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Old 23rd August 2002 | 15:02
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Tinstaafl
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TOT,

I beg to differ regarding your assertion that there is a vacuum in the inlet manifold.

There ispressure in the manifold. It may be less than atmospheric, but it is a pressure none the less. In a normally aspirated engine this somewhere in the range of approx. 10"Hg to 27"Hg, depending on power setting.

The only time it would be a vacuum would be if all gas was evacuated from the chamber in which case there would be no mixture to enter the cylinders.
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