Every new car sold in the United States today uses fuel injection, but not all fuel injection systems are the same. Some cars use port injection, while others use direct injection. Some even use both.
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SAE Transactions, Vol. 107, Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES (1998), pp. 2172-2182 (11 pages) Direct Injection technology represents a major breakthrough for both, Gasoline and Diesel engines with ...
The basic difference between direct injection (DI) and the port-fuel injection (PFI) systems we've become familiar with since the mid-1980s is that PFI sprays fuel into the intake manifold (behind ...
Ford of Europe will install gasoline direct-injection, spark-ignition engines into some of its smaller vehicles beginning in 2003. Called Duratec SCi - for Smart Charge injection - the engines feature ...
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The other day I dropped my car off at a European specialist shop, and while I was there, a technician was working in the engine bay of a Mk7 Golf R, cleaning out carbon deposits off the intake valves.
Port fuel injection and direct injection are similar but distinct systems, so why do some engine designs include both?