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Inline engine
* In [[automobile|automotive]] use it is used as a synonym for ''[[straight engine]]''. {{Automobile configurations}}

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Cylinder bank
...ngine block]] to be built from a single piece of metal, which is machined. Engines often have more than one row of pistons, each with their own block, and the {{Automobile configurations}}

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Giulio Alfieri
...Alfieri''' ([[July 10]] [[1924]] - [[March 20]] [[2002]]) was an Italian [[automobile]] [[engineer]], affiliated with [[Maserati]] in [[Modena]], [[Italy]] since ...rak]] and [[Citroën SM]] (1969). He also contributed to [[V12]] prototype engines intended for use in [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Maserati]] for [[Formul

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Straight-10
...a very long engine, and therefore straight-10 engines are not common in [[automobile]]s. ...(43,100kW) at a speed of 104RPM. Like the vast majority of marine diesel engines, it is capable of running on diesel or [[fuel oil|heavy fuel oil]], the lat

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W18
The only '''W18''' engines built to date powered the [[Bugatti EB 118]], [[Bugatti EB 218]] and [[Buga ...chnical_school/engine/tech_engine_packaging.htm#W18 Volkswagen's VR6 and W-engines]

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V20
Engines of this number of cylinders are not common, but this configuration was used V20 diesel engines have also been used in marine applications: Mercedes-Benz has produced one

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Engine configuration
For many [[automobile]] engines, the term '''block''' is interchangeable with engine in this context, for e ...been used for several unconnected designs. The ''[[H-4]]'' and ''[[H-6]]'' engines produced by [[Subaru]] are not [[H engine]]s at all, but [[boxer engine]]s.

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Straight-9
...26, 32, Wasa32LN, 38, 46 and 46F series. The 9 cylinder versions of these engines develop between 1620 and 51480 Kw (2170 - 69040 hp). {{Automobile configurations}}

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Aurelio Lampredi
...ini]] before World War II, and then joined [[Reggiane]] to design aircraft engines. ...[[1947]] but returned to Ferrari at the beginning of [[1948]]. Lampredi's engines were used as large [[naturally-aspirated]] alternatives to the diminutive [

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W16
...ocating engine|piston engine]] in a [[W engine|W configuration]]. All W16 engines consist of four banks of four cylinders (two juxtaposed [[V8]] engine block Volkswagen Group currently produces W16s, based on two of its [[W8]] engines which are based on technology from the narrow-angle [[VR6]] engine. The na

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H engine
...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 ...ier|Rapier]], [[Napier Dagger|Dagger]] and [[Napier Sabre|Sabre]] airplane engines. Unlike the BRM and the Lycoming, the Sabre eventually matured into a super

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V4 engine
[[Lancia]] produced several [[Lancia V4 engine|narrow-angle V4 engines]] from the [[1920s]] through [[1960s]] for cars like the [[Lancia Lambda|La The [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] of Europe produced two totally different V4 engines with a [[balance shaft]], one in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and one in [[Ger

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Grand tourer
...sometimes [[initialism|initialised]] '''[[GT]]''', is a high-performance [[automobile]] designed for long distance driving. Any such car could be considered to b ...front-mounted engines that leave more space for the cabin than mid-mounted engines. They also tend to have softer [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] to provi

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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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Straight-12
...a very long engine, and therefore straight-12 engines are not common in [[automobile|automobiles]], but it has been used for large military [[truck]]s. Also som {{Automobile configurations}}

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Bugatti Type 1
...Bugatti]] and produced by [[Prinetti & Stucchi]] in [[1898]]. It had four engines, two on each side of the rear axle.

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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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U engine
...gine''' is a [[piston engine]] made up of two separate [[straight engine]] engines (complete with separate crankshafts) joined by [[gear]]s. ...interest in this design is its ability to share common parts with Straight engines.

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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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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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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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Diavolino
...e built small Honda engines were used. In Switzerland the Zurich firm "ZBR Automobile AG" was responsible for the production of "Diavolino" (devils). From 1987,

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C.A.R.
...name of CAR [[automobile]]s, which car's were primarily used as taxis. The engines came from Chapius-Dornier but production of automobiles models at C.A.R. ce

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W12
...cylinders though none have ever gone into production. All production W12 engines to date (April, 2005) use four banks of three cylinders (two narrow-angle [ ...swagen Group currently produces W12s, based on two of its narrow-angle VR6 engines. The narrow angle of each set of cylinders allows just two camshafts to dr

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Fiat 70
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Petrol Engines || 2001 cm3

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Intramotor Gloria
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...'[[Minarelli]]'' engines and later ''Sachs''. Models with 125 cc had Sachs engines (with 6 or 7 geared [[transmissions]]), like the 125 cm ''Enduro'' and lege

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Straight engine
...fewer [[cylinder head|cylinder heads]] and [[camshaft|camshafts]]. Inline engines are also much smaller in volume than designs like the [[radial engine|radia ==Automobile use==

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Variable displacement
...ows the [[engine displacement]] to change for improved fuel economy. Many automobile manufacturers have adopted this technology as of 2005, but it is not a new ...e systems is the unbalanced cooling and vibration of variable-displacement engines.

