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[[Image:Combustion chamber (PSF).png|thumb|Diagram of jet engine showing the combustion chamber.]] A '''combustion chamber''' is the part of an [[engine]] in which [[fuel]] is burned.

|Predecessor || [[GM 54-Degree V6 engine|54° V6]] |Class || [[DOHC]] 60° [[Multi-valve|24-valve]] [[V6 engine|V6]]

...|right|250px|[[Poppet valve|Valve]] timing [[gear]]s on a [[Ford Taunus V4 engine]] — the small gear is on the [[crankshaft]], the larger gear is on th The '''camshaft''' is an apparatus used in [[piston engine]]s to operate [[poppet valve]]s. It consists of a cylindrical rod running t

| Layout || [[Front mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|Front mid-engine, rear-wheel drive]] | Engine || 4297cc 90° [[V8 engine|V8]]

...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

...ne'', for use in cars is used to distinguish it from [[avgas]], ''aviation gasoline'' used in (light) [[aircraft]]. This should be distinguished in usage from ...s simply separated from [[crude oil]] via [[distillation]], called natural gasoline, will not meet the required specifications (in particular [[octane rating]]

...e applications, fuel metering is one of several functions performed by an "engine management system". ...n systems have existed since the earliest usage of the internal combustion engine.

...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

...on [[energy]] (such as a [[spark plug]]), as is the case in the [[gasoline engine]]. ...[[patent]] on [[February 23]], [[1893]] (1893-02-23). Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including [[coal dust]]. He demonstrated it in t

...]] of [[Chrysler|Chrysler Corporation]], though they were neither the hemi engine's inventors nor the first to commercialize hemi engines. [[Image:1903 premier.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The 1903 Premier engine had a gear-driven [[SOHC#Single overhead camshaft|overhead cam]], roller ca

| Layout || [[Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive]] | Engine || 4499 cc [V8|V8]]

...r is sufficient to ignite the fuel spontaneously. All conventional petrol (gasoline) engines, by contrast, require an ignition system. The ignition system is u ...already raised due to compression. The coil is electrically activated for engine starting, but once running, the coil will retain sufficient residual heat o

...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

...acting on pistons, rotors, or even by pressing on and moving the entire [[engine]] itself. ...[[external combustion engine]]s, such as [[steam engine]]s and [[Stirling engine]]s, which use the combustion process to heat a separate working fluid, whic

...e''' is a [[wheel]]ed [[passenger]] [[vehicle]] that carries its own [[car engine|motor]]. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designe An automobile powered by the Otto gasoline engine was invented in [[Germany]] by [[Karl Benz]] in 1885. Benz was granted a [[

===Engine=== [[Image:A1 Ferrari engine.jpg|right|thumb|The Ferrari engine utilised in the new A1GP cars.]]

...d]] of some [[internal combustion engine]]s and ignites compressed aerosol gasoline by means of an electric spark. Spark plugs have an insulated center electro ...humbnail|right|Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], DOHC piston engine. (E) Exhaust [[camshaft]], (I) Intake camshaft, (S) Spark plug, (V) [[poppe

===Engine capacity/displacement=== ===Engine output===

...was available in saloon and estate '[[Sportwagon]]' bodystyles with seven engine configurations and it went through two [[Facelift (automobile)|facelifts]], ...venerable [[double overhead camshaft]] 2.5 litre 24-valve [[Alfa Romeo V6 engine]] rated at 190 PS.