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• Alfa Romeo 2000
  ...double overhead camshaft solid lifter four-cylinder engine with cast iron block and light alloy heads ...acing trim with lightweight bodies or as luxurious grand touring cars with big, comfortable bodies. Regardless of [[coachwork]], the chassis and engines w
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• Engine displacement
  ...ing, tool standardization, etc. (for ease of use) and in marketing (when a big round number sounds more impressive, is more memorable, etc.). ...], [[Ford 335 engine#302 Cleveland|302 Cleveland]], [[Chevrolet Small-Block engine#302|Chevrolet 302]])||4.95 L||5.0 L
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• CanAm
  ...was followed in 1968 by the M8A, a new design based around the Chevy "big block" engine as a stressed member of the chassis. The M8B, M8C, M8D and M20C wer ...ow in a racing car. It was a twin-engined car, with the by-then usual big-block Chevrolet engine providing the driving force, and a tiny snowmobile engine
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• Cizeta
  ...er engine made up of two coupled [[V8]]s sharing a single [[Cylinder block|block]] and styling by [[Marcello Gandini]] that was strikingly similar to the la ...w about the car were the craftsmen working on the prototype. It was such a big secret that even my family, who had to put up with my frequent trips to Ita
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• ISO
  <big>ISO</big> .... Starting in 1968 the Grifo could also be had with Chevrolet's 427 ci big-block V-8; this version was known as the ''Grifo 7 litri'' and was easily recogni
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• Hot rod
  ...Flathead engine|flathead Ford]] V8, and the small block [[Chevrolet Small-Block engine|Chevrolet V8]] were particularly popular as replacements because of ...model T or A replica), with a Jaguar (or [[Volvo 240]]) rear axel, a small block V8 and fiberglass tub, but some have been built using for instance a [[Volv
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• Straight-5
  ...ylinder (engine)|cylinders]] aligned in one row, sharing a single [[engine block]] and [[crankcase]]. This configuration is a compromise between the smaller ...]] make use of their superb 5-cylinder engines (both petrol and diesel) in big Fiat and Lancia models.
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...asic 358 cubic inch (5.9 L) small block up to the 430 cubic inch (7 L) Big Block Chevy.
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• Ducati Apollo
  ...ee two valve head V4 using a 180 degree crankshaft with [[roller bearing]] big ends. That [[crankshaft]] fitted into a horizontally split [[wet sump]] [[c *Front tire: Ribbed 5.00 X 16&nbsp;inch Rear tire: Block tread 5.00 x 16&nbsp;inch
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• Bandini 750 sport siluro
  ...al) | head]] to two valves per [[Rod (mechanical) | cylinder]] in a single block and [[Distribution (mechanical) | distribution]] [[SOHC]] gear; constituted A front precise and stable, big traction and drive, [[center of mass | CG]] aerodynamic efficiency are the
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• Ferrari 166
  ...i had diverted their attention at exploring the full potential of the long block [[Lampredi]] design V12. In those early 1950s the interest in two litre rac The 166 MM was a big success on and off the track and contributed greatly to metamorphosis of th
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• Lancia Astura
  ...2 the maximum |potenza]] of [[horse vapore|HP]] to 4000 turns. To part the block cylinders in [[cast iron]], the triple chain of distribution and the filter |+ ''' <big>1946</big> '''
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• Spada
  You should know here that the engine is a tweaked Corvetta C6's aluminium block V8, and cylinder head comes with an eight-quart dry-sump lubrication system premiérè, collecting a big success from the international press
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• Lancia Artena
  ...l (printed publication) with directly strained antifriction bearing in the big end of connecting rod; [[pistone|pistoni]] in aluminum alloy; fused cylinde |[[Change (mechanical) |Cambio]] || cambio in block with the motor, to 4 relationships + retromarcia (III and always IV in take
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• Formula 2
  ...any|Cooper]] to move up to Formula Two, rather than to compete against the big manufacturers of [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]] and [[Maserati]]. ...]] FVA, the sixteen-valve head on a four cylinder [[Ford Cortina|Cortina]] block that was effectively the "proof of concept" for the legendary DFV. The 1967
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• Bizzarrini
  ...of the Grifo were powered by a massive [[Chevrolet Corvette]] 350bhp "big block" engine. These 90 handbuilt units are distinguishable by the ugly raised "p ...truding well into the driver's cabin, fitted with hot cams and fed by four big [[Weber carburettor]]s, giving more than 400 bhp.
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• ATS
  ...mid-mounted 2.5-liter V8 engine designed by [[Chiti]], with a light-alloy block and cylinder heads, a single overhead camshaft per cylinder bank, as well a | class="lightbg" id="car_specsright" | light alloy block and head
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• Le Mans 24 hours races
  These years were dominated by the big ''Bentley Blowers'', driven by the ''Bentley Boys''. After 70 years, this m ...s first try with Lotus. The Indianapolis powerplant, a 4.2&nbsp;L aluminum block Fairlane engine with a Colotti gearbox, was installed in the new [[Ford GT4
  71 KB (11,867 words) - 09:53, 7 October 2009
• Lancia Beta
  ...oupés" and also as "Spiders". The car was originally designed as a Fiat, a big brother to the Bertone-styled [[Fiat X1/9]], and was initially called the X ...engines as used in the Beta. In addition the mounting points on the engine block were different to allow for the transverse installation as opposed to the l
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• Junior
  ...ly 1899 a company by the name of "Italian Car Factory Torino, which bought block after fifteen days, for thirty thousand lire, plant, equipment, patents and ...rfect and smooth operation. For the tourist, who does not want to make the big tourism, cars need a robust and simple that not having a speed that it has
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