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• Prototype
  ...e design is to be expected. Often prototypes are built using very limited engineering detail as compared to final production intent. ...atch the intended final performance of the product and some allowances and engineering judgement are often required before moving forward with a production design
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• Chiribiri
  Chiribiri began life as an engineering and [[automobile manufacturer]] in [[Turin]] in 1910 when the 45 year old [ ...nio Chiribiri was born in Venice in 1865 but it was not a natural city for engineering so he moved to [[Florence]] to work in a small factory. He quickly moved o
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• Tre Spade
  ...arting with building a new plant and erect the building beside the office (building that still exists for the same function). Christened the new company under ...precision of surgery Parts of trails and [[Carreggia]] military, materials engineering, materials rail ... The brothers also agreed to create a foundry in Turin,
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• Aerodynamics
  ...objects in streams of water or simply dropping them off the top of a tall building. Towards the end of this time period [[Gustave Eiffel]] used his [[Eiffel ...aft to fly at hypersonic speeds has seen very limited success. Along with building a successful scramjet aircraft, the desire to improve the aerodynamic effic
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• Nino Farina
  ...Nino," was a doctor of engineering and nephew of Pinin Farina of the coach building company. He began his motor racing career in hillclimbs, graduating to circ
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• Triumph-Italia
  ...Triumph - ''"Italian bodywork at its best, British tradition in sports car engineering at its finest.”'' ...had some aluminum body panels, all Italias used steel. Ruffino envisioned building 1,000 cars, between 1960 and 1962, with worldwide distribution including th
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• TM
  ...important experience on two-stroke engines. And so the idea was formed of building an original motorcycle with an engine made by themselves. [[Flenghi]] set t ...most prestigious competitors. This justifies the prices of these jewels of engineering that appeal to a niche market made up of very demanding customers. They can
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• François Cévert
  |Team(s):||[[March Engineering|March]], [[Tyrrell]] In [[1971]], with the Tyrrell team now building their own cars, Cévert finished second in [[French Grand Prix|France]] and
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• Ferdinand Porsche
  ...ber 3]], [[1875]] – [[January 30]], [[1951]]) was an Austrian [[automotive engineering|automotive engineer]], Porsche was born to german-speaking family in [[Vra ...ork, he sneaked into university classes; he never received any more formal engineering education than this.
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• Engine tuning
  '''Engine tuning''' or '''engine building''' is the adjustment, modification or design of [[internal combustion engin ...bored, smoother, less contorted intake and exhaust [[manifold (automotive engineering)|manifold]]s. This helps maintain the velocity of gases. Similarly, the por
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• Exhaust pipe
  In most production engines, the '''[[manifold (automotive engineering)|manifold]]''' is an assembly designed to collect the exhaust gas from two ...ust when the truck is driving on a dry dusty unmade surface such as on a [[building site]].
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• Ducati Singles
  Ducati began by building a 250 cc racer. The prototype won most of its races in America, many r ...[Australia]] and [[Germany]]. In Italy Ducati was doing well, and not just building motorcycles. By 1965, Ducati Meccanica SpA had become the Italian distribut
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...was engineering manager at Fiat by 1937 and he had become director of the engineering division of Fiat by 1950. ...ion for good handling and ride quality. It was with a 508C chassis that as engineering manager Dante Giacosa led a team that developed the Fiat 508CMM a streamlin
  19 KB (3,001 words) - 10:40, 10 March 2010
• Isotta-Fraschini
  ...ail traction engine]]s but has provided a wide range of civil and military engineering products and services. ...model would be unlike any other, as Isotta-Fraschini had decided to start building the most luxurious cars in the entire world. Their reasoning? After the war
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• Rayton
  ...er hand a bloated sedan. I was working alone, it was just me in that small building, so I could get away with not producing hundreds of sketches and passing th ...an ingenious mode of transportation, and in this case also a new method of engineering an automobile.
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• Front-wheel drive
  ...youts. Detroit's "Big Three" enjoyed a remarkable run of 75 low-cost years building passenger cars with the [[live axle|live rear axle]] design first seen on t ...ing the mass of the drivetrain over the driven wheels improves [[traction (engineering)|traction]] on wet, snowy, or icy surfaces.
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• Pagani
  ...[Modena Design]] to meet the increasing demand for the services of design, engineering, model construction, moulds and prototypes. In 1992, he started constructi Pagani has also announced the building of the very exclusive Zonda Tricolore at the 2010 Geneva Motor show. With n
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• Bizzarrini
  ...ating with the Roma University developing advanced projects and designing, building and developing his own sport cars. He often said: "I'm not a car designer, ...The_great_walkout]. It was caused because Ferrari wanted to reorganise the engineering staff. Bizzarrini left Ferrari and founded with the rest of ex-Ferrari engi
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• Brescia
  ...gest Italian industrial area, concentrating on mechanical and automotive [[engineering]] and machine tools, as well as the [[Beretta]] arms firm. Its companies ar ...uses a famous bronze statue of Victory, found in 1826. Scanty remains of a building on the south side of the forum, called the curia, but which may have been a
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• Formula One engines
  *[[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] inline-4 1.5 L Compressor *[[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] inline-4 2.5 L
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