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• Naturally-aspirated engine
  ...NA" - [[aspiration]] meaning breathing) refers to an [[internal combustion engine]] (normally [[petrol]] or [[diesel]] powered) that is neither [[turbocharge ...Also, [[cylinder head]] gaskets will be thinner, and with the top of the [[piston]] rising up into the [[combustion chamber]], for high-performance NA engine
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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 (or Otto cycle)]]
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• W8
  ...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 The classical W engine uses three banks of cylinders, all connected to one [[crankshaft]].
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• Flat-twin
  [[Image:Flat-twin.jpg|frame|200px|[[BMW]] motorcycle powered by a flat-twin engine]] ...t|200px|'''A 1967 [[BMW R60/2|BMW R50/2]] longitudinally mounted flat-twin engine, with tank removed. Note that the cylinders are not truly in line but displ
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• Pistonless rotary 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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• Rotary engine
  ...es which do not use pistons, see [[pistonless rotary engine]] and [[Wankel engine]] ...arly type of [[internal-combustion engine|internal combustion]] [[aircraft engine]], used mostly in the years shortly before and during [[World War I]]. It
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• Hemi engine
  ...]] of [[Chrysler|Chrysler Corporation]], though they were neither the hemi engine's inventors nor the first to commercialize hemi engines. [[Image:1903 premier.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The 1903 Premier engine had a gear-driven [[SOHC#Single overhead camshaft|overhead cam]], roller ca
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• Ducati Hypermotard
  |Engine || 1100&nbsp;cc Dual Spark, [[Desmodromic valve|Desmodromic]] |Brakes || Front: 2 x 305mm discs, 4-piston radial Brembo pistons <br>Rear: 245mm
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• Flat-6
  ...her before a fight, which has led to it being referred to as a '''boxer''' engine. ...ensive design to manufacture, and somewhat too wide for compact automobile engine compartments, which makes it more suitable for luxury sports cars, cruising
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• V10
  ...'' is an [[engine]] in [[V engine|V]] configuration, having 10 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s in two banks of five. ...cking [[moment (physics)|moment]] causing vibration from end to end of the engine. To contain this issue a [[balance shaft]] is required. Theoretically, the
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• Pushrod
  [[Image:pushrod engine.jpg|thumb|Picture of a [[V8]] [[engine block]] (with [[intake manifold]] removed), showing the camshaft, pushrods, ...uate the [[poppet valve|valves]]. Lifters or ''[[tappet]]s'' reside in the engine block between the camshaft and pushrods. The later [[overhead cam|overhead
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• Straight-4
  [[Image:GTV engine.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1972 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 Engine''']] ...engine]] configuration is the most common in [[automobile|car]]s with a [[engine displacement|displacement]] up to 2.3 [[litre|Litres]]. The current "practi
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• Delta engine
  ...er)|Delta]]) is used to refer to both the opposed piston high speed diesel engine designed and produced by [[Napier & Son]], and the locomotives produced by ...r deltic animation.gif|thumb|347px|right|An animated schematic of a Deltic engine. The inlet is coloured green and the outlet purple. Notice the bottom shaft
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• Multi-valve
  ...[cylinder head]] of four [[Poppet valve|valve]] engine.<br />( [[Nissan VQ engine]] )]] In [[automotive engineering]], an engine is referred to as '''multi-valve''' (or '''multivalve''') when each cylinde
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• Top dead center
  In a [[reciprocating engine]], the '''dead centre''' is the position of a piston in which it is farthest from, or nearest to, the [[crankshaft]]. The former ...[flywheel]] to overcome the dead centre, or are designed, in the case of [[Engine configuration|multi-cylinder engines]], so that dead centres can never exis
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• V12
  ...n [[internal combustion engine]] with 12 [[cylinder]]s in [[V engine|V]] [[engine configuration|configuration]]. Like a [[straight-6]], this configuration h ..., heavy-duty engine, a V12 can run slower than smaller engines, prolonging engine life.
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...ston) rather than four. Thus, there is a power stroke per piston for every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two-stroke engines can be a [[Image:Arbeitsweise Zweitakt.gif|center|thumb|500px|A two-stroke engine with an expansion pipe illustrating the effect of the reflected pressure wa
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• Two stroke
  ...exhaust) still occur. Thus, there is a power stroke per piston for every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two stroke engines can be a ...cause the engine has twice as many combustions per second as a four stroke engine revolving at the same speed). For handheld devices, they also have the adv
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• Pushrod engine
  ...n a [[straight engine]] or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a [[V engine]]. This contrasts with an [[overhead camshaft]] (OHC) design which places t ...displacement]]. In [[1949]], [[Oldsmobile]] introduced the [[Oldsmobile V8 engine|Rocket V8]]. It was the first high-compression cam-in-block design, and is
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• V6
  [[Image:v6bw.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Alfa Romeo V6 engine]]]] ...configuration in modern cars after the [[straight-4]]; it shares with that engine a compactness very suited to the popular [[front wheel drive]] layout, and
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