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• Lancia Astura
  Compound the system of [[suspension (mechanical) |sospensioni]] adopted: front we find the classic outline Nozzle (even if |[[Distribution (mechanical) |Distribuzione]] ||valvole in head, vertical commant from bilanceri to ice
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• Fiat 124 Coupé
  ...engine was designed by ex-[[Ferrari]] engineer [[Aurelio Lampredi]]. Other mechanical tidbits include a 5 speed [[gearbox]] and [[disc brake]]s all round. When i ...both using a single carburettor again (the Weber 34 DMSA) in spite of this change the 1756 cc was the most powerful engine standard with 118hp and 115mi/htop
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• Motor oil
  ...he slope representing the change is lessened. This slope representing the change with temperature depends on the nature and amount of the additives to the b ...d up. The motor oil and especially the additives also undergo thermal and mechanical degradation. For these reasons, the oil and the oil filter need to be peri
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• Fiat Ritmo
  ...its unconventional appearance. Legend has it that the reason for the name change was that "Ritmo" was a make of ladies sanitary towel in the U.S. ...facturers with car designs and production tooling. In addition, there were mechanical problems, such as the very rapid wearing of the gearbox which some owners s
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• Lancia Aurelia
  ...up windows and better seating position, a windscreen with vent windows. In mechanical aspects, the B24 convertible was similar to the coupe of the same series. ...behind the seats as it was in the fourth and fifth series open cars. This change, however, did not apply for the first 150 sixth series cars, which were lik
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• Four-stroke
  ...olutions per minute ([[RPM]]) or greater, the [[exhaust]] gasses could not change direction quickly enough to exit past the exhaust valve by the piston's mot ...lve]] timing''' system. This eliminates the valve return spring and uses a mechanical arrangement to both directly open and directly close the valve positively.
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• Air brake (road vehicle)
  ...sed pressure can also be caused by brakes out of adjustment, air leaks, or mechanical problems. Another type of warning is the "wig wag." This device drops a mechanical arm into your view when the pressure in the system drops below 60 p.s.i. An
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...olutions per minute ([[RPM]]) or greater, the [[exhaust]] gasses could not change direction quickly enough to exit past the exhaust valve by the piston's mot ...lve]] timing''' system. This eliminates the valve return spring and uses a mechanical arrangement to both directly open and directly close the valve positively.
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• Lancia Augusta
  ...bile or disinseribile free wheel from the guide place, [[the Transmission (mechanical) |trasmissione]] with tree to flexible joints in place of [[the cardanico|c ...ep to renounce to this innovative system and to withdraw on the antiquated mechanical commando for via of overheating problems, which it is at last succeeded to
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• Ralf Schumacher
  ...year, despite being the senior driver in the team and suffering only four mechanical failures. ...odium again that season, although opportunities to do so were lost through mechanical failure. A fourth position in [[2006 French Grand Prix|France]] was his onl
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• Hand brake
  ...eal by offering them with bench seats, as six seaters; this necessitated a change from parking brake lever mounted between the seats to parking brake pedal. ...pe, an electric motor simply pulls the emergency brake cable rather than a mechanical handle in the cabin. A more advanced unit uses a computer-controlled motor
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• Four stroke cycle
  ...revolutions per minute ([[RPM]]) or greater, the exhaust gasses could not change direction quickly enough to exit past the exhaust valve by the piston's mot ...lve]] timing''' system. This eliminates the valve return spring and uses a mechanical arrangement to both directly open and directly close the valve positively.
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• Front-wheel drive
  Making this change easier was the fact that U.S. manufacturers had invested relatively little ...cy: the direct connection between engine and transaxle reduce the mass and mechanical [[inertia]] of the drivetrain compared to a rear-wheel drive vehicle with a
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...onio Fessia. He had sufficient confidence to entrust the design of all the mechanical components of the car including the chassis to Giacosa. Giacosa was enginee ...tuned. Features that would unfamiliar to us today were the steering column change for the four-speed gearbox, and the transmission handbrake. Through a serie
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• Ferrari 150° Italia
  ...st podium of the season. Massa, meanwhile, started from tenth place, after mechanical problems prevented him from setting a time in the third qualifying session. ...ented them being so dominant in qualifying. In the race however, it didn't change much of the Red Bull's race pace so Vettel got away early, while Alonso had
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• Campagnolo
  ...ppos) intended to be supplied as a near complete collection of a bicycle's mechanical parts. While Campagnolo's highest grade groups, Record (current production) ...me employee. The first derailer enters production, enabling the cyclist to change gears without removing the wheel. The pieces of the derailleur are all hand
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• Formula One regulations
  If a team must change a car's engine between ''parc fermé'' and the start of the race, the car w ...s means they start at the tail end of the grid; however, they can not only change an engine, but also start the race on a full load of fuel and with fresh ty
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• Turbo
  ...anical supercharger. But because of "turbo lag" (see below), engines with mechanical superchargers are typically more responsive. ...limits the maximum boost they can supply. Another way to reduce lag is to change the aspect ratio of the turbine by reducing the diameter and increasing the
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• Fiat 131
  The major mechanical components were also conventional and contemporary, but with some notable a ...#Double overhead camshaft|DOHC]] engine producing 140 PS, [[Kugelfischer]] mechanical [[fuel injection]] and independent rear suspension. In race specifications
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