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Iveco Stralis
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" All engines are four-valve straight-6 with modern pump nozzle injection.

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Quagliotti
...other manufacturers. He used 2 hp and 3 hp and 5 hp single-cylinder V-twin engines from ''[[Aster]]'' and ''De Dion''-''Bouton''. In the same year, car produc

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Camshaft
...t, each valve is opened once for each rotation of the crankshaft; in these engines, the camshaft rotates at the same rate as the crankshaft. In a [[four-strok ...ere the camshaft is on top of the [[cylinder head]], is quite common. Some engines use one camshaft each for the intake and exhaust valves; such an arrangemen

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V12
...delivery. In a large, heavy-duty engine, a V12 can run slower than smaller engines, prolonging engine life. ...craft to make a [[transatlantic]] flight, the [[NC-4]], had a set of 4 V12 engines.

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Fiat Scudo
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...cudo is built with a choice of two diesel engines and one gasoline. Diesel engines were either the 69PS 1.9 D, or the 109PS 2.0 JTD and the gasoline engine wa

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Ferrari 308GTB
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||3.2 L [[V8]] 3.2 L [[fuel injection|FI]] [[V8]] (''GTBi/GTSi

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Opposed piston engine
...the Opposed Piston or OP designs can use 1 crankshaft like the Doxfordship engines [http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Marine/doxford.htm] and the Comer OP truck engines [http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/technical/TS3.htm]

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Cylinder
...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 {{Automobile configurations}}

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Machine
...red machines. Hydraulics are widely used in heavy equipment industries, [[automobile]] industries, [[Marine (ocean)|marine]] industries, [[Aeronautics|aeronauti ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"

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Alfa Romeo 75
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...nge at launch featured 4-cylinder 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 liter petrol carbureted engines, a 2.0 liter intercooled turbo diesel, and a 2.5 liter fuel injected V6. I

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Fiat 527
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ==Engines==

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Crankshaft
...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 ...are easily carried around by hand, compared to crankshafts for inline or V engines, which need to be handled and transported as heavy chunks of metal.

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Snecma
...translated as "National Company for the Study and Construction of Aviation Engines." ...hata]] and [[Bugatti]]. Bugatti's automobile background (turbochargers and engines) was valuable to Snecma. In a subsequent reorganisation all aero-engine mai

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W engine
The major advantage of these engines is packaging, that is, they contain high numbers of cylinders but are relat There are two major advantages of these engines over the more traditional [[straight-4]] or [[V4 engine]]s. The first is th

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Alfa Romeo Twin Spark engine
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...race cars (GTA, TZ) to enable it to achieve a higher power output from its engines. And in the early and middle 1980s, Alfa Romeo incorporated this technology

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Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||4.4 L [[V12]]

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Firing order
...red, starting with #1, from the front of the engine to the rear. In most [[automobile|cars]] the front of the engine also points to the front of the car, but som 

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Ferrari 308
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||3.2 L [[V8]] 3.2 L [[fuel injection|FI]] [[V8]] (''GTBi/GTSi

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Alfa Romeo 146
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...cars, by virtue of the earliest vehicles inheriting the older 1.7 L Boxer engines which are backwards compatible with the older 33s and Sprints. In consequen

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Moto Aquila
...the German company (DKW). In 1934 they started to use the ''Python Rudge'' engines that had four radial valves and avaliable in 250 cc and 350 cc. ...927 to 1935, in [[Turin]]. But the further production included models with engines of 175 cc, four-stroke, with the valves in the head, with a purely sporting

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Connecting rod
==Internal combustion engines== ...rength and lightness at the expense of affordability) for high performance engines, or of [[cast iron]] for applications such as motor scooters. They are not

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DR Motor Company
...; the first models are of [[Gonow]]: an off-road and a pick up with diesel engines of origin Fiat. In addition, this group of companies had entered into negot ...anics are isernina, while [[engine|engines]] are a petrol Chinese ([[Chery Automobile|Chery]]) And a diesel built by the establishment [[Fiat]] Powertrain [[Term

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Pushrod engine
...sion cam-in-block design, and is the [[archetype]] for most modern pushrod engines. Generally L-head engines use a small chamber on one side of the cylinder to carry the valves. This h

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V engine
[[Image:L V VR6 engines.png|thumb|200px|right|Three types of engine: a — straight engine, b& ...t [[V-twin engine]] designs have two-pin cranks. However, in German, these engines are all identified as '''boxermotors'''.

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Radial engine
...craft]] engines before being superseded by [[turboshaft]] and [[turbojet]] engines. ...e [[1920s]]. The large frontal area combined with the durability of radial engines proved advantageous to fighter aircraft at times though, particularly those

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MF layout
...993-1997. These vehicles have [[Longitudinal engine|longitudinal]] mounted engines; [[transverse]] engined vehicles are possible in theory if the issue of pas {{Automobile layouts}}

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F.I.T.
''Click here for [[FIT]] automobile'' ...based in [[Milan]]. They built motorcycles using 123 cc and 147 cc ''ILO'' engines.

