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• Engine knocking
  ...inging''')—technically [[detonation]]—in [[internal combustion engine]]s occurs when [[petrol|fuel]] in the cylinder is ignited by the firing of ...imits. If allowed to persist detonation will cause vibration and damage to engine parts.
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• Engine braking
  ...ucks use a device called a [[jake brake]] to increase the effectiveness of engine braking. ...nd have no [[spark plug]]s and use energy transferred to air charge during compression to directly ignite the mixture when the fuel is injected.
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• Quota 1100 ES
  |Engine || 90° V-twin, air cooled ...System || Magneti Marelli IAW Multipoint phased sequential fuel injection Ignition
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• Ducati 800 SPORT
  *Engine -- Air cooled, four stroke, 90°“L”twin cylinder, SOHC, desmodromic 2 *Compression Ratio -- 10.3:1
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• Four-stroke
  ...otary combustion engine]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|four-stroke cycle]]
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...otary combustion engine]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|four-stroke cycle]]
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• Ferrari Lampredi engine
  [[Image:1954 Ferrari 375 Plus engine.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''Lampredi V12 in a 1954 [[Ferrari 375|Ferrari 375 P ...place of the fours and sixes and evolution of the older [[Ferrari Colombo engine|Colombo V12]] continuing as the company's preeminent V12.
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• Ignition system
  ...al petrol (gasoline) engines, by contrast, require an ignition system. The ignition system is usually switched on/off through a lock switch, operated with a ke ...ontrolled manner. This type of arrangement was quickly superseded by spark ignition, a system which is generally used to this day, albeit with sparks generated
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• Engine tuning
  ...ding''' is the adjustment, modification or design of [[internal combustion engine]]s to yield more performance, either in terms of power output or economy. I ...ks on all engines 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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• Four stroke cycle
  ...otary combustion engine]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right||Four-stroke cycle (or Otto cycle)]]
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• Aprilia RS125
  |Engine || 124.8cc |engine=
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• Ferrari 288 GTO
  |Engine || 2.8 L [[turbocharged]] [[V8]] == Engine ==
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• Bandini 1000 GT
  ...ed. The ''1000 GT'' preserves the traditional pattern which provides front engine and rear wheel drive. The chassis instead enjoy the experience made with th == The Engine Bandini 1000 cm ³ ==
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• Ducati SuperSport
  ...dromic valve|Desmo]] [[V-twin|L-Twin]]<br>Bore/stroke 92 x 68&nbsp;mm<br>[[compression ratio]] 9.2:1 ...[Ducati Pantah|Pantah]] based 904&nbsp;cc air cooled L-twin, 2V "Desmodue" engine with [[crankcase]]s derived from the [[Ducati 851|851]] motor. It was mount
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• Compression ratio
  ...ion ratio''' of an [[internal-combustion engine]] or [[external combustion engine]] is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion cham ...d combustion chamber when the [[piston]] is at the bottom of its [[stroke (engine)|stroke]], and the volume of the combustion chamber when the piston is at t
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• Briggs and Stratton
  ...ratton''' is the world's largest manufacturer of [[air-cooled]] [[gasoline engine]]s for outdoor power equipment. ...le to remove the engine brake, with any release of this handle causing the engine to brake again.
