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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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• 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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• Giacomasso
  ...1933 by a motorcycle with modern parallel twin-cylinder 500 cc and 600 cc engines, which never came into mass production. Poor sales forced the closure of th ...c two stroke blocks, which were soon replaced by the 174 cc overhead valve engines Moser. Then and
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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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• Oasa
  ...74 cc ''[[Ladetto]]'' engines and 246 cc and 346 cc overhead valve ''JAP'' engines.
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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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• Ottolenghi
  ...]]. This small [[Italian]] brand built machines with 174 cc overhead valve engines [[Piazza]] and [[Ladetto & Blatto]]. ...1930 they made were 246 cc and 346 cc models using ''JAP'' overhead valve engines.
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• Carcano
  ...ed in [[Milan]], was a [[Italian]] brand that manufactured [[auxiliary]] [[engines]]. ...ined their first experiences in the vehicle world during the production of engines.
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• Zenit
  ...ch made engines. In 1953, the company introduced new models with their own engines: a 160 cc two-stroke engine and a four-stroke 175 cc engine of a more conve
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• Urania
  ...orcycle engines. [[Berardo Taraschi]] merged these cars with [[Giannini]] engines to form [[Giaur]].
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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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• 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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• Landi
  ...amberto Todini]], built their own 122 cc and 172 cc two-stroke comb piston engines.
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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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• 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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• Mariani motorcycle
  ...es with two valves for gasoline, or naphtha with three flaps to turned the engines. They were not well known.
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• Lancia Prisma
  ...Delta]], and like its smaller hatchback "brother", shared its chassis and engines with the [[Fiat Ritmo]] and [[Fiat Regata|Regata]]. Unlike the Delta, thoug == Engines ==
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• TAU
  ...[[Aroldo Triveldi]] and based in [[Milan]], was an [[Italian]] brand built engines for [[motorcycles]]. ...ano]], with valves that were used mainly in karts. Later he built over the engines so they were suitable for motorcycles. In 1976 he built the Tau TVR engine
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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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• 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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• Vittoria Motorcycle
  ...]]. Are models of different capacities, with Sachs engines with 98 cc, JAP engines with 175 cc, 250 cc and 350 K and Rudge Python with 500 cc.
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• Giulietta
  ...They were mainly equipped with Italian two-stroke engines but also German, engines like ''Jlo'' and ''Zündapp''.
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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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• 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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• Ollearo motorcycle
  ...a shaft drive. In the thirties were built 346 cc and 496 cc overhead valve engines and after the war 45 cc [[mopeds]] and 249 cc and 499 cc OHV bikes.
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• Patriarca
  ...engines with either 125, 175 and 250 cc on their own chassis. In 1930 the engines used were built from ground up in their own factory of their own design and
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• Maino
  ...6, with several periods of inactivity. Early machines had Souverain 2 ½ hp engines from Switzerland. ...c [[Mosquito]] powered mopeds, and lightweights with ''NSU'' and ''Sachs'' engines of 98 cc, 123 cc and 147 cc.
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• Rotary combustion engine
  ...as of 2005, Mazda, consistently refers to Mazda Wankel engines as ''rotary engines''. All such engines have the potential to improve on the piston engine in the areas of:
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• FBM
  ...o cycle engines from 175 cc to be provided Third, and above all two-stroke engines of 50 cc. Thus the "Pettirosso" an engine 2T two gears with a command wire, ...es would specialize in building small-displacement engines with two stroke engines, gaining a large and well-deserved success and becoming, in the space of a
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• Alfa Romeo 75
  ...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 ==Engines as of initial launch==
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• Beccaria motorcycle
  ...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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• 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, most
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• Long block
  On most engines, the [[camshaft]] will be installed. On many engines with timing gears, the camshaft will be timed.
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• Alfa Romeo 146
  ...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 :145/146 Boxer Engines:
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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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• OMB
  ...own name OMB's. These were the famous 173 cc ''[[Blatto]]'' overhead valve engines. * There was also a brand of auxiliary engines called ''OMB'', see [[OMB Benesi]]
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• MDS
  ...rated on building productive conventional motion engines, with four-stroke engines of 70 cc, 75 cc and 80 cc, and a 65 cc [[scooter]], also with a four-stroke
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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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• Intramotor Gloria
  ...'[[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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• Simoncelli
  ...wo stroke engines. Later models had 173 cc [[JAP]] side and overhead valve engines. From 1934 they had the luxury models with a rear [[suspension]].
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• MR
  ...[transmission]]. They produced motor bikes with 98 cc and 123-cc ''Train'' engines. ...to stationary engines, initial two strokes, but from 1932 also four-stroke engines.
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• Straight-2
  Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight-twin engines had a crank angle of 360°, which means that both pistons have to be in the ...his leads to fewer vibrations but uneven firing. The engine sound of these engines is distinctively different.
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• Ferrari Lampredi engine
  [[Aurelio Lampredi]] designed a number of racing engines for [[Ferrari]]. He was brought on to hedge the company's bets with a diff ...lance. The project was shortly abandoned in favor of more-conventional I4 engines.
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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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• Gloria
  ...) manufactured by Gloria Intramotor have Morini Franco Motori or Minarelli engines, both of which are two-stroke. [http://www.mopedarmy.com/main/ <small>Sourc ...''' ''(Fabricca Bolognese Motocicli SrL)'' to produce motorcycle and moped engines. Sometime after that they decided to start their own companies in [[Bologna
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• Diavolino
  ...nes that produced 250 cc and 12 hp. Later, also Japanese built small Honda engines were used. In Switzerland the Zurich firm "ZBR Automobile AG" was responsib
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• Vittorio Jano
  ...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 ...[Ferrari Lampredi engine|Lampredi]] and [[Ferrari Colombo engine|Colombo]] engines aside in racing. After Dino's death, Jano's "Dino" V6 became the basis for
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• Itala motorcycle
  ...173 cc, 246 cc and 346 cc ''Chaise'' and 248 cc, 348 cc and 498 cc Python engines. In addition, Itala built the 498 cc Super, air-cooled V four ''Chaise'' en
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