However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

Most new petrol cars you see today are equipped with fuel injection systems or injector motors. These have almost wholly supplanted older carburetor motors. They are more reliable, effective, and ...

Electronic fuel injection. These three words can strike fear in even the most seasoned automotive technician. The reality, however, is that no carbureted induction system can match the fuel-metering ...

Electronic fuel injection revolutionized the auto industry in the 1980s. It came to replace the carburetor in the task of sending fuel to the engine's cylinders but it does much more: it controls ...

Electronic fuel injection is older than you think, the earliest example being the failed Bendix Electrojector system from 1957. Bosch bought the rights to the Eletrojector system and developed it into ...

Anyone who has gone to school to learn how to repair engines of all types, such as myself, will have learned the fundamentals of how they work. It's crucial for troubleshooting and diagnosing engine ...

2003 - PACE Award Winner Siemens VDO Automotive What: Piezo Common Rail Diesel Direct Injection System Judge's Citation: With Siemens’ Piezo Common Rail Diesel Direct Injection System, the company ...

Automobile engines have undergone tons of changes over the years, primarily to make them more efficient. For the most part though, engine changes result from a string of iterative improvements on ...

Cutaway of Chev engine showing fuel injection components. Air meter, right, picks up vacuum signals in venturi and transmits them to diaphragms in fuel meter on right. With all the noise currently ...