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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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Flathead engine
...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 Although flathead in-line 4 and 6 cylinder engines were frequently used for automobiles, tractors, etc., the best known flathe

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Vittorio Jano
...torio Jano''', born [[April 22]], [[1891]] - died [[1965]], was a famed [[automobile]] designer from the [[1920s]] through [[1960s]]. ...s and Ferrari took them over to great success. Now designing [[aircraft]] engines, Jano watched as [[Tazio Nuvolari]] drove a P3 to victory in the [[German G

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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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Timing light
...pic effect]], indicates the current timing of the spark. On multi-cylinder engines, the timing light is referenced to the number one cylinder. ...ch as an [[engine analyser]]. Self-contained units used to time automotive engines have an [[Electromagnetic induction|inductive]] pickup that clamps around t

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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, mostly for their smoothness (low vibration) since it is possible to mak

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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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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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Fully Integrated Robotised Engine
... is a series of [[automobile]] engines from [[Fiat]]. It is constructed by robot assembly plants ("Robogate") to Mechanically they are simple [[straight-4]] engines with five bearings and [[overhead cam]] heads.

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Flat-12
...t true horizontally opposed engines (boxer) but rather 180° [[V engine|V]] engines. The real boxer has one crank pin per piston while in the 180° V engine t {{Automobile configurations}}

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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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Lancia Prisma
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...Delta]], and like its smaller hatchback "brother", shared its chassis and engines with the [[Fiat Ritmo]] and [[Fiat Regata|Regata]]. Unlike the Delta, thoug

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Lancia V6 engine
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...Aurelia]]. The engine remained in production through 1970. Lancia used V6 engines in road and sports cars, the D20 had a 60 degree quad cam V6 2962 cc e

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Beccaria motorcycle
:''Click here for the'' [[Beccaria]] ''automobile'' ...ne'' engines with 350 cc and a side-valve ''Villiers'' 346 cc two-stroke [[engines]]. The transmission was a [[Sturmey Archer]] three-speed driven by chain. P

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Giuseppe Busso
...idance of [[Orazio Satta Puliga]]. His main responsibility was racing car engines. {{Italian automobile designers}}

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Lancia Trevi
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" == Engines ==

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Cylinder (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 ...r-cooled motors use a common cylinder block to great effect. Water-cooled engines with only a few cylinders may also use individual cylinder cases, though th

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List of Ferrari engines
The following engines are built by [[Ferrari]]. ...mobile manufacturers in attempting to build a [[straight-twin|straight-2]] automobile engine. The racing prototype never made it to production.

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Pushrod
...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 ...es, which resulted in few manufacturers wanting to design both OHV and OHC engines.

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Cyclecar
...le cylinder, V-twin or [[four cylinder]] engines, sometimes [[motorcycle]] engines. Several motorcycle derivated components were used. Cyclecars were half way From [[1898]] to [[1910]], [[automobile]] production quicky expanded. Light cars of that era were commonly known as

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