Editing AMC V8 engine (section)

=== Electronic fuel injection ===
The AMC 327 was to be the first commercial [[Fuel injection#Multi-point injection|electronic fuel injected]] (EFI) "Electrojector" production engine.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Under the Hood: What's New — Engines |magazine=Consumer Reports|year=1957|volume=22|page=154}}</ref> Press reports about the [[Bendix Corporation|Bendix]]-developed system in December 1956 were followed in March 1957 by an AMC price bulletin offering the EFI option on the Rambler Rebel for US$395, but due to supplier difficulties, fuel-injected Rebels were only available after June 15.<ref name="auto.howstuffworks.com">{{cite web |url= http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1957-1960-rambler-rebel2.htm |title=Rambler Measures Up |author=((Auto Editors of ''Consumer Guide'')) |website=How Stuff Works |date=22 August 2007 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200719185547/https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1957-1960-rambler-rebel2.htm |access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> Teething problems with the Electrojector unit meant that only a few engineering and press cars were built, estimated to be no more than six units. At least two [[Pre-production car|pre-production]] Rebels with EFI, however, are known to have been built. One was sent to [[Daytona Beach, Florida]] for "Speed Week" (the forerunner of today's [[Daytona 500]]). It was the second fastest car on the beach, bested only by a 1957 [[Chevrolet Corvette (C1)#1956–1957|Chevrolet Corvette]] with [[mechanical fuel injection]], and only by a couple of tenths of a second.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C16FD355A137A93C6AB1788D85F438585F9 |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |title=Automobiles: Races; Everybody Manages to Win Something at the Daytona Beach Contests |newspaper=The New York Times |date=24 March 1957 |page=153 |access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref>

The EFI 327 was rated at {{cvt|288|hp|kW PS|0}} and the regular four-barrel carbureted model at {{cvt|255|hp|kW PS|0}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holder |first1=William |last2=Kunz |first2=Phil |title=Extreme Muscle Cars: The Factory Lightweight Legacy |publisher=Krause Publications |year=2006 |page=16| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn8cAHTaaKQC&pg=PA16 |isbn= 978-0-89689-278-1}}</ref> The EFI system in the Rebel was a far more-advanced setup than the mechanical types then appearing on the market and the engines ran fine in warm weather, but suffered hard starting in cooler temperatures.<ref name="auto.howstuffworks.com"/> All the EFI cars were reportedly converted to four-barrel carbs before being sold; none are known to have existed outside the engineering department at AMC.

The main problem was that early electronics were not fast enough for "on the fly" engine controls. This setup was utilized by Chrysler for the 1958 model year on its [[Dodge]], Chrysler, [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]], and [[DeSoto (automobile)|DeSoto]] carlines. It too failed, having the same problems.

[[Bendix Corporation|Bendix]] licensed patents based on their 1950s design (patent dated 1960) to [[Robert Bosch GmbH|Bosch]], who perfected it as the basis for their [[Jetronic#D-Jetronic (1967–1979)|D-Jetronic]], [[et seq.]] injections system, first used in 1967.