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• Brake fade
  ...use they offer more heat dissipation than disks that would fit in the same space. Railways have never used internal expanding drum brakes because they caus
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• Polski Fiat 125p
  ...styling, durable but comfortable leatherette seats and cavernous levels of space. Mechanically, the 125p was rugged and reliable. The car's bodywork, howeve
  7 KB (966 words) - 11:08, 28 September 2012
• Prototype
  ...y modelers), railroad equipment, motor trucks, motorcycles, airplanes, and space-ships (real-world such as Apollo/Saturn Vs, or the ISS). ...Metre]], and in 1983 the meter was redefined to be the distance in [[free space]] covered by [[speed of light|light]] in 1/299,792,458 of a [[second]] (thu
  16 KB (2,443 words) - 09:53, 26 October 2009
• Rayton
  ...ere pressed out using the conventional dies then trimmed and welded to the space frame. The chassis of the prototype was a the modified military truck [[fra
  7 KB (1,219 words) - 10:40, 3 May 2010
• Alfa Romeo 147
  ...cluded a cumbersome gearshift, unsupportive seats and the lack of interior space compared to its rivals. The car became well-known for its engine note, whic
  7 KB (1,016 words) - 18:22, 27 October 2009
• Four-cylinder
  ...ngine''' is a [[heat engine]] in which [[combustion]] occurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. Combustion of a [[fuel]] creates high [[temper ...it provides one power 'stroke' per revolution per rotor, giving it similar space and weight efficiency. The [[Bourke cycle]]'s combustion phase more closely
  22 KB (3,344 words) - 22:07, 11 August 2009
• Flat-6
  ...out is intrinsically more expensive to manufacture, less compact, and less space efficient for front wheel drive than a transverse V6, it allows the additio
  8 KB (1,221 words) - 12:10, 11 May 2010
• Lancia Delta S4
  ...nstruction with the production front-engine Delta. The chassis was tubular space frame construction much like the 037. It featured long travel double wishbo
  7 KB (1,023 words) - 01:33, 12 December 2011
• Suicide door
  ...rs to exit from the front and rear seats simultaneously due to the limited space between the front edge of the rear door and the rear edge of the front door
  7 KB (1,030 words) - 09:25, 7 October 2009
• Sport compact
  ...designed with a performance-oriented philosophy, often compromising cargo space, seating, gas mileage, (daily) driveability, and reliability. A sport compa
  8 KB (1,244 words) - 12:02, 8 October 2009
• V6
  .... It was even considered superior to the [[flat-6]] in that it leaves more space under the engine for exhaust pipes; thus the crankshaft can be placed lower
  8 KB (1,194 words) - 11:40, 8 October 2009
• Rotary engine
  ...ll exists and is in the collection of the Smithsonian's [[National Air and Space Museum]]. A production version of the Omega then soon reached the aviation
  12 KB (2,030 words) - 18:09, 14 September 2009
• Scooter
  ...t floorboard for the rider's feet and often includes some integral storage space, either under the seat, built into the front leg shield, or both.
  11 KB (1,581 words) - 08:09, 27 June 2009
• Ship
  ...iciency than the steam turbine but for many years had an inferior power-to-space ratio. About this period too, heavy [[fuel oil]] came into more general use ...rt of the interior of a ship's hull, especially when considered as storage space, as for cargo. In later merchant vessels it extended up through the decks t
  19 KB (3,038 words) - 23:49, 7 August 2009
• ALCA
  ...1.02 m wide, with high canopy closed 1.06 m, 1.50 m [[wheelbase]], turning space of 2.75 m and weighing 135 kg (300 kg up).<br>
  7 KB (1,106 words) - 15:09, 28 September 2010
• Aerodynamics
  ...[[Wright Brothers]]' [[wind tunnel]] is on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center. Wind tunnels were key in the development and validation of the law ...high momentum convection, and rapid variation of pressure and velocity in space and time. Flow that is not turbulent is called laminar flow.
  23 KB (3,573 words) - 21:59, 17 August 2009
• Formula Ford
  In order to reduce cost, chassis are steel space-frame, unlike the [[monocoque]]s found in other types of single seater raci
  11 KB (1,809 words) - 22:52, 27 April 2009
• Circuit de Monaco
  ...change the shape of one section of the circuit, which in turn - left more space for new pit garages. These pit garages were debuted in the 2004 event.
  11 KB (1,737 words) - 23:15, 18 February 2009
• Lancia Kappa
  ...erior dimensions - the focus was clearly on presentation rather than cargo space.
  8 KB (1,121 words) - 10:49, 18 October 2009
• Pistonless rotary engine
  ...h area, combined with an unfavorably long rather thin stretched combustion space necessitating long flame travel. The combustion is less complete than in e.
  10 KB (1,627 words) - 08:32, 2 October 2009

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