If the story that follows were reduced to two significant points, they might be: (1) An internal combustion engine (normally aspirated) is little more than an air/fuel pump; (2) intake manifolding, ...
The intake manifold distributes air or air/fuel mixtures to the individual cylinders under varying engine speeds, loads, and environmental conditions. Whether the working flow is pure air, air/fuel, ...
One of the charms of our favored V-8 engine layout is a cylinder head topping the cylinder bores at each bank, processing the fuel/air mixture, and releasing spent gases in an efficient manner. As a ...