It is appropriate that the intake manifold is mounted on top of the engine. After valve events have been selected, the intake is the primary tuning device for a four-stroke spark ignition engine, just ...

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, ...

Intakes are vital automobile components that work to bring oxygen – a key ingredient in an internal combustion reaction – into the engine’s combustion chamber to modulate how much oxygen mixes with ...

The intake manifold on your Toyota VVTi engine is represented by those plastic tubes that reunite at some point in a large tube right behind the radiator. Their function is to allow filtered air to ...

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 ...

There is no question that the DOHC 5.0L Coyote engine has taken Mustang performance to new levels, and the spotlight, but if you have a Three-Valve 4.6L, there are still a lot of performance options ...

If you think about it, there are things about your car that just don’t make sense. You’ve been told that more air is a good thing for power, that a cold air intake, more scoops, more vents, etc, are a ...

QUESTION: I was just informed the coolant leak in my GMC Yukon is due to a leaking intake manifold gasket. Apparently this is a common problem. I was shocked at the price quoted for the repair and am ...

The 5.7L LS6 V8 engine is part of GM’s Gen III Small Block engine family, and was briefly produced by General Motors for use in two high-performance vehicles: the C5-generation Chevrolet Corvette Z06 ...