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• Bandini 1100
  The [[prototype]] was fitted with an engine derived from a [[Fiat 1100]] to whom Bandini adapted cutting a head [[DOCH] ==The Engine==
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• Forced induction
  ...escribe [[internal combustion engine]]s that are not [[naturally-aspirated engine|naturally aspirated]]. Instead, a [[gas compressor]] is added to the air i ...s the advantage that the intake pressure may be regulated according to the engine speed, thus providing power from extra capacity at high speed, but without
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...ine cycle. More advanced ECUs found on most modern cars also control the [[ignition timing]], [[Variable Valve Timing]] (VVT), the level of boost maintained by ...e quantity of fuel, ignition timing and other parameters by monitoring the engine through sensors. These can include, [[MAP sensor]], [[throttle position sen
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• Bandini GT
  ...th the ''[[Bandini 750 sports torpedo | 750 sports torpedo]]'' chassis and engine developed for the races. ==The Engine==
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• Automobile self starter
  ...ken wrist, or worse. Moreover, as engines evolved, they became larger and compression ratios increased, making hand cranking an increasingly difficult matter. ...[1912]]. These starters also worked as [[generator | generators]] once the engine was running, a concept that is now being revived in [[hybrid vehicles]]. B
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• Two stroke
  ...exhaust) still occur. Thus, there is a power stroke per piston for every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two stroke engines can be a ...cause the engine has twice as many combustions per second as a four stroke engine revolving at the same speed). For handheld devices, they also have the adv
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• Lancia Eta-30/50HP
  | Engine || 4084 cc ''[[straight-4]]'' ...Eta could be delivered with electrical lights. The car has [[straight-4]] engine with capacity of 4084 cc and it produced around 60 hp at 1800 rpm. The top
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• Catalytic converter
  ...[[redox]]) process continues, but outside the [[internal-combustion engine|engine]]'s [[combustion chamber]], so no useful energy is extracted. The catalyt ...voured. When there is more fuel than oxygen (stoichiometrically), then the engine is running rich. The reduction of NO_x is favoured.
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• Opposed piston engine
  ...ed_piston_engine_1.jpg|thumb|300px|Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston [[diesel engine]]s on the [[submarine]] ''[[USS Pampanito]]''.]] An '''opposed piston''' engine is one in which the cylinders are double-ended, with a piston at each end a
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• Bandini 1000 Turbo
  ==The Engine== [[Image:BandiniFiera_023.jpg|250px|thumb|1000 Bandini engine turbo V16 installed.]]
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• Lancia Dialfa-18HP
  | Engine || 3815 cc [[straight-6]] 40 hp ...sed on four cylinder [[Lancia Alfa-12HP|Lancia Alfa]], now with straight-6 engine. With 40 hp it could achieve top speed of 110km/h. The car was built only
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• Bandini 1000 V
  ...igned by [[Ilario Bandini]] and carried out in [[aluminium]] as the entire engine 1000 cm³. This provides for the use of vertical Solex carburetors (hence t ...ction of greater than the rest of the car producing large openings for the engine compartment, as are the new places to flap its four ends with clear aerodyn
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• Supercharger
  ...harger can be powered mechanically by belt-, gear- or chain-drive from the engine's crankshaft. It can also be powered by a gas [[turbine]] . When a centrifu ...applications are less efficient than turbochargers. In applications where engine response and [[power (physics)|power]] is more important than any other con
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• Bandini formula 3
  ...]] was born in order to participate in the category "race until 750 cm³" [[engine capacity]] which provided for the exclusive racing car use. This category g ...uscotto_f3_bandini.JPG|250px|right|thumb|The instrumentation only shows: r engine, water temperature and pressure oil]]
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• Gori
  ...luded: 123.6cc (54x54mm), 13:1 compression ratio, 34mm Bing carb, Motoplat ignition, [[Marzocchi]] suspension, 170mm [[Fontana]] front brake and was capable of ...during 1975-76. This used the same (very slightly detuned) six-speed Sachs engine, but had a full fairing, twin front discs, cast alloy wheels and sharp styl
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• Four-cylinder
  [[Image:Colorized car engine.jpg|thumb|250px|A colorized [[automobile]] engine]] ...ses are used to directly move a piston, turbine blades, rotor(s), or the [[engine]] itself thus doing useful work.
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• MV Agusta 500 Three
  | Engine || Four stroke [[Straight-three engine|Inline three cylinder]] ...out version of MV Agusta's highly successful 350&nbsp;cc [[Straight-three engine|three cylinder]]. Its production lasted until 1974.
