Abstract: An induction system for an internal combustion engine, having a combustion chamber and an intake port in periodic communication with the combustion chamber, includes an intake tube having a lower trumpet (41) and an upper trumpet (42), each having an upper end, a lower end and a length; a transition section (43) extending between the upper end of the lower trumpet and the lower end of the upper trumpet; wherein the lower trumpet is connectable at its lower end to the intake port (22) of an engine and has an inner transition diameter (48) proximal its upper end, and wherein the upper trumpet has an inner expansion diameter (55) that is between about 68 percent and 217 percent greater than the transition diameter.

Abstract: An induction system for an internal combustion engine, having a combustion chamber and an intake port in periodic communication with the combustion chamber, includes an intake tube having a lower trumpet (41) and an upper trumpet (42), each having an upper end, a lower end and a length; a transition section (43) extending between the upper end of the lower trumpet and the lower end of the upper trumpet; wherein the lower trumpet is connectable at its lower end to the intake port (22) of an engine and has an inner transition diameter (48) proximal its upper end, and wherein the upper trumpet has an inner expansion diameter (55) that is between about 68 percent and 217 percent greater than the transition diameter.

Abstract: In one embodiment according to the invention, there is disclosed a bearing for surrounding a rotating shaft. The bearing comprises at least one external opening communicating with an exterior of the bearing; and at least one ramped internal cavity, each cavity communicating with one of the at least one external openings and an interior of the bearing. In another embodiment, there is disclosed a method for urging a lubricating fluid into an internal pressure gallery of a rotating shaft.