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• Cylinder bank
  ...ngine block]] to be built from a single piece of metal, which is machined. Engines often have more than one row of pistons, each with their own block, and the ...[engine configuration]]s have cylinder banks. [[Radial engine]]s have each piston in a separate cylinder, and this was common in earlier in-line engine desig
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• W16
  ...ocating engine|piston engine]] in a [[W engine|W configuration]]. All W16 engines consist of four banks of four cylinders (two juxtaposed [[V8]] engine block Volkswagen Group currently produces W16s, based on two of its [[W8]] engines which are based on technology from the narrow-angle [[VR6]] engine. The na
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• Short block
  ...to manufacturer's instructions. Liners are finished as necessary. Not all engines use replaceable cylinder liners. ...ston rings|rings]], piston pins, and piston pin bushings are fitted to the piston. The pistons are installed on the rods using and are placed in the cylinder
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• Engine configuration
  ...tion engine]]. These components include [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s, [[piston]]s, [[crankshaft]] or crankshafts and [[camshaft]] or camshafts. For many [[automobile]] engines, the term '''block''' is interchangeable with engine in this context, for e
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• U engine
  ...gine''' is a [[piston engine]] made up of two separate [[straight engine]] engines (complete with separate crankshafts) joined by [[gear]]s. ...interest in this design is its ability to share common parts with Straight engines.
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• Timing marks
  ...[piston engine]], '''top dead centre''' ('''TDC''') is the position of a [[piston]] in which it is furthest from the [[crankshaft]]. ...top dead centre''' ('''BTDC''') although a very few small and fast-burning engines, such as the Nissan MA10 with hemispherical [[combustion chambers]], requir
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• W18
  The only '''W18''' engines built to date powered the [[Bugatti EB 118]], [[Bugatti EB 218]] and [[Buga ...chnical_school/engine/tech_engine_packaging.htm#W18 Volkswagen's VR6 and W-engines]
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• Cylinder (engine)
  [[Image:cylinder.png|frame|right|A piston and cylinder from a steam engine]] ...nt is free to flow around the outside each individual cylinder. Wet lined engines have better cooling and more even temperature distribution, but the block i
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• Cylinder
  [[Image:cylinder.png|frame|right|A piston and cylinder from a steam engine]] ...n engine]] or [[external combustion engine]] is the space within which a [[piston]] travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank
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• V20
  Engines of this number of cylinders are not common, but this configuration was used V20 diesel engines have also been used in marine applications: Mercedes-Benz has produced one
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• V4 engine
  [[Lancia]] produced several [[Lancia V4 engine|narrow-angle V4 engines]] from the [[1920s]] through [[1960s]] for cars like the [[Lancia Lambda|La The [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] of Europe produced two totally different V4 engines with a [[balance shaft]], one in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and one in [[Ger
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• Opposed piston engine
  [[Image:Opposed_piston_engine_1.jpg|thumb|300px|Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston [[diesel engine]]s on the [[submarine]] ''[[USS Pampanito]]''.]] ...the Opposed Piston or OP designs can use 1 crankshaft like the Doxfordship engines [http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Marine/doxford.htm]
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• Piston
  [[image:piston.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''piston + connecting rod''']] In general, a '''piston''' is a sliding [[plug]] that fits closely inside the [[bore]] of a [[cylin
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• Straight-9
  ...26, 32, Wasa32LN, 38, 46 and 46F series. The 9 cylinder versions of these engines develop between 1620 and 51480 Kw (2170 - 69040 hp). {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• H engine
  ...antage of the H configuration is to allow the building of reasonably short engines with more than 12 cylinders, their compact size being useful as [[aircraft ...ier|Rapier]], [[Napier Dagger|Dagger]] and [[Napier Sabre|Sabre]] airplane engines. Unlike the BRM and the Lycoming, the Sabre eventually matured into a super
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• Flat-12
  ...rather 180° [[V engine|V]] engines. The real boxer has one crank pin per piston while in the 180° V engine two pistons share the same crank pin. With twel {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Straight-twin
  ...for each cylinder are more properly called inline or straight two cylinder engines, abbreviated as "I-2". Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight two cylinder engines had a crank angle of 360°, which means that both pistons have to be in the
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• Straight-10
  ...ylinder]]s. A straight-10 is a very long engine, and therefore straight-10 engines are not common in [[automobile]]s. ...(43,100kW) at a speed of 104RPM. Like the vast majority of marine diesel engines, it is capable of running on diesel or [[fuel oil|heavy fuel oil]], the lat
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• Straight-8
  ...such engines. [[ALFA Romeo]] were the first to react: in their racing car engines for the P2 and P3 and in their 8 C 2300/2600/2900 sports cars of [[Mille Mi ...Motor Company|Ford]] never adopted the straight-8, using [[V8]] or [[V12]] engines from the [[1930s]] on.
