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• Straight-2
  A '''straight-twin engine''' is a [[two]] cylinder [[piston]] engine that has its cylinders arranged in a single row. ...cars. No current production car uses a straight-twin; even the smallest [[engine displacement|displacement]] cars now use at least a [[straight-3]] because
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• Bugatti Type 50
  ...verhead cam]]shaft. Power was reported at 140 hp (104 kW). The engine was [[undersquare]] like most Bugatti designs with a 81 mm bore and 13 ...maller 5.0 L (4972 cc/303 in³) version of the engine. This engine had squarer dimensions, however, at 86 by 107 mm, and power output was
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• Overhead cam
  ...commonly abbreviated to '''OHC''', [[valvetrain]] configurations place the engine [[camshaft]] within the [[cylinder head]]s, above the [[combustion chamber] ...ngine manufacturers easily accept the added complexity in trade for better engine performance and greater design flexibility. Another performance advantage
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• Rotary combustion engine
  ...er uses of this term, and [[rotary engine]] for the World War I [[aircraft engine]]s by that name.'' ...ustion engine]] that does not use [[piston]]s in the way a [[reciprocating engine]] does, but instead uses one or more [[rotor]]s, sometimes called '''rotary
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• Overhead camshaft
  ...]] to improve efficiency and power. OHC also inherently allows for greater engine speeds over comparable cam-in-block designs. ...t engines this means there is one camshaft in the one head, while in a [[V engine]] there are two camshafts: one per cylinder bank.
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• Ducati 916
  *2 cyl. 4 stroke 4 valve watercooled V Engine
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• Ducati Mach 1
  | Engine || 4-stroke single-cylinder, 248.5 cc, 10:1 compression, 74 mm x 57.8 mm, contact breaker igntion with ...e in [[Ducati]]'s history. The Mach 1, with its 250 cc-class single-piston engine, was the fastest road bike at the time. Popular in racing, it was clocked
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• Quarter-midget
  ...e over 4000 drivers in the United States in 2007. In the United States, an engine can cost from $400 to $9,000, the car chassis from $1500 for a used up to $ *Jr. & Sr. Super Stock - Deco stock 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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• Seiling
  ...designer, after leaving [[MAS]] in 1937. The first creation was a 350-cc single-cylinder side valve with integrated three-speed [[gearbox]], outer [[flywheel]] and ...fifties when working for [[GS]] in [[Milano]], worked to develop a 125 cc engine for the Brazilian brand ''Bugre''.
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• Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine
  ...ackground:#333333; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:GTV engine.jpg|250px]] ! colspan=2 |'''Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine'''
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• Attolini
  ...as a vertical single cylinder, two stroke, 269 cc, with a magneto ignition engine. It also had a flywheel alternator, transmission belt mixed chain and shock
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• Lawil
  ...ptions, either the 246 cc twin-cylinder [[two-stroke]] model or the 123 cc single-cylinder version.
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• Opposed piston engine
  ...ed_piston_engine_1.jpg|thumb|300px|Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston [[diesel engine]]s on the [[submarine]] ''[[USS Pampanito]]''.]] An '''opposed piston''' engine is one in which the cylinders are double-ended, with a piston at each end a
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• Crankshaft
  [[Image:Marine Crankshafts 8b03602r.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Continental engine]] marine crankshafts, 1942]] ...haft''', sometimes casually abbreviated to ''crank'', is that part of an [[engine]] which translates [[reciprocate|reciprocating]] [[linear]] [[piston]] moti
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• Arnaldi
  This bike was built by a craftsman in a single copy in 1933. The engine was a [[JAP]] 170cc, single [[cylinder]] overhead [[valve]] distribution wi ...first series 300 twin, recognizable by the prefix "193" on the chassis and engine - only about 250 unites were made before moving on to the second set on bik
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• Ferrari Colombo engine
  |[[Image:Ferrari212 motor.JPG|250px|thumb|[[Ferrari 212]] 2.6 L engine]] ...250 Testa Rossa engine.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Colombo Type 125 Testa Rossa engine in a 1958 [[Ferrari TR|250TR]]]]
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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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• Junior motorcycle
  .... In 1930, came a new 175 cc side valve JAP engine and a 350 cc two-stroke engine like the original. In the years between 1931 and 1935, the '''Junior''' bui
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• Della Ferrera
  In 1924, Della Ferrera presented an auxiliary 130cc two stroke engine with an unusual split cylinder internal distribution with cylinder liners, In 1928, production started on a single cylinder 175cc engine with vertical distribution overhead valves operated by push-rods and rocker
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