Injector mounting in manifold.

Alan Pritchard apritchard at seaeye.com
Fri Apr 2 09:30:27 EST 2004


I think the big issue is producing an even mix into the airstream. An
injector in a runner has no real choice where the fuel will go, it will end
up in the correct cylinder. In the plenum area of the manifold there will be
dead spots of air, and also highly turbulent areas, and the risk of
overfuelling one cylinder while the other is leaning is just too much of a
risk. At least before the throttle body it is fairly simple to assume that
the air in a tube is all roughly moving at the same rate all across the
section of that tube. Injected fuel into this area will have time to mix
adequately. Therefore all cylinders should receive an even a/f mix from that
injector. The only risk is when fuel has time to drop out of the stream (low
rpm maybe) and settle in the manifold, then as airspeed increases that fuel
can be picked up again and fed into the cylinders, and in closed loop could
potentially appear to be too rich, lean off all the injectors and cause 1 or
many cylinders to run lean, while the other(s) are still being fed by the
fuel which has dropped from the airstream.,

Just  a few thoughts.


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