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• Rotary combustion engine
  ...le is about [[internal combustion engine]]s that do not use conventional [[piston]]s. See also [[rotary engine (disambiguation)]] for other uses of this term ...'rotary engine''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] that does not use [[piston]]s in the way a [[reciprocating engine]] does, but instead uses one or more
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• Connecting rod
  [[image:piston.jpg|thumb|right|150px|piston (top) and connecting rod from typical automotive engine (scale is in centim ...I) Intake camshaft, (S) [[Spark plug]], (V) [[poppet valve|Valve]]s, (P) [[Piston]], (R) Connecting rod, (C) [[Crankshaft]], (W) Water jacket for coolant flo
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• Square engine
  ...of a square-four engine as a pair of [[straight-twin]] (AKA parallel-twin) engines with their [[crankshaft]]s mated together using [[gear]]s to give a common ...t in favour of in-line, [[four-stroke]] designs, as at the time two stroke engines were quickly being superseded by more economical and reliable four strokes.
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• V-twin
  ...ion of V-2 engines is uncommon. They are frequently referred to as V-twin engines, too, although this is technically incorrect.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} ...are used to refer to the crankshaft orientation. A common mistake with V-2 engines is to refer to the cylinder orientation (as mentioned on [http://www.bmwmot
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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. Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight-twin engines had a crank angle of 360°, which means that both pistons have to be in the
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• Crankshaft
  ...an [[engine]] which translates [[reciprocate|reciprocating]] [[linear]] [[piston]] motion into rotation. It typically connects to a [[flywheel]], to reduce ...he [[cylinder bore]]. In production [[V engine|V]] or [[flat engine|flat]] engines, neighboring connecting rods attach side by side to the same crank throw, s
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• Cagiva W
  ...roke engines, while the displacements are 350cc and 600cc with four stroke engines, this bike is the old project [[Cagiva Aletta Rossa]], and is flanked by [[ ...of the model Eddie Lawson), whereas the piston has always used the curved piston bifascia code'' 8A0054888''.
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• Flat-H
  ...antage of the H configuration is to allow the building of reasonably short engines with more than 12 cylinders, their compact size being useful as [[aircraft ===Aircraft engines===
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• Controlled Combustion Engine
  ...1.gif] while retaining an identical cylinder head assembly to conventional engines.
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• X engine
  ...prove [[engine vibration]] characteristics. X-engines were often [[coupled engines]] derived from existing powerplants. ...ns rather than their advantages. Overheating was a perpetual problem for X engines, and a major reason for the failure of the type.
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• Straight-12
  ...ylinder]]s. A straight-12 is a very long engine, and therefore straight-12 engines are not common in [[automobile|automobiles]], but it has been used for larg {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Combustion chamber
  ...he chamber. This pressure can be used to do work, for example, to move a [[piston]] on a [[crankshaft]] or a [[turbine|turbine disc]] in a [[gas turbine]]. T ...bove the rising piston, improving mixing and combustion. The shape of the piston top also affects the amount of "swirl." Finally, the spark plug must be si
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• Ohv
  ...oyed [[pushrod]]-actuated valves [[parallel (geometry)|parallel]] to the [[piston]]s and this is still in use today. This contrasts with previous designs, wh ...ead cam]]s, although both types employ overhead valves and so are both OHV engines.
