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• Gas turbine
  *1895: Three 4-ton 100 kW Parsons radial flow generators were installed in Cambridge Power Station, and used to powe As with all cyclic heat engines, higher combustion temperature means greater [[fuel efficiency|efficiency]]
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• Supercharger Engine
  .... [[Supercharged Engine|Superchargers]] are generally the reason why tuned engines have a distinct high-pitched whine upon acceleration. A car that signifies *Radial turbine
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• Pontiac Grand Prix
  ...models continued as before but the LJ was replaced by a new LE model. Same engines continued as before including the Buick 3.8 liter (231 cu.-in.) [[V6|V6]], ...the 1981 model with no appearance changes to note. No gasoline-powered V8 engines were offered this year, leaving only the standard 231 cubic-inch Buick [[V6
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• Chevrolet Corvair engine
  ...ly used by [[Volkswagen]] and [[Porsche]] as well as [[Lycoming]] aircraft engines, offered many advantages. Unlike inline or V designs, the horizontally oppo ...rcraft engines, very quickly began a cottage industry of modifying Corvair engines for aircraft use, which continues to this day. The Corvair engine also beca
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• Supercharged Engine
  *Radial turbine ...e first person to patent a forced-induction system for internal combustion engines. His first [[Supercharged Engine|superchargers]] were based on a twin-rotor
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• Hudson
  ...ts size than lower-revving engines. Most Hudsons until 1957 had straight-6 engines. The dual brake system used a secondary mechanical system (parking brakes) ...LHS, 19), though that might have been an optimistic measurement. The 1936 engines were powerful for the time, from 93 to 124 hp. The 1939 models joined
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• International Motor Sports Association
  ...f the GT series and the sedan series became known as the [[B.F. Goodrich]] Radial Challenge. By {{IMSA|1973}}, the organization gained recognition from the F ...ported by [[BMW]]. All running identical chassis powered by BMW motorcycle engines, the series serves as stepping stone for formula car drivers moving into hi
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• Statesman
  ...and were offered in two specification modes, the Custom and the de Ville. Engines ranged from a 202 cubic inches (3.3 L) [[Holden Red engine|Red]] six-cylind ...g upgrade, along with the rest of the GMH range, involving the adoption of Radial Tuned Suspension, giving the Statesman better handling.
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• Acura RSX Review
  ...epower, for 210 at 7800 rpm and 143 pound-feet of torque at 7000 rpm. Both engines meet strict LEV-II emissions requirements, and while premium fuel is requir *All-Season steel-belted radial [[tires]]
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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
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• Buick Electra
  ...n all Electra models in 1975. Also new to the standard equipment list were radial-ply tires. ...n that month. It was initially powered by either 3.0 or 3.8 liter Buick V6 engines mated to a 4-speed automatic overdrive transmission with a .70:1 overdrive
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• Circuit de Monaco
  ...g power. To combat this, in 2006 [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] adopted discs with radial grooves that increase the bite rate between disk and pads, increasing the a Conversely, cooling the cars' engines is a major concern. Formula One cars do not incorporate any form of forced
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• Holden
  ...r (1.9 L OHC), six (2.8 L, 3.3 L OHV) or eight cylinder (4.2 L, 5.0 L OHV) engines. The four, later renamed Sunbird, was very sluggish, the [[V8|eight-cylinde ...ion engines including Gypsy Major aeroplane, Gray Marine, and a 4-cylinder radial torpedo
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• Buick Century
  ...using the semi-fastback coupe body, which was available with a variety of engines including a 350 four-barrel (190 hp), 455 four-barrel (250 hp) or the Stage ...ne was expanded to include a four-door sedan for the first time this year. Radial tires were a new option on all models and included with the Gran Sport opti
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• Acura RSX
  ...to have significant potential for tuning, a trait shared with the B-series engines previously employed in the Integra and certain performance-oriented [[Honda *All-Season steel-belted radial [[tires]]
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• Car handling
  ...he geometry, and more road holding, because the camber is better suited to radial tyres, than [[MacPherson strut]], but it takes more space. ...ince they were produced for so long, with stickier tyres and more powerful engines, people who drove them hard fitted reversed wheels and bigger rear tyres an
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ==[[internal combustion engine|Engines]]== ...vert|368|kW|PS bhp|0|abbr=on}} [[DIN]] - [[list of Volkswagen Group diesel engines#V12|Audi V12 TDI]] in the [[Audi Q7]]<ref name=AW-Q7>{{cite web|title=The W
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• Chevrolet Corvair
  A dramatic redesign of the Corvair body and suspension and two powerful new engines came in 1965. The new body style showed influence from [[Chevrolet Corvette ...base 95&nbsp;hp (71&nbsp;kW) and 110&nbsp;hp (82&nbsp;kW) high performance engines were carried forward from 1964 for the 500 and Monza models.
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• De Lorean DMC-12
  ...mm) wide on the rear. These were fitted with [[Goodyear]] NCT steel-belted radial tires; because the engine is mounted in the very rear of the vehicle, the D ...d the underpowered stock engines in their production cars with [[Porsche]] engines. The ''Back to the Future Part II'' De Lorean was seen as a prop that Amand
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• Manual Transmission
  ...uipped with automatics. Economy cars are also often powered by very small engines, and automatic transmissions can make them comparatively very slow, while a ...aße]] around Vienna) concentrically encircle the city core, intersected by radial streets that emanate from the centre. One can drive to a desired location i
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