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    An inlet manifold or intake manifold (in American English) is the part of an internal combustion engine that supplies the fuel/air mixture to the cylinders...
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    variable-length intake manifold (VLIM),variable intake manifold (VIM), or variable intake system (VIS) is an automobile internal combustion engine manifold technology...
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    Camshaft Phase Variator and the Variable Intake Length Control (or Modular Inlet Manifold in Alfaspeak) on the later (plastic cam cover) 1.8- and 2.0-litre versions...
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  • four-stroke Otto cycle engines with multiple cylinders attached to a single inlet manifold. During the intake stroke, the piston descends in the cylinder and the...
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    consists of a tube, a one-way valve and a vacuum source (such as the inlet manifold). The unwanted gases, called "blow-by", are gases from the combustion...
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    in the turbocharger pressurises the intake air before it enters the inlet manifold. In the case of a turbocharger, the compressor is powered by the kinetic...
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    Hydraulic manifold A component used to regulate fluid flow in a hydraulic system, thus controlling the transfer of power between actuators and pumps Inlet manifold...
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    To control the turbocharger, the APC monitors the engine's RPM and inlet manifold pressure via a pressure transducer, and uses these inputs to control...
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    Intake (redirect from Engine inlet)
    intake Short ram air intake S-duct NACA duct Ram-air intake Intake ramp Inlet manifold Massey, Bernard Stanford (1979). Mechanics Of Fluids (4th ed.). Van...
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    tip. A glowplug system consists of either a single glowplug in the inlet manifold, or one glowplug per cylinder. In older systems, the driver is required...
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    to the engine inlet (they can be controlled to selectively increase the exhaust manifold pressure until it exceeds the inlet manifold pressure, which...
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  • Thumbnail for Ford Essex V6 engine (UK)
    oil dipstick was moved from the front of the engine to the side, the inlet manifold was improved from earlier models, and the compression ratio was raised...
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  • broken turbocharger may cause large amounts of oil mist to enter the inlet manifold, whereas defective injection pumps may cause an unintentionally large...
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  • higher rpm the large air speed keeps the mixture in suspension). The inlet manifold of a reverse-flow cylinder head may be connected to the exhaust by a...
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    air directly into the atmosphere. A vacuum hose connected to the intake manifold downstream of the throttle provides a reference pressure for the blowoff...
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    coolant temperature sensor crankshaft position sensor knock sensors inlet manifold pressure sensor (MAP sensor) intake air temperature intake air mass...
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    of the inlet manifold and control air intake. Damage to the butterfly valves or VIS motors is limited to causing a rattling noise in the manifold or minor...
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    valve" (CCV) is in the cylinder head. The servo mechanism, operated by inlet manifold pressure, controls the lift of the CCV during part of the compression...
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    exchanger, and exhausted into the thrust chamber through a manifold directly above the fuel inlet manifold. Power from the turbine was transmitted by means of...
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    cam cover. No PGM-EFi plate on the inlet manifold, replaced with three ribs instead. P29 stamped on inlet manifold. MAP sensor on TB. +7cc PM7 pistons...
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    chamber. This is distinct from manifold injection systems, which inject fuel into the intake manifold (inlet manifold) where it mixes with the incoming...
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    "turbo-normalized" systems. Generally, a turbo-normalized system attempts to maintain a manifold pressure of 29.5 inHg (100 kPa). The most commonly used forced-induction...
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  • gases Exhaust manifold, an engine part which collects the exhaust gases from multiple cylinders into one pipe Inlet manifold or "intake manifold", an engine...
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    the throttle plate must be opened further, resulting in increased inlet manifold pressure and reduced throttling losses. Reduced heat rejection. Lowered...
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  • restrictions in the intake and exhaust systems create a reduction in the inlet flow which reduces the total mass delivery to the cylinder. Under some conditions...
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  • charge from each turbocharger into a single intake manifold, while others use a separate intake manifold for each turbocharger. Parallel configurations are...
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    stroke. Owing to innate restriction in the engine's inlet tract, which includes the intake manifold, a small pressure drop occurs as air is drawn in, resulting...
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    the crankcase. In most cases, the gases are passed through to the intake manifold. Early engines were of the "open-crank" style, that is, there was no enclosed...
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    thereby advancing the ignition timing. Vacuum advance typically uses manifold vacuum to adjust the ignition timing, for example to improve fuel economy...
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    to the cylinder block to improve the integrity of the bores and the inlet manifold was changed to a single-piece design. The 366 cu in (6.0 L) truck engine...
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