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• Landi
  ...amberto Todini]], built their own 122 cc and 172 cc two-stroke comb piston engines.
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• Naturally-aspirated engine
  ...urbocharged]] nor [[supercharged]]. Most [[automobile]] gasoline (petrol) engines are naturally-aspirated, though turbochargers and superchargers have enjoye ...high-performance NA engines that benefit from higher [[internal combustion engines|compression]].
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• Napier Deltic
  ...& Son]], and the locomotives produced by [[English Electric]] using these engines, including their [[British Rail DP1|demonstrator locomotive named ''DELTIC' Until this time, diesel engines had poor [[power-to-weight ratio]] and low speed. Before the war, Napier ha
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• Camshaft
  The '''camshaft''' is an apparatus used in [[piston engine]]s to operate [[poppet valve]]s. It consists of a cylindrical rod ru ...must be opened and closed at the appropriate time during the stroke of the piston. For this reason, the camshaft is connected to the [[crankshaft]] either di
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• Radial engine
  [[Image:Rotary_Piston_Engine_8b03590r.jpg|right|thumb|280px|A radial piston engine from [[Continental engine]] is torn down after testing, 1944]] ...craft]] engines before being superseded by [[turboshaft]] and [[turbojet]] engines.
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• Flat-4
  ...omentum. Flat engines with four or fewer cylinders are most commonly boxer engines. ...common configuration, but some brands of [[automobile]] have favored such engines and it is a common configuration for smaller [[aircraft engine]]s such as m
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• Straight-3
  Most straight-3 engines employ a crank angle of 120° and are thus rotationally balanced; however, ...-2]]. The inner cylinder is offset 180° from the outer cylinders. In these engines cylinder 1 fires, 180° later cylinder 2 fires, and then 180° later cylind
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• Cagiva Elefant
  ...produced with motors to two times, while the others all with twin-cylinder engines to four times. ...cal to that one of Elefant 125, in fact the two models only differ for the piston displacement, for this came only produced from 1984 to 1986.
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• Single cylinder engine
  Compared to multi-cylinder engines, single cylinder engines have several advantages, primarily their simple and economical construction ...hese vehicles allowed the first mass-motorisation in many countries. Most engines used in small portable appliances, such as chainsaws, generators and domest
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• Flat engine
  ...do not share crank pins in this way, and [[flat engine#180° V-engines|180° engines]] which do. ...nter]] simultaneously. Boxer engines should not be confused with [[opposed piston engine]]s, which use a completely different concept.
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• Parasitic loss
  == Parasitic loss in internal combustion engines == ...ything including the driveline causes parasitic loss. Bearings, oil pumps, piston rings, valve springs, flywheels, transmissions, driveshafts, differentials,
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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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• Reciprocating engine
  ...'' <br>Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], internal combustion piston engine. <br> '''P''' - [[Piston]]<br>
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• Flathead engine
  ...at has the [[poppet valve|valves]] placed in the engine block beside the [[piston]], instead of in the [[cylinder head]], as in an overhead valve or [[OHV]] ...t's said that such an engine has poorer "breathing". In the early days all engines had poor combustion anyway, so this was a minor concern given the benefits
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• W engine
  The major advantage of these engines is packaging, that is, they contain high numbers of cylinders but are relat There are two major advantages of these engines over the more traditional [[straight-4]] or [[V4 engine]]s. The first is th
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• V engine
  [[Image:L V VR6 engines.png|thumb|200px|right|Three types of engine: a&nbsp;— straight engine, b& ...configuration|configuration]] for an [[internal combustion engine]]. The [[piston]]s are aligned so that they appear to be in a V when viewed along the line
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• Pushrod
  ...'', also called '''pushrod engine''' or '''I-head engine''' is a type of [[piston engine]] that places the [[camshaft]] in the [[cylinder block]] (usually be ...es. [[General Motors]] is the world's largest pushrod engine producer with engines such as the [[Buick V6 engine#L32 Supercharged|3800 Series III]] [[Supercha
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• Two stroke
  ...or every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two stroke engines can be arranged to start and run in either direction. Two-stroke engines are used most among the smallest and largest reciprocating powerplants, but
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• Straight engine
  ...fewer [[cylinder head|cylinder heads]] and [[camshaft|camshafts]]. Inline engines are also much smaller in volume than designs like the [[radial engine|radia ...''GM Atlas engine'' family includes straight-4, straight-5, and straight-6 engines.
