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• Crankshaft
  [[Image:Marine Crankshafts 8b03602r.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Continental engine]] marine crankshafts, 1942]] ...an [[engine]] which translates [[reciprocate|reciprocating]] [[linear]] [[piston]] motion into rotation. It typically connects to a [[flywheel]], to reduce
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• Single cylinder engine
  [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|[[Four-stroke cycle]] (or Otto cycle)]] ...just one cylinder, the simplest arrangement possible for an Otto or Diesel engine. The mounting can be standing, lying or angled..
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• W12
  ...e (April, 2005) use four banks of three cylinders (two narrow-angle [[V6]] engine blocks), coupled to a common [[crankshaft]]. ...[mid-engined]], [[rear wheel drive]] [[supercar]] powered by a 6 litre W12 engine producing 600 hp. A week before, the W12 Coupe broke the world 24 hour endu
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• W engine
  [[Image:LionEngine.jpg|thumb|260px|The [[Napier Lion]] engine.]] ...which the cylinder banks resemble the letter '''W''' in the same way a [[V engine]] resembles the letter '''V'''. There have been three entirely different im
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• Firing order
  ...ritical to minimizing [[vibration]] and achieving smooth running, for long engine [[metal fatigue|fatigue]] life and user comfort. ...f the car, but some manufacturers (Saab, Citroën) in some models place the engine 'backwards', with #1 towards the firewall.
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• V16
  ...combustion engine]] in [[V engine|V]] configuration, having 16 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. Engines of this number of cylinders are not common. ...] which are necessary on medium and large [[Straight-4]] and [[V8]] engine configurations. In addition, an angle that is a multiple of 45° will give even firing, t
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• Radial engine
  [[Image:Radial Engine.jpg|right|thumb|280px|Radial engine of a [[biplane]].]] [[Image:Radial engine.gif|frame|right|Radial engine in a cut-away view.]]
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• Flathead engine
  [[image:flathead.jpg|thumb|right|Ford flathead V8 engine, modified for power, depicted on cover of Hot Rod magazine. The "flat head" ...as in an overhead valve or [[OHV]] engine. The design was common on early engine designs, but has since fallen from use.
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• Napier Deltic
  ...er)|Delta]]) is used to refer to both the opposed-piston high-speed diesel engine designed and produced by [[Napier & Son|D Napier & Son]], and the locomotiv ...er_deltic_animation_large.gif|thumb|left|An animated schematic of a Deltic engine. The inlet is coloured green and the outlet purple. Notice the bottom shaft
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• Flat engine
  [[Image:Boxer engine diagram.jpg|thumb|The Boxer engine, first patented by German engineer Karl Benz]] ...age:ULPower UL260i.jpg|thumb|[[ULPower UL260i|UL260i]] [[Flat-4]] aircraft engine]]
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• Combustion chamber
  [[Image:Combustion chamber (PSF).png|thumb|Diagram of jet engine showing the combustion chamber.]] A '''combustion chamber''' is the part of an [[engine]] in which [[fuel]] is burned.
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• Cam
  ...operate the intake and exhaust [[poppet valve|valve]]s of the [[Cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. ...the [[crankshaft]] of a car, which takes the reciprocating motion of the [[piston]]s and translates it into the rotary motion necessary to operate the [[whee
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• Poppet valve
  ==Internal combustion engine== ...t [[camshaft]], (I) Intake camshaft, (S) [[Spark plug]], (V) Valves, (P) [[Piston]], (R) [[Connecting rod]], (C) [[Crankshaft]], (W) Water jacket for coolant
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...otary combustion engine]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|four-stroke cycle]]
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• Camshaft
  ...|right|250px|[[Poppet valve|Valve]] timing [[gear]]s on a [[Ford Taunus V4 engine]] — the small gear is on the [[crankshaft]], the larger gear is on th The '''camshaft''' is an apparatus used in [[piston engine]]s to operate [[poppet valve]]s. It consists of a cylindrical rod running t
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• Reciprocating engine
  ...Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], internal combustion piston engine. <br> '''P''' - [[Piston]]<br>
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• Straight-5
  ...ive [[Cylinder (engine)|cylinders]] aligned in one row, sharing a single [[engine block]] and [[crankcase]]. This configuration is a compromise between the s ...age:B5252S.jpg|thumb|300 px|The Volvo B5252S is an example of a straight-5 engine.]]
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• Piston ring
  [[Image:Piston rings.jpg|thumb|250px|Spring-loaded piston rings.]] ...gs mounted on a 47mm [[two-stroke cycle]] [[Scooter (motorcycle)|scooter]] piston.]]
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• Machine
  ...o transform [[heat]] or other energy into mechanical energy are known as [[engine]]s. ...gine]]s || [[External combustion engine]]s || [[Steam engine]], [[Stirling engine]]
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• Watt's linkage
  ...Watt]] (1736--1819) to constrain the movement of a [[piston]] in a [[steam engine]] to move in a straight line. :''I have got a glimpse of a method of causing a piston rod to move up and down perpendicularly by only fixing it to a piece of iro
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