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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
  ...<!--The name is spelled with an s not a z--> 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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• Template:Formula One
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |[[Formula One engines]]
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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&nbsp;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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