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Flat engine
...do not share crank pins in this way, and [[flat engine#180° V-engines|180° engines]] which do. ...onding pistons reach [[dead center|top dead center]] simultaneously. Boxer engines should not be confused with [[opposed piston engine]]s, which use a complet

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Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...fts]], refer to the main [[Alfa Romeo]] page. For the later [[Twin Spark]] engines which also feature twin camshafts, and are based on a [[Fiat]] designed [[e

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Fiat 514
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Body style || 2/4-door [[sedan (car)|sedan]] 2/4-door [[Cabriolet (automobile)|cabriolet]] 2-door [[spyder]]

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Ferrari GT4
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||3.0 L [[V8]]

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Cylinder head
...e's early success in production automobiles and continued success in small engines, such as lawnmowers. This design, however, requires the incoming air to neg ...from the [[crankshaft]] to linear mechanics to operate the valves (pushrod engines perform this conversion at the camshaft lower in the engine and use a rod t

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Fiat 510
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ===Engines===

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Fiat Palio Weekend
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||'''FIRE Engines''' 1.2 16v, 1.4 8v '''Fiassa Engines''' 1.5 8v, 1.6 8v '''Torque''' 1.6 16v '''Powertrain''' 1.8

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Alfa Romeo 90
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Alfa Romeo 90''' was a [[mid-size car|mid-size]] automobile produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] between [[198

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Fiat 525
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Fiat 525''' is a passenger car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer [[Fiat]] between 1928 and 1931. The 525 was larger successor t

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Marine engine
...|English]] between two meanings of the word "engineer": 'those who operate engines' and 'those who design and construct new items'. ==History of engines==

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Lancia 2000
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ==Engines==

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Engine
...|English]] between two meanings of the word "engineer": 'those who operate engines' and 'those who design and construct new items'. ==History of engines==

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

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Flat-twin
...flat engine]]s, sub-type "boxer", and shares most characteristics of those engines. Flat-twin engines were used in several economy cars, including the [[Citroën 2CV]], the [[P

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Fiat Fiorino
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ed in [[1977]]. It received a facelift in [[1980]]. The Fioriono used same engines as Fiat 127.

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Crossflow cylinder head
...exhaust manifold keeps the air in the intake manifold cooler. Most modern engines are of a crossflow design. One of the most successful crossflow engines is the [[Alfa Romeo]] [[4-cylinder]]. Used for decades, the basic design o

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Straight-4
...owever, in tractors and other construction machinery, four-cylinder diesel engines with a displacement of 4.5 litres and above can still be found. ...cc engine used in the [[Austin-Healey 100]] and [[Austin Atlantic]]. These engines were generally the result of a long incremental evolution process and their

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Innocenti De Tomaso
The '''Innocenti De Tomaso''' was an automobile produced by [[Innocenti|Nuova Innocenti]] from 1976 to 1992.The 4-cylinder ...the Mini underpinnings with chassis and [[straight-3|straight-3 cylinder]] engines sourced from the [[Daihatsu Charade]]. The base model was now called the In

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Flat-6
...sically expensive design to manufacture, and somewhat too wide for compact automobile engine compartments, which makes it more suitable for luxury sports cars, c ...et Corvair|Corvair]] with flat-6 [[air-cooled]] [[Chevrolet Corvair engine|engines]]. The [[Citroen DS]] was originally intended to be fitted with an air-cool

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Combustion chamber
...hemispherical" and "wedge" for overhead valve engines; and "pent-roof" for engines having 3, 4 or 5 valves per cylinder. The shape of the chamber has a marke ...injection engines usually give better fuel economy but indirect injection engines can use a lower grade of fuel.

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Multi-valve
Most multivalve engines use an [[overhead camshaft]] to actuate the valves, and many use [[double o ==Modern multivalve engines==

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Alfa Romeo Grand Prix
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...had also 16 valve head and 90 degree valve angle. Usually Alfa Romeo DOHC engines are though to be [[Vittorio Jano]]s creations but the first one was Merosi'

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Carnielli (Motorcycle)
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...with 75, 98 and 125 cc. There were different versions, all with two-stroke engines and using a 98 cc NSU engine, a 125 cc motoleggera and a scooter with the s

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Dora
...created a few prototypes with electric drive with rear wheels driven by 2 engines. These models were never put into a series of production.

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Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ia-Marchetti S.M.79-II - torpedo-bomber, powered by three [[Piaggio P.XI]] engines

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Ferrari 600
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||6.0 L [[V12]]

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Alfa Romeo in Formula One
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Engines || [[Alfa Romeo]]

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Overhead cam
Many OHC engines today employ [[Variable Valve Timing]] and [[multi-valve|multiple valves]] ...ectly or through a [[rocker arm]] as opposed to overhead valve [[pushrod]] engines, which have tappets, long pushrods and rocker arms to transfer the movement

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Ettore Bugatti
[[Automobile]] designer and manufacturer '''Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti''' was born on [ Before founding his own automobile company, Ettore designed a number of engines and vehicles for others. [[Prinetti & Stucchi]] produced his [[1898]] [[Bu

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Hemi engine
...re neither the hemi engine's inventors nor the first to commercialize hemi engines. ...tomotive engines, shortly after proving the concept of internal combustion engines themselves.

