With a combustion engine, there are only so many ways to feed
the powerplant. Normally-aspirated engines reign in the
majority, as the engine gasps in its intake charge by means of
its naturally produced vacuum and gravity. Originally tunneled
in through a carburetor where fuel is sprayed into the intake
charge, normal aspiration (for the most part) evolved into fuel
injection, a method where the ingested air flows through a
throttle body, meeting up with the fuel in the intake runners or
directly in the combustion chamber as with direct-injection
engines. Either way, the intake charge was susceptible to a
litany of variants that could hinder the vehicle's performance.
Higher altitudes starved the engine for the necessary air,
altering the combustion's fuel-to-air mixture. Certain engine
speeds and rpms limited the conventional carburetor's
usefulness, often floating the throttle or maxing it out.
Wheels: Once Lingenfelter's... Wheels: Once Lingenfelter's crew
opened up the rear wheelwells to take a wider set