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• Petrol engine
  ...engine]] with [[spark-ignition engine|spark-ignition]], designed to run on petrol ([[gasoline]]) and similar volatile fuels. ...e compression (although some modern petrol engines now use cylinder-direct petrol injection).
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• Naturally-aspirated engine
  ...urbocharged]] nor [[supercharged]]. Most [[automobile]] gasoline (petrol) engines are naturally-aspirated, though turbochargers and superchargers have enjoye ...useful in very high performance cars, aircraft and helicopters. Many N/A engines today make use of [[Variable Length Intake Manifold]]s to harness Helmholtz
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• Dry sump
  ...oil]] management method for [[four-stroke cycle|four-stroke]] and large [[two-stroke]] piston [[internal combustion engine]]s that uses a secondary external res Four-stroke engines are lubricated by oil which is pumped into various bearings; and thereafter
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• Single cylinder engine
  ...st powerful engines. They require more flywheel effect than multi-cylinder engines and the rotating mass is relatively large, restricting acceleration and sha Early automobiles and motorcycles were all single cylinder, as were engines for marine use. The configuration remains in widespread use in dirt bikes
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• W16 engine
  ...[[internal combustion engine]] in a [[W engine|W configuration]]. All W16 engines consist of two 'offset double-row' [[cylinder bank|banks]] of eight cylinde ...roup's design is a stretched form of its [[list of Volkswagen Group petrol engines#W12|W12 engine]], which is itself based on technology from its [[VR6 engine
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• W8 engine
  The [[list of discontinued Volkswagen Group petrol engines#W8|Volkswagen Group W8 engine]] was installed [[longitudinal engine|longitu ...gine|VR6]] engines, leading to cost reduction in one of the most expensive engines Volkswagen Passenger Cars has ever produced.
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• Straight-3 engine
  ...p://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/smooth1.htm#Inline 3-cylinder engines|work=Mark Wan - AutoZine Technical School|publisher=AutoZine.org|accessdate ...]]. The inner cylinder is offset 180° from the outer cylinders. In these engines, cylinder #1 fires 180°. Later, cylinder #2 fires, and then 180° later c
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• W engine
  ...W12 engine]]. [[Lorraine-Dietrich|Lorraine]] built the 12Ed and 18Ka aero-engines of 450 horsepower (336 kW; 456 PS) and 650 horsepower (485 kW; 659 PS) in The major advantage of these engines is packaging; that is, they contain high numbers of cylinders but are relat
  4 KB (651 words) - 02:55, 11 April 2010
• U engine
  ...ign is its ability to share common parts with straight engines. However, V engines with offset banks can also share straight engine parts (except for the cran ===Petrol===
  5 KB (807 words) - 14:25, 24 May 2010
• Lloyd (Germany)
  ...[internal combustion engine|engined]] models followed in 1908 with 3685 cc engines, but few were made. In 1914 the company merged with [[Hansa|Hansa]] to beco |2 cylinders<br>two-stroke
  5 KB (774 words) - 08:52, 4 December 2010
• Straight-5 engine
  ...tro]] racing car. [[Fiat]] also makes use of a five-cylinder engine (both petrol and diesel) in larger Fiat, [[Alfa Romeo]] and [[Lancia]] models. ...nes, while maintaining the fuel economy and "pep" of smaller four cylinder engines. Five cylinder turbos have been used on more than one occasion in sport an
  8 KB (1,269 words) - 09:02, 20 September 2010
• Mazda SKY-D engine
  *[[List of Mazda engines]] ...sky-clean-engines-transmiss/ Tokyo 2009: Mazda previews next-gen SKY clean engines, transmission and Kiyora concept]
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• Reciprocating engine
  ...anded or "exhausted" gases are removed from the cylinder by this [[Stroke (engines)|stroke]]. The exception is the Stirling engine, which repeatedly heats and ...r less in model engines up to several thousand cubic centimetres in ships' engines.
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• Alfa Romeo 2000
  ===Engines=== *2.0&nbsp;L (1975&nbsp;cc) petrol, 105&nbsp;PS (Berlina)
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• Crossley
  More than 100,000 Crossley oil and gas engines have been built. ...ester city centre, including manufacturing pumps, presses, and small steam engines. William (''Sir'' William from 1910) joined his brother shortly after the p
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• Manifold vacuum
  ...the engine, and hence of the unused power capacity in the engine. In some engines, the manifold vacuum is also used as an [[Automobile ancillary power|auxili ...] [[gasoline engine]]s using the [[otto cycle]] or the [[two-stroke engine|two-stroke]] cycle; [[diesel engine]]s do not have throttle plates).
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• Poppet valve
  ...y a spring, and are used in some high speed motorcycle and [[auto racing]] engines, eliminating 'valve float' at high RPM. ...t speed in a [[four stroke cycle|four-stroke]] engine. On high performance engines (e.g., [[Ferrari]] cars), the camshaft is movable and the cams have a varyi
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• Compression ratio
  ...est capacity. It is a fundamental specification for many common combustion engines. ...d combustion chamber when the [[piston]] is at the bottom of its [[stroke (engines)|stroke]], and the volume of the combustion chamber when the piston is at t
  13 KB (2,105 words) - 02:26, 19 December 2008
• BMW N62B48 engine
  |Type = ''Gasoline (Petrol)'' ...''' is the latest iteration of the [[BMW]]'s [[BMW N62 engine|N62 series]] engines. It comes in two versions, both displacing 4.8&nbsp;L (4799&nbsp;cc/292&nbs
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• Cylinder
  ...o been tried, so far unsuccessfully, except with low-speed "oilless" steam engines.[http://www.www.spilling.de/uk/index-steamengines.htm.com] A cylinder's dis ...for compressional sealing and one to seal the [[motor oil|oil]] (In steam engines only compressional sealing rings are used of which there can be from two to
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