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  • ...[[plug]] that fits closely inside the [[bore]] of a [[cylinder (geometry)|cylinder]]. ...nclosed by the cylinder, or to exert a [[force]] on a [[fluid]] inside the cylinder.
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  • ...move a [[piston]] on a [[crankshaft]] or a [[turbine|turbine disc]] in a [[gas turbine]]. The energy can also be used to produce [[thrust]] when directed ...]]. It is strongly desirable to avoid narrow crevices where stagnant "end gas" can become trapped, as this tends to [[Engine knocking|detonate]] violentl
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  • ...rling engine, which repeatedly heats and cools the same sealed quantity of gas. In some designs the piston may be powered in both directions in the cylinder in which case it is said to be [[Steam_power#Double-acting_pistons|double a
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  • |Engine type || Single cylinder |Valves per cylinder || 2
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  • ...kcase where the intake air is pure was to help to keep the gas cool in the cylinder with the aim of eliminating the wasting of fuel. The suction in the crankca
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  • ...nd that ignition occurs when the pistons are not at equal positions in the cylinder.]] ...gle piston and being closed at one end with a cylinder head, the elongated cylinder would contain two opposing pistons driving in opposite directions toward th
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  • ...ic Motor). A modern legend was born, a light and robust bike with a single-cylinder 4-stroke engine, with incredible performance and low fuel consumption, this ...of a main truss at the front of the [[motorcycle]] that incorporated the [[gas tank]], while at the opposite side it divided the form of the two arms with
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  • |Engine || Air-cooled [[Motorcycle_engine#Single|single cylinder]] [[Four_Stroke_Engine|4-stroke]], 65.38 cc displacement, 44 mm ∅ x 43 mm ...''' (Turismo Sport) appeared in 1955, ten pounds lighter, with a different gas tank, lower handlebars and dual seat.
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  • ...dded a new model with a ''Moser'' engine with 2.75 hp, a single vertical [[cylinder]] with chain drive and two V-twin versions. ...tured by ''Brooks''. The frame color is all black with green panels on the gas tank and the logo is no longer visible on the tank. The ST.A.S motor number
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  • ...cooled four stroke with 12.5:1 compression ratio. RXV/SXV 5.5: 549 cc twin-cylinder 77° v-twin dry sump water cooled four stroke with 12:1 compression ratio. ...ame in such a way that the air filter sits on top of the engine, below the gas tank, rather than the more traditional under-the-seat location. This allows
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  • ...gine || 549/572&nbsp;cc 4-valve [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]] [[single cylinder engine|single]]<br>12:1 [[compression ratio]]<br>Weber [[fuel injection]]<b The '''Ducati Supermono''' is a lightweight, [[single cylinder engine|single-cylinder]] racing [[motorcycle]] made by [[Ducati]]. It is named for the [[Supermon
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  • |Engine || rear, 1 flat cylinder ...c rubber ball (like a squeeze horn). By squeezing the ball gave the engine gas and upon releasing, you went slower.
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  • ...n engine it is the [[ratio]] between the volume of the [[Cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] and combustion chamber when the [[piston]] is at the bottom of its [[stro ...chamber). When the piston has moved up to the top of its stroke inside the cylinder, and the remaining volume inside the head or combustion chamber has been re
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  • ...form sharing. [[Electronic control unit]]s are also programmed for optimal gas mileage. ...an most six and eight cylinder engines, sometimes even more than 10 and 12 cylinder engines with the right build.
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  • # Supporting heat transfer from the piston to the cylinder wall. ...the piston ring compresses to a few thousandths of an inch when inside the cylinder bore.
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  • ...carbons are called oil engines. However, gasoline engines are often called gas engines for short. The only limitations are that the fuel must be easily tr [[Jet engine]]s, most [[rocket]]s and many [[gas turbine]]s are strictly classed as internal combustion engines, but the ter
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  • |Engine || [[Air-cooled]] [[Motorcycle_engine#Single|single cylinder]] [[Four Stroke Engine|4-stroke]], 124.4 cc [[Engine displacement|displacem ...andlebar was replaced with a more upright touring handlebar, and a smaller gas tank, and smaller 16-inch, knobby tires were fitted.
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  • [[image:fuelpump1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|mechanical fuel pump, fitted to [[cylinder head]]]] ...henever the car's ignition switch is in the "on" position. Depressing the gas [[pedal]] results in the throttle body opening on the engine (metering the
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  • It was equipped with 4-cylinder engine: fisrt car to have gas pedal and a gearbox with 4 forward gears. The road model could achieve top
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  • A '''turbocharger''' is an exhaust gas driven [[compressor]] used in [[internal-combustion engine]]s to increase t ...is an [[exhaust]] gas driven [[supercharger]]. All superchargers have a [[gas compressor]] in the intake tract of the engine which compresses the intake
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  • |Engine || Air-cooled [[Motorcycle_engine#Single|single cylinder]] [[Four Stroke Engine|4-stroke]], 124.4 cc [[Engine displacement|displacem ...stalled in a chassis similar to the 125 TV, but with the sporting 15-liter gas tank shaped like that of the overhead camshaft 125 Sport. Complementing th
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  • ...n rings and cylinder walls to separate the [[combustion chamber]] in the [[cylinder head]] from the crankcase. ...nto the regions of the engine with lubricated bearings and gearboxes. The gas flow associated with running the turbine provides significant [[Convection|
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  • ...first launched in 1981 then redesigned for 1993: engines were 2.0-litre 4-cylinder petrol or 1.9 [[Diesel engine|diesel]]. Trim levels were base, S and SX. Ca |2.0 natural power||[[compressed natural gas|CNG]]|| 110 PS
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  • ...e engineer [[Piero Prampolini]]. His later credits included the 500cc four-cylinder ''GP Benelli'', which [[Jarno Saarinen]] took to victory at its 1972 debut. lnterestingly, the [[Catria]]'s horizontal-cylinder engine layout preceded the arrival a year later of the similar-format 175cc
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  • Timing gear: 5 valve/cyl (3 intake, 2 exhaust), 4 overhead camshafts (2 per cylinder bank) driven by low-noise Morse chain<br> ..., rose-jointed unequal-length wishbones, push-rods, coil springs, Bilstein gas-pressurised monotube dampers, electronic adaptive damping, electronic heigh
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  • ...tiblelg.jpg|thumb|left|200px|'''1975 Moretti Minimax Convertible, 650cc, 2-cylinder''']] ...Alarm and remote control system, larger front brakes (from [[Lancia]]) and gas struts with different rate coil springs.
