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What is an Intake Manifold?

An intake manifold is a component that delivers air or an air/fuel mixture from the carburetor or throttle body to the intake ports on the engine.

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What is a Throttle Body?

The throttle body is the intake system component that allows you to control the flow of air by pressing on your accelerator pedal.

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What is an Air Filter?

Air filters are designed to remove particulate matter from air that enters an engine’s intake system or the cabin of a vehicle.

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What is an Intake System?

An intake system is made up of all the component parts that help meter, filter, and deliver air to an internal combustion engine.

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What is a Distributor Cap?

Distributor caps perform two important functions, as they provide both a protective cover for the distributor (and internal components like the rotor and, in some cases, points), and also help route spark to the spark plugs.

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What is a Distributor?

Distributors perform two vital functions in spark ignition systems: routing high voltage pulses and activating those pulses at just the right time.

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What is an Ignition Coil?

In battery-and-coil ignition systems, the coil is the component that generates high enough pulses of voltage to jump the spark plug gaps and ignite the air/fuel mixture.