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Sprayaway Fox
07-10-2008, 12:08 PM
Anybody running a hilborn setup on the street? Got a setup but fuel pump pricey, sumone running one got a better idea?
Windsors 03 Cobra
07-10-2008, 01:05 PM
Efi ?
CobraSnake
07-10-2008, 01:09 PM
what the hell is Hilborn??
DoubleAron
07-10-2008, 01:18 PM
Give Tom @ www.otedesign.com a call.
Feature Pony
07-10-2008, 02:28 PM
what the hell is Hilborn??

Oh boy we have a young'n here. It FI the old fashion way has 8 stacks coming up through the manifold and each one is like a throtle body
GTSLOW
07-10-2008, 02:50 PM
I recommend making another thread.
PonyKiller87
07-10-2008, 04:13 PM
From Wikipedia:
During the 1960s, other mechanical injection systems such as Hilborn were occasionally used on modified American V8 engines in various racing applications such as drag racing, oval racing, and road racing.[citation needed] These racing-derived systems were not suitable for everyday street use, having no provisions for low speed metering or even starting (fuel had to be squirted into the injector tubes while cranking the engine in order to start it). However they were a favorite in the aforementioned competition trials in which essentially wide-open throttle operation was prevalent.


I seen a working one once at a car show, looks awesome but the old guy that owned it said it takes tons of hours to get it to run decent. On another board I seen a "hilborn style" efi setup, looked just like the old one, still had all the linkages for the throttle blades but it used bosch style injectors which were pretty well hidden in the center.
Prince Valiant
07-10-2008, 04:13 PM
Those Hillborns are more suited for WOT rather than the putting around you do 99.9% of the time....
Feature Pony
07-10-2008, 09:10 PM
Ask Gavin he had a set on his Pro Street Nova.
H8RADE
07-10-2008, 09:34 PM
http://www.moparengineswest.com/images/HilbornHEMIforWeb.jpg

I would suggest some bias ply tires, as well.
:stare
Should do well around town...
:chair:
Reverend Cooper
07-10-2008, 09:37 PM
looks like a great place for you and seven other friends and some weed
PonyKiller87
07-10-2008, 10:27 PM
http://www.moparengineswest.com/images/HilbornHEMIforWeb.jpg

I would suggest some bias ply tires, as well.
:stare
Should do well around town...
:chair:

Thats one of the new EFI Hilborn setups, you can see the fuel rails and injectors in the center of that thing.
H8RADE
07-10-2008, 11:21 PM
Thats one of the new EFI Hilborn setups, you can see the fuel rails and injectors in the center of that thing.

http://www.speedworld.com.au/gmp_files/gmp%20new/Hilborn%20Hemi%20Orange.jpg

Better?
WickedSix
07-10-2008, 11:22 PM
I love fuelie motors, they're snap crackle pop good :thumbsup
PonyKiller87
07-10-2008, 11:41 PM
http://www.speedworld.com.au/gmp_files/gmp%20new/Hilborn%20Hemi%20Orange.jpg

Better?

still EFI, the actual hilboms had mechical injectors, not sure how they were driven though? maybe off a cam?
WickedSix
07-11-2008, 06:48 AM
still EFI, the actual hilboms had mechical injectors, not sure how they were driven though? maybe off a cam?

you'd be incorrect kev that is a hilborn setup. They are mechanically metered and work like EFI batch fire. They use a valve hooked to the throttle to meter fuel to a junction block which distributes the fuel to each cylinder.