Southbay Injectors - any experience with them?

[Alex0413]

Shopping for injectors, and I see South Bay injectors has a great price on all 16 injectors with excellent ebay reviews. Anyone have experience with these?

Has anyone ran the Ford FOTE-05A in their LT-5? That's what I just pulled out of my car! shocked to see they were Ford!

[Bradjon]

I just s set in my car from Jerry?s gaskets and they work great

[Paul Workman]

I just s set in my car from Jerry?s gaskets and they work great

Which...Southbay or the Fords:dontknow:

[Bradjon]

The set u got from jerrys I believe we?re the fic injectors that we?re the correct ones for our cars. As to if they were Fords I don?t know and have no feed back in south bay . So sorry if I interjected wrongly into this thread . I get all my parts from Jerry?s whenever I can . He owns a zr1 and I know sells only the best stuff for our cars . Getting stuff elsewhere to save a few bucks isn?t worth it to me and hehe I am poor .

[Alex0413]

Thanks for the responses, but I'm specifically looking for feedback on the Southbay ZR-1 fuel injectors, and if anyone has experience with the Ford FOTE-05A (Bosch 280 150 943)

[XfireZ51]

The Accel injectors many members use are the same ones used for Mustangs. So are the Fords u have the 19# injectors used for that application?

[G8nightman]

I would only put RC,FIC and Accels I wouldn't trust any others.

[Alex0413]

I ordered a set of ZR-1 injectors from Southbay, they're Bosch injectors. I spoke to the owner of the company and to several ZR-1 owners running these injectors, and felt confident in the purchase. I'm going to test them on the flow bench before I install them and report back.

[Ccmano]

I was running a set for a while. They came with the car when I bought it. No problems what so ever. They are used/rebuilt injectors so you do run the risk of a bad one popping up. Still if your on a budget they are not a bad solution.
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[Alex0413]

I got my injectors in, and put them on a flow bench: excellent flow patterns and within 2%!! These are a great buy if anyone is looking for a set of injectors that won't break the bank!

[matt101590]

thanks for this info guys i didnt need to start a thread. i just ordered a set for mine

[jss06c6]

Direct experience with them. Very good. These are Bosch injectors. Running them in my personal ZR-1 and in multiple client cars (had them in the car when I received). No problems tuning with them.

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[WARP TEN]

If you want the best injectors for LT5s, get them from RC Engineering. (https://www.rcfuelinjection.com)

Since the mid-90s RC Engineering has had 1G LT5 injectors available.

RCs are not near as cheap as the stuff you can find on eBay, but they are a heck of a lot more consistent across a set of 16 and they'll last almost forever.

When I owned Barney, I put a set of RCs in the engine at the same time I had the late Jim VanDorn do his 500-hp "Street Skinner" engine package its LT5. Those RCs were installed in 1998 and were in the engine when I sold the car four years ago. I pulled them out a couple of times betwen '98 and '16, ran them down to RC and had them tested. Each time, their flow spread was the same: 1 to 1.5% and their spray patterns were just about perfection.

Het Hib, any idea where Barney is right now? Hope it is now in a good home. After you sold it, didn't the new owner also sell it? --Bob

[Hib Halverson]

If you want good injectors, use a few of the sources listed above, but keep in mind, a some of that stuff is just used injectors which have been cleaned ultrasonically. They are not new and are not even "remanufactured" in the sense that legitimate business use that term because stock LT5 injectors cannot be remanufactured nor can most other injectors used in an LT5.

If you want the best injectors for 1G LT5s, go to RC Engineering (https://www.rcfuelinjection.com/). More than two decades ago, the late Jim Van Dorn and I worked with RC Engineering to develop a set of high-end replacement LT5 injectors which would support 500-525-hp yet offer good driveability in all situations. RC Engineering continues to sell them today. They are a derivation of the Lucas rotating-disc injector design which was a far better choice that either the Bosch pintle (ie: Ford) injectors or the ACD ball and socket design.

If you are interested in the best injectors you can get for an original LT5, contact RC Engineering (https://www.rcfuelinjection.com/) and ask for Wayne San Miguel who understands the 1G LT5 injector situation.

RC injectors are not the least expensive but they are an outstanding product. I installed a set in Barney's 500-hp Automasters "Street Skinner" engine in 1996 and they were still in the car when I sold it 20 years later. When I owned it, they were in-and-out a couple of times during plenum-pulls. I sent them to RC for cleaning and retesting. Each time they came back with a flow spread of 1-1.5% and "execellent" patterns.

Since I sold Barney, I continue to use RC Engineering injectors. I have a set on my '04 Z06 which have been there for about 13 years trouble-free. I just had RC clean the OE injectors out of my '12 ZO6. They came back with a flow spread of 0.9% and exccellent flow patterns.

[96 coupe]

I have Southbay injectors in my car 1990 #254 they were installed when I purchased the car in 2018 and have not been a problem.

[Hib Halverson]

Het Hib, any idea where Barney is right now? Hope it is now in a good home. After you sold it, didn't the new owner also sell it? --Bob


Not a clue.

The car has changed hands twice since April of '16 when I sold it to (a person) in Florida. He kept it for a couple years then sold it to a guy in the Northeast. that dude had it for less than a year then took it to Barrett-Jackson Northeast and auctioned it off. I lost track of it at that point. :cry:

[Mystic ZR-1]

Barney at Barrett Jackson Northeast last year