Any ideas on numbers appreciated....

[Ludis Langens]

BamaInstrument wrote:
>
> > Buick 3.8 V6
>
> Actually, I believe that the SEFI was chosen so that a backfire wouldn't
> blow the entire intake manifold off the car!
> 
> Having the injectors close to the cylinder and handling 1/6th the fuel
> reduced the fuel/air in the intake.  Also, later it allowed an intercooler
> to be added gracefully.  Imagine a backfire in a wet intercooler!

There are plenty of batch fired V6's without backfire problems.  Such as
the Chevy 2.8 & 3.1, the Buick 3.0 (ie short stroke 3.8), and others.
A PFI (aka MPFI) V6 has each injector flowing 1/6 the fuel - just like
the SEFI case.  The only difference is the timing of the fuel flow.

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Ludis Langens                               ludis (at) cruzers (dot) com
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