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• VR6 engine
  [[Image:15° VR6.png|right|15° [[VR6 (engine)|VR6]] top view]] ...wagen Group]]. It is similar to the [[V engine]], but with the [[cylinder (engine)|cylinders]] offset from each other and tilted by 10.6° or 15° instead of
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• MV Agusta 125 Sohc
  | Engine || Four stroke, single cylinder, double over head camshaft [[Image:125 sohc engine.JPG|thumb|left|125cc Sohc engine]]
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• Bandini Saloncino
  The ''Saloncino'' is also the car that is tested the first prototype engine carburettors vertical and Bandini 1300 cm³. In [[Years 1980 | eighties]] r ...''1000/66'', is realized with a new structure of frame tubes in which the engine takes increasingly function. Included in the subsequent ''[[Bandini s.p. 10
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• Bandini 750 sport internazionale
  ...hips sportprototipi | World Championship]]) led by Bruno Garavini, with an engine 750 cm³ Bandini-Crosley updated (second series) especially in the [[Head ( ...ntil [[1965]]. Wins's most prestigious given that many car competitors had engine at the rear; choice desitnata to influence the entire motor sports. In this
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• Ducati Multistrada 1200
  |Engine || 1,198&nbsp;cc 4-valve [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]] liquid |Compression || 11.5:1
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• Bandini 1000 P
  ...onent and touchstone for the ''1000 motor rear'', with which it shares the engine Bandini 1000 [[cm³]], which in [[1962]], already reaches the 98 [[CV]] @ 8 ...st to use exclusively mergers Bandini) and the following year with the new engine 1000 cm³.
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• Bandini 1000
  ...ni P | P 1000]]'' which inherits the engine bialbero Bandini of 1000 cm³ [[engine displacement]], constantly updated and improved (finally landed at rear), t ===Engine Bandini Bialbero 1000===
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...ston) rather than four. Thus, there is a power stroke per piston for every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two-stroke engines can be a [[Image:Arbeitsweise Zweitakt.gif|center|thumb|500px|A two-stroke engine with an expansion pipe illustrating the effect of the reflected pressure wa
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• Bandini s.p. 1000
  ==Engine== ...s is mounted an engine of proven reliability and power: Bandini 1000 cm³ [[engine capacity]] with aluminum rods and camshafts on casters that previously had
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• Ducati 999
  |Engine || Liquid cooled, four stroke, 90° "L" twin cylinder, DOHC, desmodromic fo ...orcycle. With its traditional [[Ducati]] L Twin Desmodromic Valve actuated engine layout, it has a linear power delivery, with high power figures available e
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• Reciprocating engine
  ...Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], internal combustion piston engine. <br> ...stay of the [[industrial revolution]] and the niche application [[Stirling engine]].
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• Maserati A6GCM
  G : Ghisa, the engine block was in cast iron ...contender even in front of single seaters in Formula 2, despite its small engine. Thus Maserati decided to develop a specific model that would meet the new
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• Spark plug
  ...ed center electrode which is connected by a heavily insulated wire to an [[ignition coil]] or [[magneto]] circuit on the outside, forming, with a grounded term for an ignition timing system], [[1898]]), Richard Simms (GB 24859/1898, 1898), and Robert
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• Internal-combustion engine
  [[Image:Colorized car engine.jpg|thumb|A colorized [[automobile]] engine]] ...e expanding gases are used to move a piston, turbine blades, rotor, or the engine itself.
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• Ducati Desmosedici RR
  |Engine || 989&nbsp;cc [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]] [[V4 engine|V4]] ...a race-only exhaust system, a slip-on muffler, and complimentary fuel and ignition mapping in a "race ECU". It also included enough sponsor stickers to fill b
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• Aprilia RS50
  |Engine || 50cc Single cylinder two-stroke, liquid cooled ...ine. The bike is popular in countries that have restrictions on motorcycle engine size. The bike is 7/8ths the size of the average bike and is perfect for sm
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