Horsepower junkies are always looking for that edge to stay ahead of the competition. There are safe ways and risky ways of doing it. Before turning up the boost on any forced induction (supercharger ...

When we bought our '89 Dodge, we found out during the long drive home that it had a top speed of about 75 mph. The horsepower was there, just not the rpms. When we put the truck on the dyno, our ...

The days of electronic fuel injection referred to as Black Magic are over. It has taken hot rodders long enough to figure out carburetion, and with the advent of EFI, the fear of "something new" ...

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 ...

Picture an old windup desk clock. Now cross it with a gasoline engine, adding a tiny crankshaft and pistons. Tack on a few Buck Rogers bits, so it looks like Rube Goldberg's toaster. Flow gasoline ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 104, Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES (1995), pp. 112-127 (16 pages) A computer model solving the 1-D flow in a typical fuel injection system for direct-injection diesel engines is ...