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• Timing light
  ...[[ignition timing]] of an [[Otto cycle]] or similar [[internal combustion engine]]. ...frozen by the [[stroboscopic effect]], indicates the current timing of the spark. On multi-cylinder engines, the timing light is referenced to the number on
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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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• Timing marks
  In a [[piston engine]], '''top dead centre''' ('''TDC''') is the position of a [[piston]] in whi ...during engine development. These '''timing marks''' can be used to set the ignition timing either statically by hand or dynamically using a [[timing light]].
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• Engine knocking
  ...urs when [[petrol|fuel]] in the cylinder is ignited by the firing of the [[spark plug]] and smooth burning proceeds but some of the unburned mixture in the ...imits. If allowed to persist detonation will cause vibration and damage to engine parts.
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• Distributor
  ...on points (in this case 4) is determined by the number of cylinders in the engine]] ...ice which routes the high voltage in the correct [[firing order]] to the [[spark plug]]s.
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• Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine
  ...ackground:#333333; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:GTV engine.jpg|250px]] ! colspan=2 |'''Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine'''
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• Quota 1100 ES
  |Engine || 90° V-twin, air cooled ...System || Magneti Marelli IAW Multipoint phased sequential fuel injection Ignition
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• Ignition system
  ...al petrol (gasoline) engines, by contrast, require an ignition system. The ignition system is usually switched on/off through a lock switch, operated with a ke ...ontrolled manner. This type of arrangement was quickly superseded by spark ignition, a system which is generally used to this day, albeit with sparks generated
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• Fuel pump
  ...pply pump in the tank and one high pressure/low volume pump on or near the engine. ...ed to pump liquid, not vapor, would be unable to suck more gasoline to the engine, which would cut out. This condition is known as "[[vapour lock]]". Also a
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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 Control Unit
  ...ine cycle. More advanced ECUs found on most modern cars also control the [[ignition timing]], [[Variable Valve Timing]] (VVT), the level of boost maintained by ...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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• Rotary combustion engine
  ...er uses of this term, and [[rotary engine]] for the World War I [[aircraft engine]]s by that name.'' ...ustion engine]] that does not use [[piston]]s in the way a [[reciprocating engine]] does, but instead uses one or more [[rotor]]s, sometimes called '''rotary
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• Engine braking
  ...ucks use a device called a [[jake brake]] to increase the effectiveness of engine braking. ...rgy from the expansion. [[Diesel]] engines are [[adiabatic]] and have no [[spark plug]]s and use energy transferred to air charge during compression to dire
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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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• Spark plug
  ...base of the plug, a [[spark gap]] inside the cylinder. Early patents for spark plugs included those by [[Nikola Tesla]] (in US patent 609,250 for an ignition timing system], [[1898]]), Richard Simms (GB 24859/1898, 1898), and Robert
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• Ferrari 288 GTO
  |Engine || 2.8 L [[turbocharged]] [[V8]] == Engine ==
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• Top dead center
  In a [[reciprocating engine]], the '''dead centre''' is the position of a piston in which it is farthes ...[flywheel]] to overcome the dead centre, or are designed, in the case of [[Engine configuration|multi-cylinder engines]], so that dead centres can never exis
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• Four-stroke
  ...otary combustion engine]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|four-stroke cycle]]
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...otary combustion engine]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|four-stroke cycle]]
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• Catalytic converter
  ...[[redox]]) process continues, but outside the [[internal-combustion engine|engine]]'s [[combustion chamber]], so no useful energy is extracted. The catalyt ...voured. When there is more fuel than oxygen (stoichiometrically), then the engine is running rich. The reduction of NO_x is favoured.
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