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• Four-stroke
  ...our ''strokes'', or straight movements alternately, back and forth, of a [[piston]] inside a [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]: ...is at its topmost point. On the first downward stroke (''intake'') of the piston, a mixture of [[fuel]] and [[air]] is drawn into the cylinder through the i
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...our ''strokes'', or straight movements alternately, back and forth, of a [[piston]] inside a [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]: ...is at its topmost point. On the first downward stroke (''intake'') of the piston, a mixture of [[fuel]] and [[air]] is drawn into the cylinder through the i
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• Jake brake
  ...ed air in the cylinder preventing it from returning its energy back to the piston and accordingly, the vehicle. ...also muffle the sound of the compression release engine brake. Also, some engines use a butterfly valve in the exhaust and/or stator travel beyond the normal
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• Delta engine
  ...& Son]], and the locomotives produced by [[English Electric]] using these engines, including their [[British Rail DP1|demonstrator locomotive named ''DELTIC' ...ft. Hitherto in the [[Royal Navy]], such boats had been driven by gasoline engines but this fuel is obviously highly flammable and made them very vulnerable t
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• W12
  ...cylinders though none have ever gone into production. All production W12 engines to date (April, 2005) use four banks of three cylinders (two narrow-angle [ ...swagen Group currently produces W12s, based on two of its narrow-angle VR6 engines. The narrow angle of each set of cylinders allows just two camshafts to dr
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• Four stroke cycle
  ...our ''strokes'', or straight movements alternately, back and forth, of a [[piston]] inside a [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]: ...s at its uppermost point. On the first downward stroke (''intake'') of the piston, a mixture of fuel and air is drawn into the cylinder through the intake (i
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• Rotary engine
  This article is about a type of piston engine. For internal combustion engines which do not use pistons, see [[pistonless rotary engine]] and [[Wankel eng ...typically had a [[power-to-weight ratio]] advantage over more conventional engines.
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• Cargneluti
  '''Cargneluti''' was an [[Italian]] manufacturer that built engines and [[motorcycles]]. ...ar unique to this engine was that they changed the stroke which caused the piston during the intake stroke to go down faster than during the power stroke.
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• V16
  ...[[V engine|V]] configuration, having 16 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. Engines of this number of cylinders are not common. V16 engines have been used in certain luxury and high-performance [[automobile]]s, most
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• Marine engine
  ...|English]] between two meanings of the word "engineer": 'those who operate engines' and 'those who design and construct new items'. ==History of engines==
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• Engine
  ...|English]] between two meanings of the word "engineer": 'those who operate engines' and 'those who design and construct new items'. ==History of engines==
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...or every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two-stroke engines can be arranged to start and run in either direction. Two-stroke engines are used mostly among the smallest and largest reciprocating powerplants, b
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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 ...tre, or are designed, in the case of [[Engine configuration|multi-cylinder engines]], so that dead centres can never exist on all cranks at the same time. A
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• Pistonless rotary engine
  ...le is about [[internal combustion engine]]s that do not use conventional [[piston]]s. See also [[rotary engine (disambiguation)]] for other uses of this term ...'rotary engine''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] that does not use [[piston]]s in the way a [[reciprocating engine]] does, but instead uses one or more
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• Hemi engine
  ...re neither the hemi engine's inventors nor the first to commercialize hemi engines. ...tomotive engines, shortly after proving the concept of internal combustion engines themselves.
