How to Use intake manifold in a Sentence

intake manifold

noun
  • The only room left for the pumps and alternator is at the rear of the block where they are belt-driven from a jackshaft that runs back along the top of the intake manifold.
    Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The engine also gets the same intake manifold, oil filter adapter, and engine oil cooler as the GT350.
    Kyle Edward, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Adding to the change in character is a tuned air intake that tunnels out of the engine compartment, into the fender area, and back to the intake manifold.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • But in your case, during those few weeks that the car sits, fuel is leaking out of your carburetor, perhaps into the intake manifold, and evaporating.
    Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Under the hood there’s a fresh Ford 289 ci V-8 engine with rebuilt cylinder heads and timing assemblies, a Holley four-barrel carburetor and a Cobra high-rise intake manifold.
    Rachel.maree.cormack@gmail.com, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Also added are custom air-to-water intercoolers within the intake manifold.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2022
  • In addition to its three-stage porting, the intake manifold was designed to take maximum advantage of the rotary's very strong intake pulsations (stronger than a piston engine's, because the ports open more quickly and are not obstructed by valves).
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Careful tuning of the dimensions and configuration of the intake manifold can harness these positive-pressure pulses to force more air into the combustion chambers; in the SE rotary, the tuning was optimized for low-speed breathing.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023

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