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• Variable displacement
  ...displacement]]''' is an [[automobile]] engine technology that allows the [[engine displacement]] to change for improved fuel economy. Many automobile manufa ...i-displacement system turned off opposite pairs of cylinders, allowing the engine to have three different configurations and displacements. But the system w
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• Firing order
  ...ritical to minimizing [[vibration]] and achieving smooth running, for long engine [[metal fatigue|fatigue]] life and user comfort. ...f the car, but some manufacturers (Saab, Citroën) in some models place the engine 'backwards', with #1 towards the firewall.
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• Lamborghini V10
  ...tion of cylinders. It was chosen to keep the [[center of gravity]] of the engine low. For the same reason, a [[dry-sump]] lubrication system was also used. There is speculation that this engine will also be fitted to a planned [[Audi RSR]] [[supercar]] based on the [[A
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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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• Crossflow cylinder head
  A crossflow head gives [[engine tuning|better performance]], but the popular explanation put forward for th ...Alfa Romeo]] [[4-cylinder]]. Used for decades, the basic design of this [[engine]] had not changed; only the capacity/liter size and with the changes in fue
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...ECUs simply control the quantity of fuel injected into each cylinder each engine cycle. More advanced ECUs found on most modern cars also control the [[igni ...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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• Drivetrain
  ...[propeller]], etc). Sometimes "powertrain" is used to refer to simply the engine and transmission, including the other components only if they are integral ...le's '''driveline''' consists of the parts of the drivetrain excluding the engine and transmission. It is the portion of a vehicle, after the transmission,
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• Giottiline
  ...er Giottiline, that features a 500 cc [[petrol engine|petrol]] or [[diesel engine]] and scissor-style front doors. ...upied by the activities of the production lines, warehouses, technical and management offices. The outdoor area for complementary activities amounts to approx. 8
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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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• Pushrod
  [[Image:pushrod engine.jpg|thumb|Picture of a [[V8]] [[engine block]] (with [[intake manifold]] removed), showing the camshaft, pushrods, ...uate the [[poppet valve|valves]]. Lifters or ''[[tappet]]s'' reside in the engine block between the camshaft and pushrods. The later [[overhead cam|overhead
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• Innocenti Regent
  ...d transmission. The higher-specification models used the [[SOHC]] E-Series engine (from the Maxi), in 1500cc and 1750cc displacements. The two-box saloon bod ...management, keen to control costs, wanted to install the existing E-Series engine and bulky heating system from the Marina, it became impossible to incorpora
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• DR Motor Company
  ...n whole or in part in a new [[company (right) | company]]. Then Bertone's management has opted for the sale to another company. ...chassis, but the assembly and parts of the mechanics are isernina, while [[engine|engines]] are a petrol Chinese ([[Chery Automobile|Chery]]) And a diesel bu
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• John Hopkins (motorcycle racer)
  ...ge over the 4-strokes, they had between 30 and 50 less hp depending on the engine configuration used for the racetrack. Hopkins finished the season ranked 15 ...rash in Italy where Kenny Roberts Jr's [[GSV-R]] Suzuki suffered an engine management failure and the bike launched into Hopkins, putting both [[GSV-R]]'s out of
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• John Hopkins
  ...ge over the 4-strokes, they had between 30 and 50 less hp depending on the engine configuration used for the racetrack. Hopkins finished the season ranked 15 ...rash in Italy where Kenny Roberts Jr's [[GSV-R]] Suzuki suffered an engine management failure and the bike launched into Hopkins, putting both [[GSV-R]]'s out of
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• Bernardi
  |Engine || rear, 1 flat cylinder ...bustion engines at the University of [[Padua]] in 1884 and built his first engine that drove a sewing machine.
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• Truck Racing
  ...trucks to compete in two classes, so trucks with less sophisticated engine management systems, suspension, and braking systems can compete effectively.
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• Iso Rivolta
  ...s" (Advertisement, 1967), the Grifo 7 litri (with the GM V8 7-litre marine engine) and the 2 + 2 Coupé Lele ([[1970]]), intended as the successor of the IR ...His son Renzo is leading Rivolta Marine, his daughter, Marietta, is in the management of [[Zagato]] Centrostile, Milan, Italy, she is married to Andrea Zagato.
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• Momo
  ...had retired from that racing category 20 years earlier. Using a Ferrari F1 engine, the car itself was built by Michelotto to [[World Sports Car]] regulations ...nufacturer. Breed Technologies was acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Management Group and merged with other OEM automotive businesses they owned to form Ke
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• Ignition system
  ...ne. Not all engine types need an ignition system - for example, a [[diesel engine]] relies on compression-ignition, that is, the rise in temperature that acc ...already raised due to compression. The coil is electrically activated for engine starting, but once running, the coil will retain sufficient residual heat o
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