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The Rochester FI used on the Corvette was highly dependent on vacuum to run the system. Although it was considered a "constant flow" system, it was nothing like a Hilborn, which gave great performance in a flat out situation. The Rochester was very street worthy and gave outstanding performance over and above the early 2x4bbl. systems. The earlier units, starting in '57, had some gremlins to work out, but the later units were very good. The last year for FI in the Corvette was 1965. There were 771 units produced that year.

The option ran about $450.00, which was always a big negative and resulted in it not being a popular choice as a RPO item.