ACRE NL wrote:

BMW is catching up to us a bit faster than Mazda.
This is on a BMW English Mini Cooper.

We are not only just accelerating the state of the air craft
engine art :-)>

Paul Lamar

Paul, the intake on the new 7 series is interesting, infinitely variable length (not infinitely long), and wound up like yours.

Hans

Yes I know about it. But BMW had no engines on display that I could
take a picture of. I think Mazda should use the same design on
the new RX8 engine. They kind of pioneered variable length runners
on the 91 Lemans four rotor. Instead they have a spigetty(s) of tubing
all over the top of the RX8 engine that makes the intake manifold too high
for our purposes. I think BMW may have a patent on that version of
the variable length intake runner manifold.

Paul Lamar
 
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