Materials Needed For Cleaning The IACV. To clean the valve, you will need a carbon cleaning product specifically designed for cleaning IACV's. Examples include the 3M Intake System Cleaner Kit, the ...

By Jim McFarland Getting the air/fuel mixture into the cylider OBJECTIVE: Wet flow, pressure excursions, port volume, runner length, plenum volume—all these fig ...

Mass Flow Sensor. Your car’s air intake system also uses a mass flow sensor to detect how much air enters the engine. The internal combustion reaction must be adequately balanced to produce the ...

The Subject— Blow-By Racing's '05 Mustang GT. For our Three-Valve intake test, we headed to Blow-By Racing in Boca Raton, Florida. One of the company's shop cars is an '05 GT with ported heads ...

Inspect the PCV valve by shaking it or by blowing compressed air into it. A functioning PCV valve should rattle when shaken.

During the summer of 2008, C&L Performance made a surprise announcement--it was nearing completion of a high-flow Three-Valve intake manifold.

In a perfect world, the optimum intake closing point would occur just as the air stops flowing into the chamber; would get the valve seated quickly and not waste time in low lift regions where ...

Pressing on the gas pedal opens the butterfly valve to allow more air, and when you release the pedal, a spring closes the throttle plate. The throttle body has a throttle position sensor (TPS) to ...

In the early 1900s, the sliding sleeve valve engine had some advantages over tappet valve engines of the time. For example, sliding sleeve valve designs allowed larger intake and exhaust ports, a ...

High-flow filters and intake systems typically muffle induction sounds less than conventional paper filters do, which can give the impression of better performance — or simply a desired sound ...

Intake-valve lift: BMW’s Valvetronic system effectively plays the role of a throttle, metering air into the cylinders primarily as a function of accelerator-pedal position. It can adjust intake ...