What does direct injection mean in a car?
Half of the U.S. new-car and truck fleet now is equipped with gasoline direct injection (also known as GDI)—which means the fuel is sprayed straight into the combustion chamber. This begs the question: What’s the next engine innovation about to leave the lab?
Are there engines that have both port and direct injection?
Audi has it on its 3.0-liter V-6 and 5.2-liter V-10 engines. Toyota’s D-4S system was introduced on the 2006 Lexus IS350 3.5-liter V-6. Ford currently is the dominant player with what it calls dual-fuel, high-pressure direct injection (DI) and lower-pressure port injection (PI).
Why are direct injectors more expensive than pi?
There are downsides to DI. A DI system is more expensive because the pressure required to squirt fuel into the combustion chamber is 50 to 100 times higher than with PI, and the higher-pressure pump imposes parasitic losses. Direct injectors tend to be noisy.
What kind of fuel injection does Ford use?
Ford currently is the dominant player with what it calls dual-fuel, high-pressure direct injection (DI) and lower-pressure port injection (PI).
Is the corvette cross fire injection system a good idea?
Still, there are die-hard fans of the last of the C3 Corvettes here on Corvette Forum who like the system, and have no complaints. There are even several members with more than a quarter-million miles racked up on 1982 or 1984 (there are no 1983 Corvettes) Cross-Fire equipped Corvettes.
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