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Richard/SIA
Richard Brengman
No. Nevada
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01/17/2014 07:47PM

Main British Car:
1969 Triumph GT6+ 225" Buick V6

Hilborn F.I. for your 215 $1,650 OBO
Posted by: Richard/SIA
Date: February 27, 2014 07:41PM

No relation to seller.
'Frisco bay area.

Only the second unit I have ever seen in thirty years.
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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4577 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Hilborn F.I. for your 215 $1,650 OBO
Posted by: Moderator
Date: February 27, 2014 11:19PM

So cool!

What are we up to now? 13, maybe 14 distinct off-the-shelf intake manifold options for BOPR? The parts/options are definitely out there, if you're patient and willing to look.


88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
(1041 posts)

Registered:
02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Re: Hilborn F.I. for your 215 $1,650 OBO
Posted by: 88v8
Date: February 28, 2014 04:14AM

Never seen this.
How does one set it up? I suppose what I'm saying, how is it controlled?
Can the injectors be serviced?
Not that I'm terribly tempted, but having just had a tough tussle with my pair of SUs, I'm not outright saying no.

Ivor
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roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Hilborn F.I. for your 215 $1,650 OBO
Posted by: roverman
Date: February 28, 2014 11:33AM

IMHO, Crude but effective, as mechanical injections go. Pump output controlled by rpm input. Pressure/volume, to the injectors, is regulated by easily changed "pill"/ restricting orface. Excess fuel is returned to the tank. I also have one these BOR set-ups. Butterflies are 1.800", so lil' small for TA heads. I hope to use in a nostalgia build, before I'm too nostalgic ? Thanks for the post, roverman.


Richard/SIA
Richard Brengman
No. Nevada
(400 posts)

Registered:
01/17/2014 07:47PM

Main British Car:
1969 Triumph GT6+ 225" Buick V6

Re: Hilborn F.I. for your 215 $1,650 OBO
Posted by: Richard/SIA
Date: February 28, 2014 12:46PM

Just FYI, some folk are now converting these to EFI while retaining the original injector bodies.
So getting the nostalgia look with modern performance.

As I recall it took very careful tuning to make these more than an off-on switch for your engine.
Common in dragsters and land speed record efforts.


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4577 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Hilborn F.I. for your 215 $1,650 OBO
Posted by: Moderator
Date: March 01, 2014 12:35AM

If anyone is curious, this article features an installed Hillborn system:
Bob Girvin's Hemi-Powered 1958 Allard GT Coupe


88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
(1041 posts)

Registered:
02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Re: Hilborn F.I. for your 215 $1,650 OBO
Posted by: 88v8
Date: March 01, 2014 05:49AM

What an excellent article....where it says... 'Hilborn fuel injection systems are still available brand new! Bob reports: "The engine idles nicely at 700/800rpm and pulls well from 1000rpm to 6500rpm, at full or part throttle." '

Wonder if I could use it in my TR6/215 conversion, or whether it would be a pita, especially given that there is probably zero knowledge over here in the UK.
And of course, 'pulls well' means one thing in a track car, something else on the road..

Ivor



roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Hilborn F.I. for your 215 $1,650 OBO
Posted by: roverman
Date: March 02, 2014 07:45PM

Ivor and clan, If you were vintage racing, skilled and brave, you could likely, pull it off. Street use, more of a pita. Biggie on the street is "loading-up", at idle and light/lower loads. One solution was putting a small return tank, in the engine compartment, to reduce this. Interesting side story, on my unit, Autin Healey with Hilborn 215, on Mulholland Drive. You can almost hear the carnage-right ? Car was a genuine Healey Monster, in the turns. Nobody needs an on/off switch, for that. Onward, roverman.


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