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• Single cylinder engine
  [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|[[Four-stroke cycle]] (or Otto cycle)]] ...just one cylinder, the simplest arrangement possible for an Otto or Diesel engine. The mounting can be standing, lying or angled..
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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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• Engine configuration
  ...of an [[internal combustion engine]]. These components include [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s, [[piston]]s, [[crankshaft]] or crankshafts and [[camshaft]] o ...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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• Cylinder head
  ...coming air to negotiate a convoluted path, which limits the ability of the engine to perform at higher [[Revolutions per minute|rpm]], leading to the adoptio ...he exhaust manifold, and for [[antifreeze (coolant)]] to cool the head and engine.
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• Galbai
  ...had a V-twin-cylinder 492 cc engine. In 1923, the Galbai had a two-stroke engine with 301 cc. The bike was sold with a Bosch magnetic dynamo. Beginning in 1
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• Single cylinder engine
  [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|[[Four-stroke cycle]] (or Otto cycle)]] ...just one cylinder, the simplest arrangement possible for an Otto or Diesel engine. The mounting can be standing, lying or angled..
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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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• 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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• Bucher
  ...e and Zeda Bucher. In 1913, he created a model of vertical single-cylinder engine 342 cc, capable of 2.75 CV, the ignition was a high-voltage magnet and tran ...ing the war, on a 500 cc model that was also designed with a four-cylinder engine horizontal opposed 900 cc of which none had been built. 1920 was the last y
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• Cylinder (engine)
  [[Image:cylinder.png|frame|right|A piston and cylinder from a steam engine]] ...but the block is somewhat less rigid. The cylinder block sits between the engine [[crankcase]] and the cylinder head, translating the [[reciprocal|reciproca
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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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• Flathead engine
  [[image:flathead.jpg|thumb|right|Ford flathead V8 engine, modified for power, depicted on cover of Hot Rod magazine. The "flat head" ...as in an overhead valve or [[OHV]] engine. The design was common on early engine designs, but has since fallen from use.
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• Patriarca
  ...triarca''' made in 1907, was a single [[cylinder]] [[two-stroke]] 100 cc [[engine]], by the technician [[Gustavo Patriarch]] from [[Torino]], which applies t ...n in 1951. The engine was a single cylinder four-stroke vertical of 248 cc engine with a power of about 14 HP. It was an interesting machine, but was never p
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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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• Ohc
  ...]] to improve efficiency and power. OHC also inherently allows for greater engine speeds over comparable cam-in-block designs. ...t engines this means there is one camshaft in the one head, while in a [[V engine]] there are two camshafts: one per cylinder bank.
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• Asso
  ...bsequent years. In 1950, the Ace, manufactured by [[CABI-Cattaneo]] was an engine that could be applied over the rear wheel, with the cylinder head upside do
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• V-twin
  ...r [[internal combustion engine]] where the cylinders are arranged in a [[V engine|V]] configuration. In a true V-twin engine, for example [[Harley Davidson]] engines, the two cylinders share a single
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• Zena
  ...our-cylinder engines. The largest model, the N 3 20 HP, had a six cylinder engine. All the vehicles had engines with side valves and a shaft drive.
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• Cagiva K
  This bike mount the engine block of the [[Cagiva Mito|myth]], without any change in fact, undergoing t ..., as changed by changing the cylinder sports model of Myth (in'90 take the engine model Lucky Explorer), whereas the piston has always used the curved piston
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• DOHC
  ...valves. In engines with more than one [[cylinder bank]], such as the [[V engine]], this designation means two camshafts ''per bank''. ...ave long rods to transfer the movement of the lobes on the camshaft in the engine block to the valves in the [[cylinder head]].
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