Wide open throttle or wide-open throttle ( WOT ), also called full throttle , is the fully opened state of a throttle on an engine ( internal combustion engine or steam engine ). The term also, by extension, usually refers to the maximum-speed state of running the engine, as the normal result of a fully opened throttle plate/ butterfly valve . In an internal combustion engine, this state entails the maximum intake of air and fuel that occurs when the throttle plates inside the carburetor or throttle body are "wide open" (fully opened up), providing the least resistance to the incoming air. In the case of an automobile, WOT is when the accelerator is depressed fully, sometimes referred to as "flooring it" (because automotive throttle controls are usually a pedal , so full throttle is selected by pressing the pedal to the floor, or as near as it will go). A throttle on a steam engine controls how much steam is sent to the cylinders from the boiler.
13-412: Full Throttle as a proper noun is an allusion to wide open throttle (full throttle) on an engine. It may refer to: Gaming [ edit ] Full Throttle (1984 video game) , a 1984 video game released by Micromega Full Throttle (1987 video game) , a 1987 racing arcade game by Taito Full Throttle: All-American Racing , a 1994 racing game for
26-520: A song by Nebula from the 1999 double EP Nebula/Lowrider Other [ edit ] Full Throttle (drink) , an energy drink from The Coca-Cola Company Full Throttle (roller coaster) , a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series , National Hot Rod Association-sanctioned drag racing championship Full Throttle Saloon , an American reality television series airing on
39-531: Is the point at which the maximum amount of fuel is being injected relative to the amount of air pumped by the engine, generally in order to bring the fuel-air mixture up to the stoichiometric point. If any more fuel were to be injected then black smoke would result. (Regardless of the non-literal nature of the term when applied to diesel contexts, it is nonetheless figuratively common and well understood.) At wide open throttle, manifold vacuum decreases. The higher manifold pressure in turn allows more air to enter
52-629: The Super NES Full Throttle (1995 video game) , a 1995 video game released by LucasArts American Chopper 2: Full Throttle , a 2005 video game based on the American Chopper TV series Film [ edit ] Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle , a 2003 American film Full Throttle (film) , a 1995 Hong Kong film Full Throttle a 1995 film about Tim Birkin Music [ edit ] "Full Throttle",
65-411: The air–fuel ratio enough to get the engine started. In electronic control, the feedback between the factors can be finessed and exploited in countless ways, even to the extent that in drive by wire systems the operator's input (which is pedal position) is a completely separate concern from throttle position itself, and the computer constantly makes new decisions about how the two should be correlated when
78-406: The combustion cylinders, and thus additional fuel is required to balance the combustion reaction. (Carburetors and fuel injection systems are arranged so as to provide the correct air–fuel ratio as conditions dynamically shift.) The additional air and fuel reacting together produce more power. Throttle position is a data point in electronic engine control and in on-board diagnostics (OBD). In
91-440: The disanalogies involving two cars in a literal analogy (the same principle concerning disanalogies is true for a figurative analogy): The day they were purchased isn't relevant whereas the previous accidents of the two cars would be relevant. If car A has been in five accidents while car B has been in no accidents, then the conclusion drawn about the future performance of the two cars is affected. This linguistics article
104-419: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Full_Throttle&oldid=1158368803 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wide open throttle In the case of a diesel engine , which does not have a throttle valve, WOT
117-436: The many generations and designs of engine control units , a throttle position sensor (TPS) is typically one of the sensors providing input to the computer. Often an air–fuel ratio meter is also used. In both control theory (involving humans and machines) and control logic (as a machine-based application thereof), the concept of wide open throttle can be divided logically into operator intent , throttle position itself,
130-452: The other hand, a literal analogy is about two things that are nearly exactly alike. The two things compared in a figurative analogy are not obviously comparable in most respects. Metaphors and similes are two types of figurative analogies. In the course of analogical reasoning , figurative analogies become weak if the disanalogies of the entities being compared are relevant—in the same way that literal analogies become weak. Consider
143-409: The resultant/net effect on the state of engine running at each moment, and the feedback loops among those factors. This is true even in a system without electronic control, as, for example, when the operator holds the throttle open (pedal floored) to overcome flooding in a carbureted engine . The intent of WOT in that case is not to rev up the engine (which is not even running yet) but simply to lean out
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#1732797603250156-465: The state of engine running changes from second to second. In the carburetion era, carbs had jets and fuel circuits arranged with a certain logic to overcome the transient differences between throttle position changes and their resultant effects on the engine's running (for example, jets to prevent hesitation). Figurative analogy A figurative analogy is a comparison about two things that are not alike but share only some common property. On
169-408: The truTV network Full Throttle , a 2019 collection of novelettes and short stories by Joe Hill (writer) See also [ edit ] Throttle (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Full Throttle . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
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