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Controlled Combustion Engine
...uring [[Rapid eye movement|REM]] sleep. He designed five different engine layouts with variations on each and established Revolution Engine Technologies Pty {{Automobile configurations}}

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Pushrod engine
The '''[[cam-in-block]]''' valvetrain layouts are ones in which the [[camshaft]] is placed within the [[cylinder block]], ...ioned" by the modern automotive press. The cause is historical: while both layouts are over 100 years old, the cam-in-block design engine came first. OHC engi

10 KB (1,635 words) - 08:54, 4 August 2009
Flat engine
...have a lower [[center of gravity]] than any other common configuration. [[Automobile]]s and [[motorcycle]]s powered by a flat engine generally have a lower cent ...iston movement of the opposite side. Boxers are one of only three cylinder layouts that have a natural dynamic balance; the others being the [[straight-6]] an

10 KB (1,551 words) - 10:25, 15 June 2009
Sports car racing
...nce races across [[Europe]] such as the [[Mille Miglia]], [[Tour de France automobile|Tour de France]] and [[Targa Florio]], which were often run on dusty roads, ...competition in the classification of the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] ([[Automobile Club de l'Ouest|ACO]]), the sanctioning body for Le Mans and the model for

8 KB (1,293 words) - 14:15, 24 September 2009
Rear wheel drive
...ne in the front of the vehicle, but the [[mid engine]] and [[rear engine]] layouts are also used. ...rous. Rear wheel drive rewards skill, and punishes the lack of it. Other layouts are much more forgiving, but don't offer the same rewards in handling.

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Front wheel drive
...m [[Citroën]] in Europe, and the contemporary [[Cord 810|810]] from [[Cord Automobile]] in the United States. All [[Subaru]] front wheel drive and all wheel drive layouts are derived from the standard longitudinal front engine/rear drive transmis

10 KB (1,565 words) - 10:51, 8 October 2009
Concept car
A '''concept car''' is a [[Automobile|car]] [[prototype]] made to showcase a new vehicle's styling, [[technology] ...einforced_plastic|carbon fiber]] to exotic [[alloy]]s. Others have unique layouts, such as gullwing doors, 3 or 6 (or more) wheels, or special abilities not

4 KB (640 words) - 08:03, 8 October 2009
Overhead cam
There are two overhead camshaft layouts: {{Automobile configurations}}

6 KB (952 words) - 17:33, 7 August 2009
Flat-6
...sically expensive design to manufacture, and somewhat too wide for compact automobile engine compartments, which makes it more suitable for luxury sports cars, c ...dth interferes with the ability of the front wheels to steer. Only a few [[automobile|auto]] makers, including [[Porsche]] and [[Subaru]], currently use horizont

8 KB (1,221 words) - 12:10, 11 May 2010
Overhead camshaft
There are two overhead camshaft layouts: {{Automobile configurations}}

5 KB (694 words) - 08:50, 8 October 2009
Cam in block
The '''cam-in-block''' valvetrain layouts are ones in which the [[camshaft]] is placed within the [[cylinder block]], ...ngines have become competitive lately. The cause is historical: while both layouts are over 100 years old, the cam-in-block design engine came first. OHC engi

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Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...0px|left|Diagram showing the differences between the 1994 and 2006 circuit layouts]]

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Fuji Speedway
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ble in its current (with or without the last chicane), 1974-85 and 1986-92 layouts; and in [[TOCA Race Driver]], in its 1993-2004 layout. The circuit was neit

6 KB (872 words) - 22:38, 3 October 2009
Straight-6
...lso rather expensive to manufacture and physically longer than alternative layouts. [[list of automotive superlatives|The smallest]] production straight-6 wa In [[1959]], [[Saab Automobile|Saab]] had an experimental car with ''two'' transverse [[straight-3]] engin

8 KB (1,196 words) - 20:17, 19 October 2010
Moto Guzzi Grand Prix 500 cc V8
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ons: horizontal singles, parallel twins, V-twins in in-line and transverse layouts, 3-cylinders, and 4-cylinders in horizontal and in-line form. Ultimately '

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Miller Motorsports Park
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ot use the tighter infield lay-out, as well as two {{convert|2.2|mi|km|1}} layouts that each use half of the full course and can be run simultaneously. At al

7 KB (927 words) - 10:38, 25 September 2009
Aprilia
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...zuki]] and [[Ducati]] went for (differently-designed) [[V4 engine|V-Four]] layouts. [[Honda]] took the idea even further, producing the championship-winning [

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Oran Park Raceway
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" Oran Park Raceway has several track layouts. It was established on [[1 January]] [[1963]] with what was mostly like the

9 KB (1,081 words) - 11:25, 8 April 2012
Cam-in-block
...s have become more competitive lately. The cause is historical: while both layouts are over 100 years old, the pushrod design engine came first. OHC engines w ...e [[World War II]] [[Jeep]], for instance. L-heads are no longer used in [[automobile]] engines, although they are still used for some small-engine applications

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Car classification
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:95%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |[[Microcar]]||-||Microcar||[[Smart (automobile)|Smart Fortwo]]

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