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• Motor oil
  ...motives and aircraft, and static engines such as electrical generators. In engines, there are parts which move against each other causing friction which waste ...pose the motor oil to temperatures of 320 °F (160 °C). In diesel engines the top ring can expose the oil to temperatures over 600 °F (315&nbsp
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• Formula Three
  ...rationing which continued for a number of years and home-built 500 cc cars engines were intended to be accessible to the "impecunious enthusiast". The first p ...ntroduced in 1964 based on the Formula Junior rules and ran to 1970. These engines (a short-stroke unit based on the [[Ford Anglia]]<ref>Gauld, Graham, "Ford"
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• Lexus RX 400h
  ...acceleration or when the front wheels lose traction (if so equipped). The gasoline engine will switch off automatically when the vehicle is either stationary, ...]] which produced 219 [[HP|hp]] JIS (161 kW) and 304 Nm (224 ft·lbf). Both engines could be specified with either front or four wheel drive. All models came w
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• Toyota FJ Cruiser
  '''Engines''' ...Hummer, the faux-version of their combat vehicle, so we can suck up enough gasoline to keep them fighting overseas... Okay, enough politics, but how about hono
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• Rotary engine
  ...d a substantial [[power-to-weight ratio]] advantage over more conventional engines. Another advantage was improved cooling, as the rotating cylinder block cr Most rotary engines were arranged with the cylinders pointing outwards from a single crankshaft
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• Mitsubishi Galant
  ...d. All new Galant engines come with new GDI or [[gasoline direct injection engines]]. Mitsubishi was the first car manufacturer to commercially use the GDI or ...lt (car)|Colt]] Galant. It featured a choice of 1.3 or 1.5 L four-cylinder engines. It was sold in the United States as the [[Dodge Colt]] from 1971.
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• Doble Steam Car
  ...which were superfluous due to the substantial [[torque]] produced by steam engines from 0 rpm. Most noticeably, the Model B could accelerate from 0 - 60 mph i ...mission, no distributor, no points, and no drive shafts. Later Doble steam engines often achieved several hundred thousand miles of use before a major mechani
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• VTEC
  ...acement]], requiring Japanese auto manufacturers to make higher-performing engines with lower displacement. In cars such as the [[Toyota Supra]] and [[Nissan ...on of the 1990 Acura NSX, which used a DOHC VTEC V6 with 270 hp. DOHC VTEC engines soon appeared in other vehicles, such as the 1992 Acura Integra GS-R (B17 1
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• Front wheel drive
  ...wheels. Also in the 1970s and 80s the [[Douvrin]] large 2.0, 2.2 and 2.6 engines used in the larger Renaults (20, 21, 25 and 30) used this longitudinal "for ...etter in cases of significant weight transfer associated with high powered engines and rapid acceleration.
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• Citroën XM
  ==Engines== The XM was fitted with a wide range of gasoline and diesel engines.
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• Wankel engine
  Because of their compact design, Wankel rotary engines have been installed in a variety of vehicles and devices such as [[automobi Considerable effort went into designing rotary engines in the 1950s and 1960s. They were of particular interest because they were
  38 KB (5,940 words) - 16:12, 25 December 2010
• Jaguar Mark V
  |Engine = 2.5 litre [[Inline-6]]<br>3.5 litre [[Inline-6]]<br>gasoline (petrol) ...d in the 1930s by the [[Standard Motor Company]], though after the war the engines were built by Jaguar.
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• Honda Accord Review
  ...for oil changes, and even those are required only every 10,000 miles. Both engines run on regular gas. ...ne engine and an electric motor to provide more power: 253 vs. 244 for the gasoline-only [[V6|V6]]. The Accord [[Hybrid Cars|Hybrid]] gets substantially better
  11 KB (1,738 words) - 05:30, 16 May 2009
• History of the automobile
  ...appeared, which led to the introduction in 1885 of the ubiquitous modern [[gasoline]]- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine. Cars powered by [[electric ...ydrogen [[fuel cell]], one of the technologies hailed as a replacement for gasoline as an energy source for cars, was discovered in principle by yet another Ge
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• Reasons Not to Buy a Hybrid Car (yet)
  Note that steeply rising crude oil prices are reflected in gasoline price increases and this can drastically shorten the period to break even o ...on [[gasoline]], for which there is no synthetic substitute. Most diesel engines can run on bio-diesel without modification, although oil is used extensivel
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• Ford Expedition
  .... The Expedition offers up to nine passenger seating and a range of [[V8]] engines. It is similar to the [[Lincoln Navigator]], especially for 2004 with the ...on all trims, allowing the vehicles to take gasoline, E85 (85% Ethanol/15% gasoline), or any combination of the two, along with a capless fuel filler tank, a p
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• Buick V8 engine
  ...gines to replace [[Buick Straight-8 engine|its straight-8 engines]]. These engines came in many of the same displacements as those from other divisions, but w ...and exhaust-port areas. The small-size valves and intake runners made for engines with a lot of torque, with many exceeding one foot-pound per cubic inch, wh
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• Jordan Motor Car Company
  ...utside vendors. The cars were powered by [[Continental Motors|Continental engines]], used [[Timken]] axles, Bijur starters and [[Bosch]] ignitions. According ...ndently made assembled car. For example, Jordan's bypassed the placing the gasoline filler at the cowl of the car, and located it to the rear of the vehicle.
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• Mazda Mazda5
  ...x-speed manual transmission with gear ratios specific to this version. The gasoline line-up will also features a 1.8-liter engine with a six-speed manual trans It was powered by a number of engines:
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• Dodge Dart
  ...in various configurations. Phoenix convertibles were all equipped with V8 engines. Beginning in mid-year, some Darts ordered with the 225 in³ engine were eq ...ced rails) and redesigned K-members capable of accepting physically larger engines. The Dart would keep this basic form, with a few facelifts consisting of re
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