Patent ID: 8997722
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A tunable throttle plate assembly for customizing fuel delivery to a supercharged engine, said assembly comprising: a plate configured to be coupled to intake manifold of an engine; a fuel aperture extending through said plate; a spray rod coupled to said fuel aperture; a fuel nozzle coupled to said spray rod wherein said fuel nozzle delivers a fuel to said plate through said spray rod; and a solenoid coupled to said fuel nozzle, said solenoid being coupled to a fuel source wherein said solenoid delivers the fuel to said fuel nozzle; wherein said fuel aperture extends through an outside edge and an inside side edge of said plate; said fuel aperture comprising an outside portion having a diameter being greater than an inside portion of said fuel aperture; an inside surface of said outside portion of said fuel aperture comprises threads; wherein said fuel aperture is one of a plurality of said fuel apertures; said plurality of fuel apertures comprising a plurality of sets of said fuel apertures; and a first set of said fuel apertures being evenly distributed along a first lateral side of said plate, a second set of said fuel apertures being evenly distributed along a front side of said plate, a third set of said fuel apertures being evenly distributed along a second lateral side of said plate, a fourth set of said fuel apertures being evenly distributed along a back side of said plate.