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Old 07-25-2017, 01:33 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ar5boosted View Post
Recently, Direct-Injection has taken over port injection. These injectors are even finer.

The general assumption is that 'nothing has changed' with Injectors over the last 20 years but actually these continual tooling improvements really have changed fuel-injectors dramatically. It also explains why modern cars are getting so much power than before because the injectors are working better.
IIRC direct injection also tends to operate at a higher pressure, since there is a shorter gap for the fuel to fully vaporize compared to conventional port-injection.

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