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  • ...get somewhere between 50 to 70 miles per gallon <!-- which gallon? --> of gas depending on how it was driven. ...ta its own. They redesigned the powerplant around a more reliable BMW one-cylinder, four-stroke, 247&nbsp;cc motorcycle engine making 13&nbsp;hp. Although th
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  • ...into play, due to [[Bernoulli's principle]] (''i.e.'' as the velocity of a gas increases, its pressure falls). The venturi (sometimes a second or "booster ...reduce exhaust nitrogen oxide emissions, many engines contain an [[exhaust gas recirculation]] system which is frequently built into, or attached to the c
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  • ...|[[Dustin Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman's]] Spider (1966 1600 Duetto) runs out of gas in ''[[The Graduate]].'']] ...0cc variant of the Alfa Romeo [[Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine|twin cam]] four cylinder engine, and produced 109hp. Sparsely fitted inside but including five speed
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  • ...t model produced, was a model with an [[Alfa Romeo]] [[boxer engine]], a 4-cylinder 1186 cc water-cooled, capable of developing 63 hp at 6000 rpm and reaching ...ynamics. In the central part of the front hood sticking up the bulk of the gas tank cap chrome and carefully aligned with the line of the bonnet. Later th
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  • ...r the [[public road]] portions of the course. Engines are generally single-cylinder [[two-stroke]] between 125 and 300 cm³ (cc), or [[four-stroke]] between 25 [[Image:GasGas_EC200_2000.jpg|thumb|[[Gas Gas]] EC 200]]
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  • ...parallelled in aluminum and titanium." Of course, there were also the huge gas tanks on both sides of the driver ...'Telaio Tubolare'', tubular chassis) which had [[Carlo Chiti]]-designed 12 cylinder 3.0L [[flat engine]] (500&nbsp;bhp). Season 1973 was more or less developme
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  • * Pressurised gas, using a cylinder carried with the kart ...le. These can develop from about 16 hp to 30 hp (12 to 22 kW) for a single-cylinder 100 cc unit to 90 hp (67 kW) for a twin 250 cc. The most popular categories
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  • ...project was redeveloped the X1/20 with a more fuel efficient 2.0&nbsp;L 4-cylinder engine in response to increasing fuel-prices. The X1/20 was released in 197 ...sp;kW) 1290&nbsp;cc [[single overhead cam]] engine with an [[aluminium]] [[cylinder head|head]]. In this form, the car had less than dramatic performance, ham
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  • A small number of Trevis were built to run on [[Liquefied petroleum gas| LPG]] rather than gasoline. ...es for [[Ferrari]] until Fiat employed him, was one of the most advanced 4-cylinder engines in Europe at that time (source "Lancia Beta - A Collector's Guide",
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  • ...e [[Fiat 127]] and, in certain territories, the air-cooled 652&nbsp;cc two-cylinder powerplant from the [[Fiat 126]]. The drive for a mechanically simple car w ...52 cc engine (derived from that in the 126)&nbsp;— the Panda 30; or a four cylinder water cooled engine displacing 903 cc (from the 127)&nbsp;— the Panda 45.
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  • ** First 6-cylinder - 1903 [[Napier & Son]] * First monobloc engine with removable cylinder head - 1908 [[Ford Model T]]
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  • ...ivilian use, Bandini adapted his automobile engines to operate with [[wood gas]]. In 1946, he reassembled a [[Fiat 1100]] which earlier he had cut apart a ...a [[Overhead camshaft#Double overhead camshaft|twin overhead camshaft]] [[cylinder head]] based on an [[Alfa Romeo]] design. With this car, Bandini entered ev
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  • ...ation for two years. However, Ferrari's dominance went on with the light 4-cylinder powered 500s, bringing Italian legend Alberto Ascari his two championships ...the [[Tasman Formula]]; to run a full Grand Prix Love added two auxiliary gas tanks. Unfortunately the auxiliary tanks fuel pump failure forced him to re
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  • Rover and the BRM Formula 1 team joined forces to produce a [[gas turbine]] powered [[coupé]], driven by [[Graham Hill]] and [[Richie Ginthe ...as developed, which incorporated remarkable technology: Porsche's first 12-cylinder engine and a lot components from titanium, magnesium and exotic alloys. Por
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