OBJECTIVE: Wet flow, pressure excursions, port volume, runner length, plenum volume—all these figure into an engine's overall efficiency. But there's more… Sometimes theory is neat, but sometimes it ...

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 ...

Baseline tests on the stock manifold were done with a 650 Holley carburetor mounted on an adapter plate. Here, writer David Vizard sets the idle mixture being delivered by the electronic Holley. For ...