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• Knurling
  ...[[piston]]s of [[internal combustion engines]], where the skirt of a worn piston was expanded back to the nominal size using a knurling process.
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• Pushrod engine
  ...sion cam-in-block design, and is the [[archetype]] for most modern pushrod engines. Generally L-head engines use a small chamber on one side of the cylinder to carry the valves. This h
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• Flat-6
  ...wo banks of three cylinders on each side of a central [[crankcase]]. The [[piston]]s are mounted to the [[crankshaft]] such that opposing pistons move back a ...et Corvair|Corvair]] with flat-6 [[air-cooled]] [[Chevrolet Corvair engine|engines]]. The [[Citroen DS]] was originally intended to be fitted with an air-cool
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• Poppet valve
  ...t [[camshaft]], (I) Intake camshaft, (S) [[Spark plug]], (V) Valves, (P) [[Piston]], (R) [[Connecting rod]], (C) [[Crankshaft]], (W) Water jacket for coolant ...spring, and are used in some high speed [[motorcycle]] and [[auto racing]] engines, eliminating '[[valve float]]' at high [[RPM]].
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• Sleeve valve
  ...a number of advantages over the more common [[poppet valve]], used in most engines, as well as disadvantages that have precluded its widespread adoption to da ...does the piston and the valve no good at all. Even in "non-interference" engines, at some point the valve head can simply part from the valve stem due to th
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• Multi-valve
  Most multivalve engines use an [[overhead camshaft]] to actuate the valves, and many use [[double o ==Modern multivalve engines==
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• Straight-4
  ...owever, in tractors and other construction machinery, four-cylinder diesel engines with a displacement of 4.5 litres and above can still be found. ...cc engine used in the [[Austin-Healey 100]] and [[Austin Atlantic]]. These engines were generally the result of a long incremental evolution process and their
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• Machine
  {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Straight-6
  Straight-6 engines have perfect primary and secondary [[engine balance|balance]] and require n ...mbinations and some low speed diesels in cargo and passenger ships. These engines have a displacement of 1,000 L or more.
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• V12
  ...delivery. In a large, heavy-duty engine, a V12 can run slower than smaller engines, prolonging engine life. ...craft to make a [[transatlantic]] flight, the [[NC-4]], had a set of 4 V12 engines.
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• W8
  ...h the introduction of their [[W12]]. It combined two narrow-angle [[VR6]] engines around a single [[crankshaft]] for a total of four banks of cylinders. For The major advantage of these engines is packaging, i.e., they contain high numbers of cylinders but are relative
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• Firing order
  <!-- transverse engines? --> ...ways an odd number of cylinders, as this allows for a constant every-other-piston firing order: for example, with a single bank of 7 cylinders, the order wou
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• V6
  A '''V6''' is an [[internal combustion engine|internal combustion piston engine]] with six cylinders in a "[[V engine|V]]" configuration. It is the ...th the [[Lancia Aurelia]], other manufacturers took note and soon other V6 engines were in use. The design really took off after the 1962 introduction of the
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• Flat-twin
  ...flat engine]]s, sub-type "boxer", and shares most characteristics of those engines. Flat-twin engines were used in several economy cars, including the [[Citroën 2CV]], the [[P
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• Motorcycle land speed record
  ==Piston-engine bike== ...les is the "fastest man on two wheels". All such records have been with [[piston-engine]] machines.
