Fuel Injection

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The early fuel injection engines that were introduced in the early 1980's were mostly based on the "throttle body injection" systems (TBI). These early fuel injection engines were of two basic types, direct and indirect fuel injection systems. Later came the "multi port fuel injection" systems (MFI or PFI) and this injected fuel directly into the cylinder head. This system was known as a direct injection system. All of which were a great improvement over the traditional carburetor.

The throttle body injection system was the first fuel injection system used in passenger vehicles. It was very cost efficient to produce but wasn't the most fuel efficient system available. The throttle body injection system was basically a carburetor that was electronically injected with fuel. This system gave you a better air fuel mixture than the carburetor but not as well as the multi port system that came later.

The type of fuel injection system in use in most vehicles today is the "multi port fuel injection" (direct injection) engines also known as the MFI engine or the "port fuel injection" engine or the PFI engine. In these types of engine there is a separate fuel injector available for every cylinder of the engine, in these engines, the fuel injectors are based in the intake manifold and spray fuel directly into the head intake ports of the cylinders. The process of air mixing with the fuel then takes place mainly in the cylinders themselves, instead of in the manifold as in the case of indirect fuel injection engines. This in turn results in better fuel economy as well as more horsepower. The most crucial aspects to the development of a direct fuel injection engine are in the manner in which air is pushed into the cylinders. Most engines have intake ports and exhaust ports designed so that the fuel and the air go in past the intake valve, gust past the spark plug and then whirl back around the cylinder in a curve and are then ignited. However, in the gasoline direct injection engine the intake port is almost vertical and air flows into the engine from the top, goes in past the intake valve and the injector, streams down the side of the cylinder, and comes across a cup shaped pocket that directs the air back up towards the spark plug.

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