[Land-speed] Enine Torque Theoretical Question...

[joseph lance]

Thanks for the reminder Mike--my first wife had a Mark VIII with the 4.6L 
DOHC engine. It seemed to rev a lot smoother and had higher HP per cubic 
inch than my 93 Corvette 5.7L

Lance

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MEIERLE Mike" <Mike.Meierle at alcatel-lucent.com>
To: "LandSpeed List" <Land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Enine Torque Theoretical Question...


> Ford did the same thing to the 4.6 Motor in My Lincoln Mark VIII, you
> can really feel the difference when the engine switches from the long
> runners to the short runners. And they did that design back in 1993.....
>
> Mike Meierle
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> Interestingly enough, mitsubishi has an intake manifold specifically
> designed for this purpose. It has 2 sets of intake runners, and at low
> RPM it uses a longer runner to increase velocity, and as the flow
> increases, the switch is made to the shorter runners. As far as I know
> it was only ever put on cars in Japan.