Your intake manifold. It takes in air and sends it to your engine's combustion chamber. This is basically the start of the combustion process. After all, you can't have combustion without air.

Engineers put a lot of hours into making the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel a segment leader in EPA-estimated highway mileage. And one of the tricks they used to get there was something ...

While variable geometry engine air intakes were banned from Formula 1 in 2006, only to become legal again later on, you can find this technology in many road cars today. Typically, it goes by the term ...

Sometimes theory is neat, but sometimes it fails to describe what actually takes place. The theory of internal combustion engines falls into this category, especially with respect to the function of ...

Internal combustion engines are fairly simply machines. When you break it down, they are nothing more than air pumps. When it comes to making horsepower and torque, the simple fact is the more air you ...

The penetration of polymer-based components in automotive engines tends to be evolutionary. After extensive testing and development, a plastic or composite component is introduced on a single model, ...

Intake manifolds may not be the most well-known automotive components, but that doesn't take away from their importance. These devices are responsible for sending a precise mixture of fuel and air to ...

Internal combustion engines are fairly simply machines. When you break it down, they are nothing more than air pumps. When it comes to making horsepower and torque, the simple fact is the more air you ...