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• Fiat 147
  ...slightly increased and fuel consuption was 30% higher but the cost of the alcohol was a quarter of the gasoline because, at that time, petrol had become expe
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• Forced induction
  ...ect port) or by a single fogger...with fuel(wet nitrous system) or without fuel(dry nitrous system). ==Alcohol/Water Injection==
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• Fiat Panorama
  ...he light weight allowed a small fuel consumption both of [[gasoline]] or [[alcohol]]. ...6 [[Horsepower#hp (SAE)|hp]]/42 [[Watt|kW]] and 1297 cc/80 in³ gasoline or alcohol with a power of 61 CV/60 hp/45 kW and 62 CV/61 hp/46 kW respectively) and t
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• Fuel
  ...nuclear fission]] or [[nuclear fusion]]. An important property of a useful fuel is that its energy can be stored to be released only when needed, and that ==Extraction of energy from fuel==
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• Power transmission
  ...tificial fuels include [[radioactive isotope]]s, [[wood alcohol]], [[grain alcohol]], [[methane]], [[synthetic gas]], [[cryogenic]] [[gas]], [[hydrogen]] gas
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• Liquid fuels
  ...gen fuel (for [[automotive]] uses), which are also categorized as a liquid fuel. ...d fuels in relation to ground transport. However, others such as [[rocket fuel]] also play an important role in the economy.
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• Fiat Oggi
  | Fuel capacity || 52 L ...r#CV|CV]] (60 [[Horsepower#hp (SAE)|hp]]/45 [[Watt|kW]]) and the alcohol engine, the most common, 62 CV (61 hp/46 kW) of power reduce
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• Ferrari 246 F1
  ...to 2500 cc and for the 1958 season there was a change from [[alcohol fuel]]s to [[AvGas]].
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• Gasoline
  ...ved [[liquid]] mixture consisting primarily of [[hydrocarbon]]s, used as [[fuel]] in [[internal combustion engine]]s. The term ''gasoline'' is commonly use ...ndard. As mandated by [[EPA]] administrator [[Stephen L. Johnson]], this "fuel waiver" was made effective through 15 September 2005 [http://www.epa.gov/ka
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• Ferrari 256 F1
  ...to 2500 cc and for the 1958 season there was a change from [[alcohol fuel]]s to [[AvGas]].
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• Fiat Stilo
  ...criticised for being underpowered. The car's [[Fuel economy in automobiles|fuel economy]] was also seen as poor for its class, a result of the car's heavy ...alcohol (1.8 8v with 110 hp on petrol and {{convert|114|hp|abbr=on}} with alcohol) and the 1.8 16v engine was retired.
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• Al Unser Jr.
  ...T championship. However, Unser would begin to fade in CART, perhaps due to alcohol problems that would later lead to his arrest. He would finish second to [[J Unser has acknowledged several personal problems including alcohol abuse he says was related to his ups and downs on the track. This was incl
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• James Hunt
  ...ren used was tested and although legal, the Italian scrutineers deemed the fuel to be illegal and Hunt was forced to start at the back of the grid. ...0s it seemed that he had finally overcome many of his demons (particularly alcohol and tobacco) and had finally achieved happiness. Happiness to Hunt included
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• Four-cylinder
  ...occurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. Combustion of a [[fuel]] creates high [[temperature]]/[[pressure]] gases, which are permitted to e Internal combustion engines can be powered by any [[fuel]] that can be combined with an "[[oxidizer]]" in the chamber.
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• Fuel injection
  ...into an [[internal combustion engine]]. In modern automotive applications, fuel metering is one of several functions performed by an "engine management sys ...e predominant method to meter fuel before the widespread use of electronic fuel injection (EFI). However, a wide variety of injection systems have existed
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• Internal-combustion engine
  ...ccurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. Combustion of the [[fuel]] charge inside a chamber causes a rapid rise in [[temperature]] and [[pres ...le through the [[fuel system]] to the [[combustion chamber]], and that the fuel release sufficient [[energy]] in the form of [[heat]] upon [[combustion]] t
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• Ceramic
  *[[Uranium oxide]] ([[uranium|U]]O₂), used as [[nuclear fuel|fuel]] in [[nuclear reactor]]s. ...orms. Its high [[oxygen]] [[ion]] conductivity recommends it for use in [[fuel cell]]s. In another variant, metastable structures can impart [[transforma
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• Diesel engine
  ...more specifically, it is a [[compression ignition engine]], in which the [[fuel]] is [[ignition|ignited]] by being suddenly exposed to the high [[temperatu ...At the top of the piston [[Stroke (disambiguation)|stroke]], [[diesel]] [[fuel]] is injected into the [[combustion chamber]] at high pressure, through an
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• Internal combustion engine
  ...ned space called a combustion chamber. This [[exothermic]] reaction of a [[fuel]] with an [[oxidizer]] creates gases of high [[temperature]] and [[pressure ...internal combustion engines did not have compression, but ran on what air/fuel mixture could be sucked or blown in during the first part of the intake str
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• Automobile
  ...purposes in vehicles. Lenoir is said to have tested liquid fuel, such as [[alcohol]], in his stationary engines; but it does not appear that he used them in h ...rking in [[Vienna]], Austria. He developed the idea of using gasoline as a fuel in a two-stroke internal combustion engine. In 1870, using a simple handcar
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