Patent ID: 7086364

Claim:
An intake system for a V-engine, the engine having an engine main body formed into V-shape with first and second banks, comprising: an intake path forming section forming an intake path having a downstream end in communication with an intake port included in each cylinder head formed in the first and second banks, the intake path forming section connecting to an air chamber common to the cylinder heads such that an upstream end of the intake path opens in the air chamber; and a plurality of fuel injection valves disposed in the air chamber, the valves injecting fuel toward the upstream end opening portion of the intake path in the air chamber; wherein a path forming member constituting at least part of the intake path forming section by forming the upstream end of the intake path connects to a first wall portion of the air chamber; and wherein each of the plurality of fuel injection valves is mounted from an outside on a second wall portion of the air chamber opposing the first wall portion such that a leading end portion thereof faces an inside of the air chamber.