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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give a common ...t in favour of in-line, [[four-stroke]] designs, as at the time two stroke engines were quickly being superseded by more economical and reliable four strokes.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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