Stuart Hilborn
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Stuart Hilborn was an automotive engineer. He became interested in amateur racing on dry lake beds before World War II
. After the war, he began experimenting with ideas for mechanical fuel injection
, and tested them on his own race cars. Only a few years later, his injectors were adopted by professional racers with notable success, including the first to break the 150 mile-per-hour mark.
Hilborn eventually started a company to sell his injection systems to the public, which became popular with the hot-rodders of the 1950s and 1960s. A classic mechanical Hilborn injection system is recognizable by its distinctive flared intake pipes, rising straight up from each cylinder and usually polished or plated for a bright, shiny finish. Today, that company continues to provide performance products including mechanical and electronic fuel injection systems.
Hilborn was inducted into the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Hall of Fame.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. After the war, he began experimenting with ideas for mechanical fuel injection
Fuel injection
Fuel injection is a system for admitting fuel into an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in automotive petrol engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....
, and tested them on his own race cars. Only a few years later, his injectors were adopted by professional racers with notable success, including the first to break the 150 mile-per-hour mark.
Hilborn eventually started a company to sell his injection systems to the public, which became popular with the hot-rodders of the 1950s and 1960s. A classic mechanical Hilborn injection system is recognizable by its distinctive flared intake pipes, rising straight up from each cylinder and usually polished or plated for a bright, shiny finish. Today, that company continues to provide performance products including mechanical and electronic fuel injection systems.
Hilborn was inducted into the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Hall of Fame.