INTAKE MANIFOLD TURNING VANES

摘要

Methods and systems are provided for modifying intake flow for internal combustion engines. The turning vanes have inlet ends positioned substantially coplanar and spaced from respective runner openings and have surfaces that converge from the inlet ends toward outlet ends to be increasingly less obstructive to air moving across the plenum as measured in a direction away from the inlet end and toward the respective runner openings. The outlet ends being positioned within each respective runner opening.

主权项

1. Turning vanes for an intake manifold comprising:
inlet ends to be positioned in a plenum of the intake manifold and disposed substantially coplanar in a plane, the plane at a spaced apart location from respective runner openings; and passages defined by respective one or more surfaces that converge from the inlet ends toward respective outlet ends the passages having a central axis substantially orthogonal with the plane, the one or more surfaces being increasingly less obstructive to air moving across the plenum as measured in a direction away from the inlet end and toward the respective runner openings, the outlet ends positioned within each respective runner opening.