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• Flat-10
  ...flat 10''' engine is an engine with two banks of five opposing [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s each. ...et]] experimented with a flat 10 engine based on their [[Chevrolet Corvair engine|Corvair flat 6]] design when they wanted to expand the [[Corvair]] marque t
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• Flat-8
  [[Image:9148piech01.jpg|thumb|250px|right|'''Porsche 914/8 Flat 8 engine''' [http://www.914club.com <small>Source</small>]]] ...stion engine]] in [[Flat engine|flat]] configuration, having 8 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s.
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• Cylinder bank
  ...eir pistons in rows, moving inside individual cylinders. This allows the [[engine block]] to be built from a single piece of metal, which is machined. Engine ...each piston in a separate cylinder, and this was common in earlier in-line engine designs as well.
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• W16
  [[Image:Volkswagen W16.jpg|thumb|300px|<center>Bugatti W16 Engine</center>]] ...W16 engines consist of four banks of four cylinders (two juxtaposed [[V8]] engine blocks), coupled to a single [[crankshaft]].
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• U engine
  A '''U engine''' is a [[piston engine]] made up of two separate [[straight engine]] engines (complete with separate crankshafts) joined by [[gear]]s. ...erica, who produced about 40, and Breguet of France, who both intended the engine for aircraft use.
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• V5
  * An [[internal combustion engine|engine]] in [[V engine|V]] [[engine configuration|configuration]] with five cylinders, e.g. as in the [[Honda]] {{Automobile configurations}}
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• W18
  [[Image:w18.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bugatti Veyron W18 Engine]] ...218]] and [[Bugatti EB 18/3 Veyron]] concept cars in the late 1990s. This engine featured three banks of six cylinders set 60 degrees apart.
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• Straight-12
  ...with twelve [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. A straight-12 is a very long engine, and therefore straight-12 engines are not common in [[automobile|automobil The [[Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C]], the largest reciprocating engine in the world as of 2006, is a straight-12. It is used on [[container ship]
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• V20
  ...combustion engine]] in [[V engine|V]] configuration, having 20 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. ...SD45]] [[railroad]] [[locomotive]] was fitted with a 20-cylinder EMD 645E3 engine.
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• Straight-14
  ...ith fourteen [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. A straight-14 is a very long engine, and therefore only used for large [[ship]]s. ...s a huge [[2-stroke]] [[Diesel]] unit for use in [[container ship]]s. The engine became well-known due to photos taken at the Aioi Works in [[Japan]] and sp
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• Overconstrained mechanism
  {{Automobile configurations}} {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Engine configuration
  ...tion engine]]. These components include [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s, [[piston]]s, [[crankshaft]] or crankshafts and [[camshaft]] or camshafts. ...ish]]. This is because the most common forms are all based on a combined [[engine block]] and [[crank case]] that are [[milled]] from a single piece of [[cas
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• Square engine
  ...the [[Ariel Ltd|Ariel]] Square Four. Its easiest to think of a square-four engine as a pair of [[straight-twin]] (AKA parallel-twin) engines with their [[cra ...s "square" when four cylinders are utilised, otherwise the engine is a [[U engine]].
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• Straight-10
  [[Image:10K90MC-C.jpg|thumb|250px|The MAN B&W 10K90MC-C two-stroke diesel engine, found on large container ships and developing 58,600BHP (43,100kW).]] ...e]] with ten [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. A straight-10 is a very long engine, and therefore straight-10 engines are not common in [[automobile]]s.
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• V4 engine
  A '''V4 engine''' is a [[V engine|V form engine]] with four [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. ...a|Fulvia]]. These were a spiritual predecessor for [[Volkswagen]]'s [[VR6 engine|VR6]] family.
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• H engine
  ...litergp.jpg|thumb|right|'''Cover of Road & Track magazine, showing BRM H16 engine.''']] ...ne''' (or H-block) is an [[engine configuration]] in which the [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s are aligned so that if viewed from the front appear to be in a
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• Flat-12
  ...tion engine]] in [[Flat engine|flat]] configuration, having 12 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. The flat-12 is larger than a [[V12 engine|V12]] and has no advantage in terms of vibrations. Thus the design is rarel
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• Dwell cam
  {{Automobile configurations}} {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Straight-twin
  ...s often improperly referred to as a "straight twin". A true straight twin engine uses a common [[crank pin]] for both cylinders; engines with separate crank ...l cars. No current production car uses an I-2 engine; even the smallest [[engine displacement|displacement]] cars now use at least a [[straight-3]] because
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• Cylinder
  [[Image:cylinder.png|frame|right|A piston and cylinder from a steam engine]] ...essed into each of the cylinder spaces. A cylinder block sits between the engine [[crankcase]] and the cylinder head, translating the [[reciprocal|reciproca
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