Patent ID: 7219657

Claim:
A fuel routing structure of a V-type engine for a vehicle, the engine comprising: cylinder heads housed in at least one pair of cylinder banks, the at least one pair of cylinder banks arranged in a V configuration aligned in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a crankshaft aligned in the transverse direction of the vehicle; intake ports formed in the cylinder heads; and fuel injection valves; the fuel routing structure comprising: an intake manifold forming an intake passage communicating with the intake ports of the cylinder heads, the intake manifold arranged between each respective bank of the at least one pair of banks; and a fuel rail provided with a fuel passage pipe, wherein the fuel injection valves inject fuel into the intake passage corresponding to each intake port, the fuel injection valves being attached to an upper part of the intake manifold so that center lines of the fuel injection valves corresponding to each respective bank of the at least one pair of banks are crossed at an intersection over the intake manifold when the vehicle is viewed from the side; and the axis of the fuel passage pipe is arranged in the vicinity of the intersection, is parallel to the crankshaft and extends linearly, and the fuel rail is connected to all the fuel injection valves in common and is directly attached to the intake manifold, and the fuel injection valves are spaced laterally apart along the fuel rail, and are oriented such that upper end portions thereof overlap one another when viewed from a lateral side of the vehicle.