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Rochester Products Division was a division of General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
 that manufactured carburetors, and related components including emissions control
Emissions control

Emissions control may refer to:* EMCON, military state of readiness.* Technology involved in Automobile emissions control* Power Station Emissions Control...
 devices and cruise control
Cruise control

Cruise control is a system that automatically controls the rate of motion of a motor vehicle. The driver sets the speed and the system will take over the throttle of the car to maintain the same speed....
 systems in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area....
. It began as North East Electric Company in the 1800's. They are famous for their highly regarded Quadrajet
Quadrajet

In automobile mechanics, the Quadrajet is a 4 barrel carburetor made by the Rochester Products Division of GM that was widely used in General Motors motor vehicles until 1990....
 carburetor, which was originally designed in the 1960s and due to extraordinary engineering, met emissons standards into the 1980s. The Quadrajet became computer controlled in 1980 in California and in 1981 in the rest of the states; its last application was on the 1990 Cadillac Brougham
Cadillac Brougham

Cadillac has used the Brougham name since 1916. In the 1950s, the name appeared as the four-door designation for the Cadillac Eldorado. The Eldorado Brougham protoype model appeared in 1955, then as a limited production model from 1957 through 1960....
 and 1990 full size GM station wagons with the Olds 307
Oldsmobile V8 engine

The Oldsmobile Rocket V8 was the first post-war Overhead valve V8 at General Motors Corporation. Production started in 1949, with a new generation introduced in 1964....
 engine.






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Rochester Products Division was a division of General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
 that manufactured carburetors, and related components including emissions control
Emissions control

Emissions control may refer to:* EMCON, military state of readiness.* Technology involved in Automobile emissions control* Power Station Emissions Control...
 devices and cruise control
Cruise control

Cruise control is a system that automatically controls the rate of motion of a motor vehicle. The driver sets the speed and the system will take over the throttle of the car to maintain the same speed....
 systems in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area....
. It began as North East Electric Company in the 1800's. They are famous for their highly regarded Quadrajet
Quadrajet

In automobile mechanics, the Quadrajet is a 4 barrel carburetor made by the Rochester Products Division of GM that was widely used in General Motors motor vehicles until 1990....
 carburetor, which was originally designed in the 1960s and due to extraordinary engineering, met emissons standards into the 1980s. The Quadrajet became computer controlled in 1980 in California and in 1981 in the rest of the states; its last application was on the 1990 Cadillac Brougham
Cadillac Brougham

Cadillac has used the Brougham name since 1916. In the 1950s, the name appeared as the four-door designation for the Cadillac Eldorado. The Eldorado Brougham protoype model appeared in 1955, then as a limited production model from 1957 through 1960....
 and 1990 full size GM station wagons with the Olds 307
Oldsmobile V8 engine

The Oldsmobile Rocket V8 was the first post-war Overhead valve V8 at General Motors Corporation. Production started in 1949, with a new generation introduced in 1964....
 engine. Its longevity is a testament to the expert engineering achieved at Rochester Products Division and GM, even to this day, as RPD was a pioneer in fuel injection
Fuel injection

Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in gasoline Automobile engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....
 systems in road cars in the 1980s when they became the standard fuel induction system. Rochester is now part of Delphi
Delphi (auto parts)

Delphi is an automotive parts company headquartered in Troy, Michigan, United States. Delphi is one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers and has approximately 169,500 employees ....
 and continue to manufacture fuel injection
Fuel injection

Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in gasoline Automobile engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....
 systems in Rochester, NY.

In 1981, Rochester Products and Diesel Equipment Division merged. The headquarters remained in Rochester. DED had plants in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

In 1988, Rochester Products and AC Spark Plug merged. The diesel fuel injection business was sold to Penske.

In 1994, the Grand Rapids operations of AC Rochester were spun off. (132nd Page of 162)