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Overhead camshaft
Many OHC engines today employ [[Variable Valve Timing]] and [[multi-valve|multiple valves]] ...n which a one camshaft is placed within the [[cylinder head]]. In straight engines this means there is one camshaft in the one head, while in a [[V engine]] t

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Fiat Bravo (2007)
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" === Engines ===

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Fiat 130 HP Corsa
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Engines || Gasoline 4-cylinder bibloc 16286 cm3

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V10
...and parts costs, many V10 engines available today are based on 90° [[V8]] engines, which is less than ideal for balance. Until recently V10s had rarely been a popular configuration for road [[automobile|cars]]: a V12 is only slightly more complicated and runs more smoothly and

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Bernardi
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...or car to travel the Italian roads. He did research on internal combustion engines at the University of [[Padua]] in 1884 and built his first engine that drov

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Automobile self starter
...ull away immediately, or else risk a broken wrist, or worse. Moreover, as engines evolved, they became larger and compression ratios increased, making hand c ...7 was issued to [[Clyde J. Coleman]] of New York City for an electric '''[[automobile]] self-starter'''. He had invented the first self-starter in [[1899]], but

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Fiat 501
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" Another 2614 ''S'' (sport) versions were equipped with 3.5 L engines with 101 hp at 3000 rpm. This car is of particular importance to [[Fiat]] b

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Briggs and Stratton
...er]]s, as well as [[kart]]s, power washers, [[wood chipper]]s, etc. Their engines are known for their durability and low [[repair and maintenance|maintenanc ...atton engines, this works by the principle of [[engine braking]], with the engines default state as braked. The operator must hold a handle to remove the engi

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Rossi Parma
...fties off-road motorcycles with their own frames and with 123 cc ''Sachs'' engines. * There was a brand called [[Rossi]] (Automobile) and [[Rossi Varese]].

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W8
...h the introduction of their [[W12]]. It combined two narrow-angle [[VR6]] engines around a single [[crankshaft]] for a total of four banks of cylinders. For The major advantage of these engines is packaging, i.e., they contain high numbers of cylinders but are relative

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Torque steering
...e capabilities this problem becomes more and more evident with high output engines with strong low rpm range torque. * Distribute the torque better between the driveshafts. Automobile transmission manufacturers like [[Quaife]], [[Torsen]], [[TrueTrac]], [[Gol

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Fiat 5
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Petrol Engines ||9025 cm3 - 75 hp

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Straight-6
Straight-6 engines have perfect primary and secondary [[engine balance|balance]] and require n ...mbinations and some low speed diesels in cargo and passenger ships. These engines have a displacement of 1,000 L or more.

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Fiat 4
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Petrol Engines || 5699 cm3 - 45 hp

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Rotary engine
This article is about a type of piston engine. For internal combustion engines which do not use pistons, see [[pistonless rotary engine]] and [[Wankel eng ...d during [[World War I]]. It was also used in a few [[motorcycle]]s and [[automobile|cars]].

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Convertible
...e)|Cadillac]] introduced the first closed-body car. A combination of weak engines and public expectation that a car was analogous to a wagon meant that steel {{Automobile configurations}}

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Fiat 30-45 HP
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Engines || Gasoline 6 cylinder 7408 cm3

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GT car
...turismo]]), ([[initialism|initialised]] '''GT'''), is a high-performance [[automobile]] designed for long-distance driving. Any such car could be considered a g ...ines]], which leave more space for the cabin than [[RMR layout|mid-mounted engines]]. They also tend to have softer [[suspension (vehicle)|suspensions]] to p

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Fiat Albea
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||'''FIRE Engines''' 1.2 8v, 1.2 16v, 1.4 8v '''Fiassa Engines''' 1.6 8v '''Multijet Diesel''' 1.3 16v 

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Fiat 509
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Body style || 2/4-door [[sedan (car)|sedan]] 2/4-door [[Cabriolet (automobile)|cabriolet]] 2-door [[spyder]]

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Straight-5
...[[VW Golf|Golf/Rabbit]]. Also [[Fiat]] make use of their superb 5-cylinder engines (both petrol and diesel) in big Fiat and Lancia models. ==Automobile use==

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Marino
...t]] and standard) were available and shipped with Cime engines. The Marino-Automobile stung in many competitions, with its clear benefits, but could only be prod

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Fiat Ducato
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ries in Italy and Brazil, and under licence in Elabuga (Russia) by Russian automobile company Sollers (formerly Severstal Auto) since 2008. Sollers also produces

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Alfa Romeo 33
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...y the [[Alfa Romeo 145|Alfa Romeo 145 and 146]], which used the same Boxer engines but built around an entirely new platform based on the [[Fiat Tipo]].

