Sure, it's used with alcohol and with gasoline. So a blend would be no problem.

Could MI be good for E85?

I'd like a mech inj
Happy to trade my Kilsner efi :)

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My father-inlaw's a15 sprintcar uses mechanical injection "HILBORN". I wanna get it going but it needs tyres and i cant afford them.

There is a setup for sale on TradeMe periodically. He wants $1500 NZD for it so probably why it hasn't sold yet..

Many long years ago I owned a few Triumph sedans which had Lucas mechanical injection. They were smooth and powerful (for the 70's, that is), but not especially economical. Compared to an HT Holden, smoother, more powerful and no more economical. Compared to a modern 2.5 litre 6 cylinder electronic injection motor you would say: not very smooth, not very powerful and a fuel guzzler.

In 1976 I worked for a guy that adapted the Lucas injection off a Triumph onto a 2.4 Jaguar engine and transformed the performance (mind you the Jag motor originally came with 2 x single throat downdraft stromber type carbies).

Mechanical injection is much simpler than electronic, and less effective. It did look good though! Ah, those were the days

There was one of those Nissan works flat-slides on Yahoo last week for $100. It wasn't the whole setup, just the four-port throttle slide with the intake bells.

Yes,Chan has the Advan replica 1200 including nissan works injection and the AY12 had it too. It works well for full-throttle power.

Typical racing mechnical injection is often called a "controlled fuel leak". Not too many drive it on the street. The 1957-1967 chevrolets had a street version of mechanical fuel injection and made incredible power, but was not any simpler than a carburetor.

In order to get it to do well at idle, off idle, part throttle, full throttle and all points in between and still get decent fuel economy takes complexity. Some say the SU-type carburetor is the simplest of all.

Some of the factory backed TS CUP B110 sunny's ran mech inj. The control was based on the BMW kugelfischer injection setup. I missed out on one of these manifolds a couple of years ago on ebay. It ended up going to Portugal