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• Controlled Combustion Engine
  '''Controlled Combustion Engine''' (CCE) is a type of [[internal combustion engine]] designed by Brad Howell-Smith in [[1995]]. It uses two counter-rotating [ It is around a quarter the size and weight of a conventional engine of similar output and uses fewer moving components. A [[four stroke cycle|f
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• Straight-8
  [[Image:1933 Bugatti Type 59 Grand Prix engine.jpg|right|thumb|350px|1933 [[Bugatti]] [[DOHC]] straight-8 in a [[Bugatti T [[Image:Straight8.jpg|thumb|350px|1940s [[Oldsmobile Straight-8 engine]]]]
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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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• Cylinder (engine)
  [[Image:cylinder.png|frame|right|A piston and cylinder from a steam engine]] ...but the block is somewhat less rigid. The cylinder block sits between the engine [[crankcase]] and the cylinder head, translating the [[reciprocal|reciproca
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• V-twin
  ...r [[internal combustion engine]] where the cylinders are arranged in a [[V engine|V]] configuration. == Configurations ==
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• Straight-9
  A '''straight-9''' engine is a [[straight engine]] with nine [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. Straight-9 engines are usually diesel engines used for ship p {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Kinematic pair
  {{Automobile configurations}} {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• V24
  A '''V24 engine''' is a [[V engine]] with 24 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s, usually suitable only for very large trucks or locomotives. ...ed, and the final output shaft ran between the cylinder banks of the front engine to reach the nose of the airplane.
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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. ...cars. No current production car uses a straight-twin; even the smallest [[engine displacement|displacement]] cars now use at least a [[straight-3]] because
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• Flat-16
  A '''flat-16''' is an internal combustion engine in [[flat engine|flat]] configuration, having 16 cylinders. Coventry Climax developed a flat-16 engine designated the FWMW; work on this continued through the later years of the
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• Opposed piston engine
  ...ed_piston_engine_1.jpg|thumb|300px|Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston [[diesel engine]]s on the [[submarine]] ''[[USS Pampanito]]''.]] ...a piston at each end and no cylinder-head. Some variations of the Opposed Piston or OP designs can use 1 crankshaft like the Doxfordship engines [http://www
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• Flat-H
  ...[[Formula One]] engine in its final, 64-[[Poppet valve#Internal combustion engine|valve]] incarnation.]] ...ne''' (or H-block) is an [[engine configuration]] in which the [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s are aligned so that if viewed from the front, they appear to b
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• X engine
  ...e:X-24-engine.GIF|thumb|right|250px|<center>A simplified diagram of an X24 engine</center>]] ...-90-90, since V-12 engines most commonly use a 60-degree bank to improve [[engine vibration]] characteristics. X-engines were often [[coupled engines]] deriv
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• Cagiva Tamanaco
  ...thouse beacon in place of the single square, this development adopts a new engine fitted with an exhaust valve This model was produced until [[1990]], replac ...rburetor largest, which the freshman 4P003106 of this model, has different configurations, using a valve gas, [[pin taper]], different gun, whereas the exchange rate
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• Flat-4
  ...-4 engines are '''boxer engine''', also known as a '''horizontally opposed engine''', in which the corresponding pistons reach [[top dead centre]] simultaneo ...allows a low-tail body while in [[front engine]] designs the width or the engine will interferes with the ability of the front wheels to steer.
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• Connecting rod
  ...|thumb|right|150px|piston (top) and connecting rod from typical automotive engine (scale is in centimetres)]] ...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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• Straight engine
  [[Image:Straight engine.png|thumb|250px|4-cylinder straight engine scheme]] ...gine''' (often designed as [[inline engine]]) is an [[internal-combustion engine]] with all cylinders aligned in one row, with no or only minimal offset.
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• Straight-3
  ...'''inline-3''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] with three [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s arranged in a straight line side by side. ...balance shaft]] in antiphase to that vibration produces a smoothly running engine.
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• V engine
  [[Image:Blumfield V-twin motorcycle engine.jpg|thumb|200px|right|An early Vee engine - this is a two-cylinder V-twin used in an early British motorcycle]] ...pes of engine: a&nbsp;— straight engine, b&nbsp;— Vee engine, c&nbsp;— VR6 engine]]
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• Crankshaft
  [[Image:Marine Crankshafts 8b03602r.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Continental engine]] marine crankshafts, 1942]] ...an [[engine]] which translates [[reciprocate|reciprocating]] [[linear]] [[piston]] motion into rotation. It typically connects to a [[flywheel]], to reduce
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