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Ralph DePalma
...automobile dirt track racing circuit in 1909, the year that the [[American Automobile Association]] established the [[American Championship Car Racing|national d ...nd competed in his first [[Indianapolis 500]] in 1911 driving a [[Simplex (automobile|Simplex]]. Later that year, DePalma won what today is referred to as the fi

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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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V8
...engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 4 litres in displacement and in automobile use have gone up to 8.5 litres or so. ...ing League|IRL]], [[ChampCar]] and [[NASCAR]]. [[Formula One]] will use V8 engines for the 2006 season onwards.

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Fiat 520
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"

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Ducati Cucciolo
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...design to appear in postwar [[Europe]]. Some businessmen bought the little engines in quantity and installed them in frames, thus offering for sale the first

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Innocenti A40
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||948 cc ''[[BMC A-Series engine#948|A-Series]]'' [[I4]]

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta (nuova)
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ta]] chassis (including its rear mounted transaxle). At the beginning two engines were available: 1.3 L (1357 cc, 95 PS) and 1.6 L (1570 cc, 109 PS

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Ducati car
...ow belongs to a private collector. Despite the research in to the DU4, the automobile never went into production. Perhaps this was due to the great success of th ...tate control, the CEO, [[Giuseppe Montano]], decided to begin producing an automobile to increase the overall production volume. Ducati worked with the British c

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Alfa Romeo Arna
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Alfa Romeo Arna''' was a [[subcompact car|subcompact]] [[automobile]] produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] between 198

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Fial
...had a two cylinder 1135 cc engine, of which a copy is at the ''Museo dell'Automobile'' in [[Turin]]. In 1908, just two years after the founding of '''Fial''', t ...g|left|thumb|250px|'''1908 Legnano 6/8 HP''' in the Museo Carlo Biscaretti Automobile Museum in [[Turin]].]]

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Ferrari 400
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||4.8 L [[V12]]

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Alfa Romeo 145
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...cars, by virtue of the earliest vehicles inheriting the older 1.7 L Boxer engines which are backwards compatible with the older 33s and Sprints. In consequen

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Fiat Doblò
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" Brazilian Doblós were available with two 16-valve petrol engines, a 1.3-litre Fire and a 1.6-litre Torque. Currently, the only engine availa

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GM High Feature engine
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...r '''HFV6''') engine family of modern [[DOHC]] [[V6]]s. This new family of engines was introduced in [[2004]] with the [[Cadillac CTS]]. [[Holden]] sells the

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Ferrari 512BB
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||4.4 L [[V12]]

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Modena (racing team)
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Engines || [[Lamborghini]]

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Life
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Long name || Life Racing Engines

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Rallycross
...ar]]s, similar to the [[World Rally Car]]s, but with about 250bhp stronger engines. It is mainly popular in the [[Nordic countries]], the [[Netherlands]], [[B ...entually won by [[Andrew Cowan]] and his [[Sunbeam Imp]]. ''Thames Estuary Automobile Club's (TEAC)'' premier event, the original Clubman's rallycross, was held

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Menon
...espectable 25 mph. Menon, a few years later, offered models with their own engines that produced 500cc with 4/6 hp. The production of automobiles at Menon sto

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Two stroke
...or every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two stroke engines can be arranged to start and run in either direction. Two-stroke engines are used most among the smallest and largest reciprocating powerplants, but

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MacPherson strut
The '''MacPherson strut''' is a type of [[automobile|car]] [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] system widely used in modern vehi ...smaller cars, particularly with [[transverse engine|transverse]] oriented engines such as most [[front wheel drive]] vehicles have. For those reasons, it h

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Top dead center
...tre, or are designed, in the case of [[Engine configuration|multi-cylinder engines]], so that dead centres can never exist on all cranks at the same time. A ...with hemispherical [[combustion chamber]]s, or [[Hydrogen vehicle|hydrogen engines]].

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Ferrari 550 Maranello
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||5.5 L [[V12]]

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Brevetti 15-25 HP
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Engines || Gasoline 4-cylinder 3052 cm3

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1300/1500
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...d|Polish]] [[FSO]], was created by mating the body of 125 and mechanicals (engines, gearbox, transmission, suspension) of 1300/1500. In the Italian range, the

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Alfa Romeo 166
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||2.0 Twin Spark 2.5 [[V6]] 3.0 V6 2.4 JTD [[diesel]] ([[left hand

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Hydraulic fluid
...start an auxiliary power unit (APU) for self-starting the aircraft's main engines. Many aircraft equipped with the [[M61 Vulcan|M61]] family of cannon use h ...e both redundancy and the means of operating hydraulic systems without the engines operating, which can be very useful during maintenance.

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Engine tuning
...ead]]s". It has a long history, almost as long as the development of the [[automobile|car]] in general, originating with the development of early [[racing car]]s ...and the final but essential steps in setting up a racing engine. On modern engines some or all of these tasks are automated.

