ENGINE UNIT DETAILS CYLINDER HEAD
CONSTRUCTION
The spark plug has been located in the center of the combustion chamber in order to achieve high engine's anti-knocking performance.
The angle of the intake and exhaust valves is narrowed and set at 33.5° to realize a compact cylinder head.
A taper squish combustion chamber is used to achieve high anti-knocking performance and intake efficiency. In addition, excellent engine performance and fuel economy have been realized.
The exhaust port for each cylinder is merged inside the cylinder head sub-assembly to accelerate warm-up of the TWC, thus improving the fuel economy. In addition, at high engine speeds, with the effective cooling of the exhaust gases, the operation range for maintaining stoichiometric air-fuel mixture ratio is widened, thus reducing rich air-fuel mixtures and also improving fuel economy.
By enlarging the merged port diameter of the exhaust port, exhaust gas back-pressure has been reduced, providing greater torque.
The cylinder head bolt employs plastic region tightening bolts.
The routing of the water jacket in the cylinder head sub-assembly is optimized to achieve high cooling performance.
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Fuel Injector Assembly
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Spark Plug
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Intake Port
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Exhaust Port
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Exhaust Side
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Merged Port
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EGR Gas Passage
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Intake Side
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Taper Squish
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A dual injector system is used. By locating a fuel injector assembly at each intake port leading to the intake valves, injection is optimized for enhanced fuel combustion.
Figure 1. Intake Port Image
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Fuel Injector Assembly
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Intake Port
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Tumble Flow