CIS injection question

[Simon Allcorn]

Isn't that what all 'cheap' (i.e. not performance focused) cars that
required fuel injection use, e.g. polo with signle point fuel injection ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	VNorman at TelecompSys.com [SMTP:VNorman at TelecompSys.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:13 PM
> To:	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject:	CIS injection question
> 
> On every CIS injected car that I have seen, there has always been a fuel
> hose from the fuel distributer to each injector. So..an I5 engine has 5
> hoses etc. My question is - why? Since all the injectors are merrily
> squirting fuel all the time when the engine is running, wouldn't it save
> money to have a single fuel hose into a fuel rail connecting all the
> injectors, just like the typical pulsed injection system?
> The Bosch guys are a smart bunch, so I'm sure there's a good reason. Can
> anyone tell me what it is?
> 
> Vic Norman  1991 100