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Aquila
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Fate || ceased production, taken over by the [[SPA (automobile)|SPA]]

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Ferrari America
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||4.1 L [[V12]]

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Fiat Idea
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Petrol engines || 1.2 16v 80 PS 1.4 77 PS 1.4 16v 95 PS 1.8 8v ''(Brazil only)''

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Fiat 3
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Engines || Petrol 3969 cm3 - 32 hp

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Fiat Sedici
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ive version of Sedici was unveiled in Spring 2008. Available with the same engines and with two trim levels: Dynamic and Emotion. The price is around 2000€

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Fiat Siena
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ....4 8v '''Fiassa Engines''' 1.0 8v, 1.3 8v, 1.5 8v '''Europa/Sevel Engines''' 1.4 8v SPI, 1.6 8v SPI '''Torque''' 1.6 16v '''Powertrain'''

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Four-stroke cycle
...e cycle most commonly used for automotive and industrial purposes today ([[Automobile|cars]] and [[truck]]s, [[generator]]s, etc). It was invented by German engi ...es the exhaust gases out. This was the technique used in early four-stroke engines. It was soon discovered, however, that at rotational speeds approaching 100

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Alfa Romeo 2000
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" '''Alfa Romeo 2000''' is a car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturing company [[Alfa Romeo]] as a successor to the [[1900]].

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Siegfried Stohr
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ng procedure was utterly chaotic with mechanics on the grid and some cars' engines running and others not, and the Arrows drivers and mechanic can be seen as

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Fiat Strada
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||'''FIRE Engines''' 1.2 16v, 1.4 8v '''Fiassa Engines''' 1.3 8v, 1.5 8v '''Torque''' 1.6 16v '''Powertrain''' 1.8

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Cam in block
...sion cam-in-block design, and is the [[archetype]] for most modern pushrod engines. Generally L-head engines use a small chamber on one side of the cylinder to carry the valves. This h

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Fiat Bravo/Brava
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...4 L 12-valve engine producing 80 bhp. Three other [[gasoline|petrol]] engines were available: the 103 bhp 1.6 L 16-valve; the 113 bhp 1.8 L 16-

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Two-stroke cycle
...or every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two-stroke engines can be arranged to start and run in either direction. Two-stroke engines are used mostly among the smallest and largest reciprocating powerplants, b

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Motorcycle land speed record
...such records are usually validated by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]], the FIA only certifies vehicles with at least four wheels, while the FIM ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Alfa Romeo Giulietta''' was an [[automobile]] manufactured by the [[Italy|Italian]] car maker [[Alfa Romeo]] from [[195

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Fiat Regata
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ost-facelift Ritmo. The Regata had a choice of two gasoline and two diesel engines. Competitors in the same class as the Regata were the [[Audi 80]], [[Ford O

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

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List of microcars by country of origin: F
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Sleeve valve
...a number of advantages over the more common [[poppet valve]], used in most engines, as well as disadvantages that have precluded its widespread adoption to da ...does the piston and the valve no good at all. Even in "non-interference" engines, at some point the valve head can simply part from the valve stem due to th

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Reciprocating engine
...ust gas|exhausted]]" gases are removed from the cylinder by this [[Stroke (engines)|stroke]]. The exception is the Stirling engine, which repeatedly heats and ...r less in model engines up to several thousand cubic centimetres in ships' engines.

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Alfa Romeo Giulietta''' (series 750 and 101) was an [[automobile]] manufactured by the [[Italy|Italian]] car maker [[Alfa Romeo]] from [[195

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World Touring Car Championship
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines ||

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Aprilia SR50
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engine || 49.38 cc (several different engines used)

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List of microcars by country of origin
...ionary definition states simply that a microcar is ‘a small fuel-efficient automobile.’ ...s is 'economy vehicles with either three or four wheels, powered by petrol engines of no more than 700 cc or battery electric propulsion, and manufactur

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Cam-in-block
...Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Cummins produce cam-in-block or pushrod engines in any large numbers, although GM in particular has several OHV engine fami Generally L-head engines use a small chamber on one side of the cylinder to carry the valves. This h

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Four-stroke
...e cycle most commonly used for automotive and industrial purposes today ([[Automobile|cars]] and [[truck]]s, [[generator]]s, etc). It was invented by German engi ...es the exhaust gases out. This was the technique used in early four-stroke engines. It was soon discovered, however, that at rotational speeds approaching 100

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Engine braking
...n order to extract useful mechanical energy from the expansion. [[Diesel]] engines are [[adiabatic]] and have no [[spark plug]]s and use energy transferred to {{Automobile configurations}}

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De Tomaso Guara
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...came equipped with [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]/Visteon (Canada) parts and engines. The Guara was never homologated for US sale.

