existed outside the engineering department at AMC. The main problem was that early electronics were not fast enough for "on the fly" engine controls. This setup was utilized by Chrysler for the 1958 model year on its Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth, and DeSoto carlines. It too failed, having the same problems. Bendix licensed patents based on their 1950s design (patent dated 1960) to Bosch, who perfected it as the basis for their D-Jetronic, et seq. injections system, first used in 1967. Marine application The 250 and 327 were also offered as a marine engines marketed as "Fireball" by the Gray Marine Motor Company starting in 1958. Gray started offering the 250 in 1959. The 250 was offered in 135, 160, 170, 175, 178, and 185 horsepower versions. The 327 was made in 188, 215, 220, 225, and 238 horsepower levels. Gray used the 250 through 1966. The 327 was used as a 220 hp model in 1967, the last year an AMC V8 was used. Gen-2 AMC short-deck V8 (1966–1970) The new-generation AMC V8 was introduced in 1966 It is sometimes referred to as the "Gen-2" AMC V8. The first version was the completely new Typhoon V8 introduced in a special mid-1966 model year "Rogue" hardtop. Available in two-barrel carburetor version or producing with a four-barrel carburetor and high compression, the new engines utilized "thin-wall" casting technology and weighed only . and produced in three displacements - between , and - until 1969. All three engines share the same basic block design and external measurements; the different displacements are achieved through various bore and stroke combinations. Bore center measurement was kept the same as the Gen-1 V8 at so that boring equipment could be reused. Other than that, this engine is vastly different from the Gen-1 model. The Gen-1 engine is physically the size of a big-block Ford or GM engine, and is sometimes called a "big-block". The Gen-2 is closer to the physical size of U.S.-made small-block V8s except for the bore centers, which are the same as some big-block engines. The only parts shared between the 1966-67 Rambler V8 and 1966-91 AMV8 are the lower cam timing sprocket and the timing chain. The AMC V8 was not built by Ford or anyone else although it bears an uncanny resemblance to the later Buick V8 engines (400, 430, 455). It shares the same design employing a timing gear case that