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• Straight-5
  ...[[VW Golf|Golf/Rabbit]]. Also [[Fiat]] make use of their superb 5-cylinder engines (both petrol and diesel) in big Fiat and Lancia models. {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Four-cylinder
  ...h are permitted to expand. The expanding gases are used to directly move a piston, turbine blades, rotor(s), or the [[engine]] itself thus doing useful work. Internal combustion engines can be powered by any [[fuel]] that can be combined with an "[[oxidizer]]"
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• V10
  ...and parts costs, many V10 engines available today are based on 90° [[V8]] engines, which is less than ideal for balance. * Bristol has utilized the 8.0L Viper V10 crate engines in their cars, one tuned to 525&nbsp;hp is used in the Bristol Fighter. Th
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• Automobile self starter
  ...ull away immediately, or else risk a broken wrist, or worse. Moreover, as engines evolved, they became larger and compression ratios increased, making hand c ...e this design weighs less, it has also been adapted to some light aircraft engines, where minimizing weight is very important.
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• Compression ratio
  ...est capacity. It is a fundamental specification for many common combustion engines. ...troke (engine)|stroke]], and the volume of the combustion chamber when the piston is at the top of its stroke.
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• Cam-in-block
  The '''cam-in-block''' [[valvetrain]] layout of [[piston engine]]s is one where the [[camshaft]] is placed within the [[cylinder blo ...Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Cummins produce cam-in-block or pushrod engines in any large numbers, although GM in particular has several OHV engine fami
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• Ducati 1098
  ...-floating discs, radial [[Brembo]] 4-piston calipers, Rear: 245 mm disc, 2-piston caliper ...SBK could race the 1098. Finally in June 2007, WSBK announced that 1200cc engines would be allowed to compete, effectively legitimizing the Ducati 1098.
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• SIM
  ...the [[scooter]] completely carinate SIM-Moretti of 125 cc engine with dual piston. In 1954, production at '''SIM''' remained unchanged, with the exception of
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• Wankel engine
  ...s smooth high-rpm power from a compact, lightweight engine; however Wankel engines are criticized for poor [[fuel efficiency]] and [[emissions standard|exhaus ...[Mercedes-Benz C111|C111]] concept car, only [[Mazda]] has produced Wankel engines in large numbers. As of [[2005]], the engine is only available in the [[Maz
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• Aspes
  ...to the production of [[bicycles]], then [[motorcycles]] with [[Minarelli]] engines. In 1969, the company produced some of their first off-road motorcycles, in ...t through a reed valve on the sump and, in part, through the motion of the piston. The power was 20 hp at 9600 rpm with a displacement of 123.6 cc. In 1976 b
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• Meteora
  ...'' engine. In the eighties they produced [[mopeds]] with Franco [[Morini]] engines and in the mid-eighties, production was terminated. ...with the [[Morini Franco]] 4M/R engine with distribution regulated by the piston, the ''Scacco'' ''Kit'' had the same engine, but with the suction regulated
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• Engine tuning
  ...and the final but essential steps in setting up a racing engine. On modern engines some or all of these tasks are automated. ...ng" - increasing the diameter of the [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s and [[piston]]s, or by "stroking" - using a [[crankshaft]] with a longer stroke (in comb
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• Cam in block
  ...sion cam-in-block design, and is the [[archetype]] for most modern pushrod engines. Generally L-head engines use a small chamber on one side of the cylinder to carry the valves. This h
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• De Sanctis
  ...ior, F2 and F3 cars followed, before in 1964 he turned more to sportscars. Engines included [[Alfa Romeo]], [[OSCA]], [[ATS]] and Ford units in bodies similar ...n, telescopic shocks-absorber. Motor Rear Fiat 600. Bore 60,4mm, run 65mm. Piston displacement 746 cm3. Power 50 CV to 6.000 turns/min. Feeding with a carbur
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• Desmodromic valve
  .... This refers, for example, to the valve control system used in [[Ducati]] engines: both valve movements (opening and closing) are "operated". It is usual to ...iming at higher engine revolutions. On very high performance valve spring engines, the spring does not always have time to return to its pre-compressed posit
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