell this by looking at the injectors as well, as there's no wires going to them. So it isn't a Bendix Electrojector unit, but something else entirely, that is similar to the Bendix unit. I still think this is a homemade unit made to resemble the factory experimentation.