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V6
...th the [[Lancia Aurelia]], other manufacturers took note and soon other V6 engines were in use. The design really took off after the 1962 introduction of the ...time V8 manufacturer, with the [[Citroën SM]] V6 engine. Many American V6 engines are 90° for this reason, as is the [[PRV engine|PRV]] (Peugeot-Renault-Vol

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

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Iso Rivolta
Starting in 1954. Isetta was licensed to automobile manufacturers in several countries and was built in ([[France]], [[Spain]], ...ed for almost all production cars of Iso ([[1971]] [[Ford]] 351 Cleveland engines replaced the GM small block). The most well-known [[Gran Turismo]] of Iso R

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Touring car
...n.jpeg|right|thumb|250px|[[Horatio Nelson Jackson]] in his 2-seat [[Winton automobile|Winton]] touring car, "The Vermont", drives across America]] ...ouring cars had a [[tonneau]] at the rear giving seating for four or more. Engines on early models were either in the front, or in a mid-body position. Tourin

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Fuel pump
...r under high pressure to the [[fuel injection]] system. Some fuel injected engines have two fuel pumps for this purpose: one low pressure/high volume supply p In earlier [[Automobile|car]]s built before the late [[1970s]], the pump was mechanically driven by

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Small family car
...called [[hot hatch]]es, may have [[turbocharger|turbocharged]] 2.0 L engines, or even [[V6]] 3.2 L units, ranging maximum outputs from 170 bhp *[[List of recent automobile models by type#Small family cars / Compact cars|List of current small famil

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Alfa Romeo Alfa 6
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ower remaining at 158 hp. This revamp also saw the introduction of two new engines, a 2.0 version of the existing V6 engine (which retained the carburettors)

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Iso Grifo
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Iso Grifo''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] automobile produced by [[Iso Automobile]] from 1963-1974.

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

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Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||4.4 L [[V12]]

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Ansaldo
...[[six-cylinder]] version of 1991cc; later six-cylinders were offered with engines of 2179cc. Beginning in 1927, introduced a new range of cars with engines of four cylinders of between 37 and 60 hp, the rates were 14, 15 and 15GS.

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Ferrari 308 GTB
...rder-collapse:collapse; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||3.2 L [[V8]] 3.2 L [[fuel injection|FI]] [[V8]] (''GTBi/GTSi

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Maserati Indy
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...500]], the '''Maserati Indy''' first appeared in 1968, at the [[Salon dell'Automobile di Torino]] as a prototype by [[Vignale|Carrozzeria Vignale]] that was to r

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Lancia Lybra
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:|| 1.6 L [[straight-4|I4]] 1.8 L [[straight-4|I4]] 1.9&nbsp

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Fiat 128
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''128''' was a [[subcompact car|subcompact]] [[automobile]] manufactured by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Fiat]] from [[1969]]

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Catalytic converter
...re unburned [[hydrocarbon]]s are more completely [[combustion|combusted]]. Automobile converters use [[platinum]] or [[palladium]] and [[rhodium]] as [[catalyst] ...these are three-way types designed to reduce combined NOx+HC [[automobile emissions control|emission]]s from 12 [[gram]]/[[horsepower#Brake horsepowe

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Desmodromic valve
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" .... This refers, for example, to the valve control system used in [[Ducati]] engines: both valve movements (opening and closing) are "operated". It is usual to

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VR6 engine
...of the Lancia Fulvia staggered-four developed in the late 1950s. Staggered engines are an amenable further development with both uneven cylinder numbers and w ...r to the operation of a [[SOHC]] V6 engine. However, later (24 valve) VR6 engines use two camshafts, the right bank camshaft operates the right bank exhaust

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Multitronic
...even to enable it to cope better with the torque of larger [[turbodiesel]] engines), and complex electronics, to overcome the traditional shortcomings of CVTs {{Automobile configurations}}

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Turbo
...sadvantage does not apply to specifically designed turbocharged [[diesel]] engines. However, for operation at altitude, the power recovery of a turbocharger m ...y than a mechanical supercharger. But because of "turbo lag" (see below), engines with mechanical superchargers are typically more responsive.

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Fiat Dino
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...r)|Dino 206 GT]] and [[Ferrari Dino|Dino 246 GT & GTS]] were equipped with engines identical to those used in the Fiats; the later [[Dino (car)|Dino 308 GT4]]

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Fiat Multipla
The '''Fiat Multipla''' (Type 186) was the name given to two different [[automobile]]s manufactured by [[Fiat]], the first from [[1956]] to [[1965]], and a mor == Engines ==

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ACAM
...an Italian [[microcar]] manufacturer built with [[Piaggio]] 125 or 218cc [[engines]]. Later a version was made with a 50cc engine. This was very rare small c ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"

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Fiat Croma
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Fiat Croma''' is a nameplate used for two [[automobile]]s produced by Italian automaker [[Fiat]], one built from 1985 to 1996 and

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Ferrari Testarossa
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||4.9 L [[flat-12|F12]]

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Andrea De Adamich
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ts and he returned to the [[Alfa Romeo]] fold as they entered F1 supplying engines to a third works [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]. De Adamich only finished once i

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

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Ferrari 195 S
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines || 2.3 L ''[[Ferrari Colombo engine|Colombo]]'' [[V12]]

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Iso Lele
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...Rivolta Lele''') was a sports [[coupé]] produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] automobile maker [[Iso Rivolta]]

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Minardi PS03
...etirements; Wilson only finishing 2 of his first 8 races, the [[Cosworth]] engines were reliable, they never caused the driver to retire. What caused Wilson ...m]], who reportedly did not pay. Minardi also managed to get [[Cosworth]] engines, old 72 degree V10's, un-tuned and similar to those being used in the [[Jor

