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• Desmodromic valve
  ! colspan=2 |2 Valve Desmodromic Valve Train ...opening and closing) are "operated". It is usual to say that action on the valve is positive in both cases, in other words, both strokes are controlled.
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• Naturally-aspirated engine
  ...Also, [[cylinder head]] gaskets will be thinner, and with the top of the [[piston]] rising up into the [[combustion chamber]], for high-performance NA engine
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• Reciprocating engine
  ...'' <br>Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], internal combustion piston engine. <br> '''V''' - [[poppet valve|Valve]]s<br>
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• Two stroke
  ...mpression, power, exhaust) still occur. Thus, there is a power stroke per piston for every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two stroke ...stroke cycles have also been used in [[diesel engine]]s, notably [[opposed piston]] designs, low speed units such as large marine engines, and [[V8]] engines
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• Firing order
  ...ways an odd number of cylinders, as this allows for a constant every-other-piston firing order: for example, with a single bank of 7 cylinders, the order wou ...ntake [[manifold (automotive engineering)|manifold]] or the [[poppet valve|valve]] cover(s).
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• Pushrod
  [[Image:Pushrod2.PNG|thumb|Components of a pushrod valve actuation system]] ...cker arm|rocker arms]] above the [[cylinder head]] to actuate the [[poppet valve|valves]]. Lifters or ''[[tappet]]s'' reside in the engine block between the
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• Sleeve valve
  [[Image:Bristol Perseus sleeve valve radial engine.jpg|thumb|200px|''Bristol Perseus'']] ...rcraft engine]]s, but subsequently fell from use due to advances in poppet-valve technology (sodium cooling) and to their tendency to burn considerable amou
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• Straight-8
  ...Motors Corporation|General Motors]] owned marques (flathead and [[overhead valve|OHV]] configuration), but the straight-8 lost favor by the [[1950s]], almos {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Flat-H
  ...la One]] engine in its final, 64-[[Poppet valve#Internal combustion engine|valve]] incarnation.]] {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Ducati 998
  ...win]], [[fuel injection|fuel injected]] 4 valve per cylinder [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]], liquid cooled<br>Bore x stroke: 100.0&nbsp;mm x 63.5&nbsp;mm ...sp;mm disc, 4-piston Brembo caliper <br>Rear: Single 220&nbsp;mm disc, two-piston caliper
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• Multi-valve
  ...Q35DE 005.jpg|250px|thumb|right|A [[cylinder head]] of four [[Poppet valve|valve]] engine.<br />( [[Nissan VQ engine]] )]] ...lve''' (or '''multivalve''') when each cylinder has more than two [[poppet valve|valves]].
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• Cam
  ...rocating motion necessary to operate the intake and exhaust [[poppet valve|valve]]s of the [[Cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. ...the [[crankshaft]] of a car, which takes the reciprocating motion of the [[piston]]s and translates it into the rotary motion necessary to operate the [[whee
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...vements of the piston) rather than four. Thus, there is a power stroke per piston for every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two-stroke ...stroke cycles have also been used in [[diesel engine]]s, notably [[opposed piston]] designs, low speed units such as large marine engines, and [[V8]] engines
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• Crankshaft
  ...an [[engine]] which translates [[reciprocate|reciprocating]] [[linear]] [[piston]] motion into rotation. It typically connects to a [[flywheel]], to reduce ...speed operation of the engine, as the longer intake stroke through smaller valve(s) results in greater turbulence and mixing of the intake charge. For this
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• Hydraulic brake
  ...depressed, [[leverage]] multiplies the force applied from the pedal to a [[piston]] in the master cylinder. ...s which are forced apart by the fluid pressure, (drum brakes) and a single piston which is forced out of its housing (disc brakes.)
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• Ducati 999
  ...orientated motorcycle. With its traditional [[Ducati]] L Twin Desmodromic Valve actuated engine layout, it has a linear power delivery, with high power fig ...' Liquid cooled, four stroke, 90°“L”twin cylinder, DOHC, [[desmodromic]] 4 valve per cylinder.
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• Ducati Monster
  ...Multiple models based on the Ducati L-twin. Two valve air-cooled and four valve water cooled. ...e sales. Ducati motorcycles are best-known for their L-twin [[Desmodromic valve]] engines (also known as a '''90° [[V-Twin]]''') and tubular steel trellis
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• Ducati 1098
  [[L-twin]], 4 valve per cylinder [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]], liquid cooled; ...-floating discs, radial [[Brembo]] 4-piston calipers, Rear: 245 mm disc, 2-piston caliper
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• Hemi engine
  ...in the commercialization of hemi engines revolved around the design of the valve actuation, and how to make it effective, efficient, and reliable at an acce Although a wedge-head design offers simplified valve actuation, it usually requires the air/fuel mixture to make sharp turns en
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