Technical 64 fuel injection help

I have a fuel injection set up that needs to gone over.. is this something I can tackle myself, or should it be left to a specialist?

my concern with doing it myself is that it may be a bit too nuanced for my skill set, and honestly I'd like it to work right the first time!

I'm considering putting this set up in my 60's style 29 roadster... I have lots of questions..
I know it will fit in the car, my concern is that it will too finicky ??
the engine it would go on is built very close to the specs of a 1964 fuelie set up-
I'm in Los Angeles, does anyone have any suggestions for someone that can handle the job?
I have 2 sets ups to work with, one complete , the other is all taken apart. The distributor looks good, but i suspect that will need to be gone through as well- I also have a fair amount of NOS GM fi parts .

shoot me message if you have any suggestions, or are willing to have a conversation about it?

I attached a couple of photos of the car ...

Thanks!

 

Jack Podell is considered to be THE expert, he is in Indiana, but used to see him at Portland Swap. Give him a call, I'm sure he knows someone in LA.

 

Jack was my first thought too.

 

Thanks for all the info!
Ideally I'd like to talk to someone to see if it's even worth doing....

Thanks again!

 

I've wanted to get my hands on one for 30 years, but they were $3000 in the early 90's and 10x that now for the ones I can find. People tell me they don't like the ethanol in modern gas, but these same people have no clue how to tune a carburator. If you have one, I would definitely give it a shot.

Devin

 

I' think I have enough parts to make a complete set up...

Aside from the mechanics of it all... I need to check to see if the distributor will fit in the car... it channeled and any extra real-estate is very limited-

I would also suspect that it will cost some coin to get it up and running-

 

Several years ago Jerry Bramlett had very good site on RFI."Ram Jet's that Run". Hard to find now, sells on eBay , there's a link on Corvette Forum," FI Ramjets that Run Article" great info, look for it, also ck. Futo and sons, Pontiac FI. but also Chev units, they're in Arizona I think. These guys are disappearing, last one I worked on was a '64 deal in a 'vette, had to run on 107 Sunoco race gas but it worked really well. They were designed for the fuel of that time.

 

Not really finiky but you probably shouldn't use one to learn on. Have an expert set it up and drive it with pleasure.

 

And no, regular pump gas , even 93, seems to be problematic, again these were designed with the fuel of the era, metering, components, etc. so maybe someone now has some mods/tuning to make street gas work .
.

 

I've heard for years that used ones were fairly plentiful due to people replacing them with a Holley carb after the warranty was up because they couldn't get them to run right.
There was a local guy here in the 70's that worked on them, he had a small wooden machinist box with all the special tools and gages.
Also remember he had an early smooth top unit on his 66 Chevelle that he had stamped his name across the top of it because he thought someone would steal it, what a maroon.

 

I just read somewhere, that todays gas might be a problem. It seems the fuel lines to the ports need to be larger. My "61" fuel Corvette back in"67" had no problems. Although, I always had a spare fuel pump drive cable in the car.

 

Chuck Smith
http://www.chucksmithandco.com/

 

I Have Run 5 Units Over The Last 55 Years On My Various Hot Rods From The 57 To 65 Units And They Require Reading Books And Learning How It Operates....Proceed...

 

I ran a 63 unit on my stock 327 300 in the 80s and it ran fine.

 

I cant help with the FI but I love the Green.
Is that a factory color or is it a custom mix ?

 

Ha!
It's a House Of Kolor Candy... Sahara Gold base with -green toner

 

Lou,
Can you get me a measurement of the height of the distributor?
Like from the mounting surface to the top of the distributor body & or top of the cap?
I know these distributors are taller, and use a spacer... the catch is im not sure it will fit in my car, right now I'm running a 265 distributor, and it's pretty tight(channeled 29 roadster)

Thanks!

 

It Will Fit Rich Since The Intake Manifold For The Rochester Injection Is Unique And Allows For Those Problems In A Stock Chevrolet Application And The Spacer Is Not A Concern...Proceed And You Will Love The Injection...

 

Back in the early '70s I rebuilt one myself. Chevy had a kit just like carb kits for them. Biggest thing was to flat sand all the covers for the diaphragms on a sheet of glass. And to tighten them like they were a wheel, in a star pattern.