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Bugatti Royale
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The engine (apx. 4.5ft long x 3.5ft high), is one of the largest automobile engines ever made, producing 205 to 223 kW (275 to 300 hp). Its cylinders

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Alfa Romeo V6 engine
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"

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Four stroke cycle
...e cycle most commonly used for automotive and industrial purposes today ([[Automobile|cars]] and trucks, generators, etc). It was invented by German engineer Nik ...es the exhaust gases out. This was the technique used in early four-stroke engines. It was soon discovered, however, that at rotational speeds approaching 100

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Fiat 124 Sport Spider
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Body style || 2-door [[Cabriolet (automobile)|cabriolet]]

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Fiat Linea
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ine will be the 1.6 L [[Chery ACTECO engine|ACTECO]] licensed from [[Chery Automobile|Chery]].

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Ferrari Inter
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||2.0 L ''[[Ferrari Colombo engine|Colombo]]'' [[V12]]

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Fiat 1800/2100
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ==Engines==

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Pistonless rotary engine
...stently refers to [[Mazda Wankel engine|their Wankel engines]] as ''rotary engines''. ...arious stages of development. There are countless other examples of rotary engines varying in rotor design, size and many other categories. Notable examples i

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Fiat 6 HP
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Petrol Engines || 9025 cm3 - 75 hp

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De Tomaso Guarà
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...but later all cars came equipped with [[Ford]]/Visteon (Canada) parts and engines. All cars for the States were equipped with the Ford/Visteon from the begin

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Fiat 29-40 HP
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Fiat Engines || Petrol 28-40 - 4-cylinder bibloc 7363 cm3

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Lancia Zeta
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...rille, the Lancia served as the "premium" eurovan, not available with base engines and exceptionally well equipped, with prices up to 20% higher than correspo

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RMR layout
In [[automobile design]], an '''RMR''' or '''Rear [[Mid-engine design|Mid-engine]], [[Rear- ...as also common in very small engined [[1950]]s [[microcar]]s, in which the engines did not take up much space. Because of successes in racing, the RMR platfor

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Piston
A [[steam engine]] is another type of piston engine. In most steam engines, the pistons are ''double acting'': steam is alternately admitted to either {{Automobile configurations}}

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Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...Marchetti SM.73|SM.73]] airliner, with similar [[cantilever]] wings, three engines, and fixed tail landing gear. It first saw combat during the [[Second Italo

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Ferrari Mondial
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||3.0 L [[V8]] 3.0 L [[multivalve|4v]] [[V8]] ''Quattrovalvole

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Four-cylinder
[[Image:Colorized car engine.jpg|thumb|250px|A colorized [[automobile]] engine]] Internal combustion engines can be powered by any [[fuel]] that can be combined with an "[[oxidizer]]"

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Amilcar Italiana
'''Amilcar Italiana''' manufactured some French [[Amilcar]] [[automobile]] models in [[Italy]] from 1925 to 1928 under licence granted in 1925 to '' This French House was founded with the name of''Nouvelle Société pour l'Automobile Amilcar''. The name derives from the merger Amilcar and dall'anagramma, wit

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

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Alfa Romeo GTV
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:||1.8 16V Twin Spark 2.0 16V Twin Spark 2.0 V6 turbo 3.0 V6 12V<br

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Ignition system
...cient to ignite the fuel spontaneously. All conventional petrol (gasoline) engines, by contrast, require an ignition system. The ignition system is usually sw The earliest petrol engines used a very crude ignition system. This often took the form of a copper or

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Exhaust pipe
=== Two-stroke engines === In most production engines, the '''[[manifold (automotive engineering)|manifold]]''' is an assembly de

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Luxembourg Grand Prix
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...n the space of one lap both McLarens had pulled out of the race with blown engines allowing Villeneuve to move close to an eventual [[World Championship]]. [[

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Twin-turbo
...ingle turbo manifold. Parallel twin turbos are usually applied to V-shaped engines where one turbo is assigned to each cylinder bank, providing packaging symm ...ower throughout the rev range. Once used mainly in turbocharged [[diesel]] engines, [[Porsche]] was the first to use it in a mass-production gasoline-powered

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Maserati Kyalami
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...osely related to its contemporary Quattroporte, also offered with the same engines and gearboxes.

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Fiat 127
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ==Engines (from '77 on)==

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Wankel engine
...s smooth high-rpm power from a compact, lightweight engine; however Wankel engines are criticized for poor [[fuel efficiency]] and [[emissions standard|exhaus ...[Mercedes-Benz C111|C111]] concept car, only [[Mazda]] has produced Wankel engines in large numbers. As of [[2005]], the engine is only available in the [[Maz

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Fiat Grande Punto
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Engines:|| -->

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Controlled Combustion Engine
...1.gif] while retaining an identical cylinder head assembly to conventional engines. {{Automobile configurations}}

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Fiat Duna
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Fiat Duna''' ('''Fiat Prêmio''' in Brazil) was a small [[automobile|car]] produced by [[Fiat]] in [[Brazil]], where it was commercialized as ''

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