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• Motor
  A '''motor''' is a device that converts [[energy]] into mechanical power, and is often '''Motor''' may refer to:
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• Pneumatics
  ...y objects over distances. Pneumatic devices are also used where [[electric motor]]s cannot be used for [[safety]] reasons, such as deep in a mine where expl Examples of [[pneumatic tool]]s:
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• Automobile self starter
  ...id assembly pulls the pinion gear away from the ring gear, and the starter motor stops. Modern starter motors have a "bendix" — a gear and integ [[Daimler Chrysler | Chrysler]] and [[Ford Motor Company | Ford]] both contributed to the starter market, with two types tha
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• Firestone
  ...used this relationship to become the original equipment supplier of [[Ford Motor Company]] automobiles, and was also active in the replacement market. *[[Firestone vs Ford Motor Company controversy]]
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• Shock absorber
  [[Pneumatic]] and hydraulic shock absorbers commonly take the form of a cylinder with a *Compression of a gas, for example [[pneumatic]] shock absorbers, which can act like springs as the air pressure is buildi
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• Non-synchronous transmission
  ...red partly by an [[internal combustion engine]], and partly by an electric motor. The concepts of transmission continue to employ methods for transferring t ...n. These are fully synchronous transmissions. Their gear ratios and hydro-pneumatic systems are designed to change gears based on engine performance and other
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• Bernardi
  ...first "motorcycle" that rode on the Italian roads and also built the first motor car to travel the Italian roads. He did research on internal combustion eng ...ne sat on a trailer that would push the bike. Acceleration was done with a pneumatic rubber ball (like a squeeze horn). By squeezing the ball gave the engine ga
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• Aprilia
  ...sed a homologation special version of their road bike the RSVR Mille. The motor for the racebike was specially built by Cosworth. ...bike had the least number of cylinders on the Grand Prix paddock. [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] had gone ahead with an [[Straight-4|inline four]] layo
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• Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
  ...ion engine and the transmission, replacing both the conventional [[starter motor]] and the [[alternator]]. To store power, a hybrid uses a large battery pac ...In some cases, the combustion engine is the dominant portion; the electric motor turns on only when a boost is needed. Others can run with just the electric
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• Sequential manual transmission
  ...also lends itself to [[semi-automatic]] control using either hydraulic or pneumatic actuators — a system often referred to as paddle-shift. Instead of a
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• FIA Formula Two Championship
  The FIA’s overall concern was that the cost of competing in motor racing at a level to progress directly to Formula 1 today is so high that i response with an external wastegate with high speed closed loop pneumatic valve boost control for absolutely precise automatic boost control.
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• Tire
  ...e acceleration and handling. Today most tires, especially those fitted to motor vehicles, are manufactured from [[synthetic rubber]], however other materia ...gh he was not the first to come up with the idea. In [[1845]] the first [[pneumatic]] (inflatable) tire was [[patented]] by fellow Scotsman, the engineer [[Rob
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• Fiat 508
  ...w model will be presented at the fair [[Milan]] April 12 [[1932]] during [[Motor Show]]. It was equipped with a [[motor]] mounted at the front line four-cylinder Fiat 995 cm3 developing 20 hp at
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• Formula One engines
  ...d by Renault. Since the 1990s all Formula One engine manufacturers now use pneumatic valve springs with the pressurised air allowing engines to reach speeds nea *[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] V6 1.5 L Turbo and V8 3.0 L (derived from the 4.2&
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• Understeer
  ...for a typical [[automobile]]) cornering conditions a wheeled vehicle with pneumatic [[tire]]s develops a greater lateral (i.e. sideslip) velocity than is indic ...e cars tend to handle better as the rear wheels' main job is to handle the motor's [[torque]] and the front wheels' job is to steer.
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• Grand Prix motorcycle racing
  ...ration and [[Aprilia]]'s RS3. The latter employs the [[Cosworth]]-designed pneumatic [[poppet valve|valve]] actuation system, used in Formula One cars. ...ct surface. Because of this difficulty, MotoGP is perhaps unique in modern motor sport in that teams will often deliberately detune their engines to allow t
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• Car tuning
  ...' is both an '''industry''' and a [[hobby]], in which an [[automobile]], [[motor bike]], [[Scooter (motorcycle)|scooter]] or [[moped]] is [[modding|modified [[Lowrider]]s with hydraulic/pneumatic suspensions use another unique kind of suspension tuning in which the heigh
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• Grand Prix motorcycles
  ...[[Honda]], [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]], [[Suzuki]] and [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]. ...800-cc class only. In 2008 a MotoGP event will be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (all three classes will race), racing counterclockwise on the Form
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• Tractor
  ...[[traction engine]]s, eventually becoming a contraction of 'traction' and 'motor') is a device intended for drawing, towing or pulling something which canno ...hines began to catch on in the [[1910s]] as large companies such as [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[Deere & Company|John Deere]] began manufacturing them.
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...[Hydrolastic]], [[Hydragas]] and rubber cone systems used by the [[British Motor Corporation]], most notably on the [[Mini]]. A number of different types of ...ion]] uses linear electric motors, ie solenoids, in place of hydraulic or pneumatic actuators that have generally been used up until recently. The most advance
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