We often talk about the benefits of fuel injection on off-road vehicles. Generally, these systems run more reliably than carbureted systems, but they are, at the end of the day, a bit more complex ...
From the 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL to modern GDI, explore how fuel injection rose to dominance and why carburetors never truly disappeared.
High-pressure common rail fuel (HPCR) systems are standard on nearly every diesel engine today, from heavy equipment to over-the-road trucks, light-duty trucks, large generators and more. HPCR fuel ...
The first thing you should understand is that direct-port, constant-flow fuel-injection—Hilborns, En-derles, Crowers, whatever—were never designed, nor intended, to be run on the street. All of these ...
It's a trend we are seeing a lot more of: Even the most dyed-in-the-wool carburetor guys are ditching their mechanical mixers for electronic fuel injection. One recent convert explained his motivation ...
Fuel system components, particularly servos and injectors, are prone to various failures including internal malfunctions, physical damage during maintenance, and spontaneous part failure.
The clearances inside diesel injection system parts are closer than those found in any other technology. The plungers and needle valves in injectors need to fit tightly to ensure precise metering and ...
What is gasoline direct injection and how is it different from traditional methods of getting fuel into your car's engine? You may have read or heard one of your favorite Car Tech editors talking ...
Mustang history has plenty of interesting trivia, but this Shelby prototype deserves a closer look. It featured some truly ...
Fuel injection, it’s the wave of the future. Well, at least it was in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This was really the dark ages of fuel delivery in cars and trucks. Carburetors worked pretty well ...
If you’re in fleet management or the construction industry, you undoubtedly have machines that run on diesel fuel. In addition to large trucks, more than 75% of all heavy construction equipment uses ...