Drive unit in N62 intake manifold

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Aug 22, 2011 | 06:30 AM

Stephen Max

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The intake manifold has a so-called "drive unit" attached to it, part number 2 in the figure below:

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I couldn't find any information on what the drive unit does. Can anybody elucidate me?

Aug 22, 2011 | 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen Max

The intake manifold has a so-called "drive unit" attached to it, part number 2 in the figure below:

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I couldn't find any information on what the drive unit does. Can anybody elucidate me?

The motor on the back of it slides the clamshell looking things (the intake runners) to make them shorter or longer to tune the engine (based primarily on RPM, if I recall correctly).

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