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The 1957 Chevrolet Corvette Super Sport that General Motors proudly paraded around the show circuit nearly 65 years ago was no ordinary Corvette. It was, in fact, a game changer—the first to feature high-performance Ramjet fuel injection.Developed by the team of John Dolza, E.A. Kehoe, Donald Stoltman, and Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, and manufactured by GM’s Rochester carburetor division, Ramjet fuel injection offered increased power and accelerator response, faster cold starts, smoother engine warm-ups, the elimination of carburetor icing, and better overall fuel economy.The Rochester division tested two types of fuel injection methods: continuous flow, with the nozzle located directly outside each cylinder and spraying into the intake port; and timed, as in modern cars. The continuous-flow injection system was initially chosen due to its simplicity, and that’s what General Motors installed in the ’57 Corvette Super Sport that was unveiled at the New York Auto Show.[ATTACH=full]129392[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]129393[/ATTACH]
The 1957 Chevrolet Corvette Super Sport that General Motors proudly paraded around the show circuit nearly 65 years ago was no ordinary Corvette. It was, in fact, a game changer—the first to feature high-performance Ramjet fuel injection.
Developed by the team of John Dolza, E.A. Kehoe, Donald Stoltman, and Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, and manufactured by GM’s Rochester carburetor division, Ramjet fuel injection offered increased power and accelerator response, faster cold starts, smoother engine warm-ups, the elimination of carburetor icing, and better overall fuel economy.The Rochester division tested two types of fuel injection methods: continuous flow, with the nozzle located directly outside each cylinder and spraying into the intake port; and timed, as in modern cars. The continuous-flow injection system was initially chosen due to its simplicity, and that’s what General Motors installed in the ’57 Corvette Super Sport that was unveiled at the New York Auto Show.[ATTACH=full]129392[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]129393[/ATTACH]
