Patent ID: 7322332
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: F02B,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An intake system of a multi-cylinder engine provided with two cylinder banks each comprised of a plurality of cylinders, provided with a surge tank arranged at a position higher than cylinder heads of said multi-cylinder engine when said intake system is attached to said multi-cylinder engine and divided in internal space into a top part and a bottom part and with pluralities of intake tubes communicating said surge tank and intake ports of said multi-cylinder engine; intake tubes communicated with one cylinder bank of said multi-cylinder engine being connected to the top part of said surge tank and intake tubes communicated with the other cylinder bank being connected to the bottom part of said surge tank; said surge tank being formed so that a front end of said top part is positioned further toward a rear side of the vehicle compared with a front end of the bottom part when said intake system is mounted to a multi-cylinder engine mounted in the vehicle.