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• Borg-Warner
  ...harger]]s, engine valve timing system components, and 4-wheel drive system components. The company has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, a *Engine Timing Systems
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• Electronic control unit
  *[[engine control unit|Engine Control Unit]] - also known as an ECU [[Category:Engine technology]]
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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 ...from a single piece of [[casting|cast]] metal. The locations of the major components are largely determined by the shape of this one component.
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• W8 engine
  ...]] in a [[W engine|W configuration]], or two imaginary 15 degree [[V4 engine]] blocks, mounted juxtaposed at 72 degrees to one another and coupled to on ...e eight cylinder engine will fit in the space typically alloted for a [[V6 engine]].
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• Unipower
  ...ics. Available with the 998cc Mini-Cooper or more potent 1275cc Cooper "S" engine, this latter version was reported to be capable of 0-60mph in around 8 seco
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• Gilbern
  ...r versions came with a [[BMC B-Series engine|B-series]] [[MGA]] or [[MGB]] engine and coil sprung BMC rear axle. In 1966 a larger upmarket model, the Genie a
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• GM LS9 engine
  {{Engine Infobox | |Image = [[Image:750px-General Motors LS9 Engine 1.jpg]]
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• RR layout
  ...contrast to the [[MR layout]], however, the [[center of gravity]] of the [[engine]] itself is actually past the rear axle. This is not to be confused with t .... Thus, in a car which steers with the front wheels, it is better for the engine to be located in the rear of the car - either a RR or MR design.
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• Flint
  ...its automobile lines. The cars were powered by a 6 cylinder [[Continental engine]], and its body stampings were made by Budd in Philadelphia].
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• Balance shaft
  ...e="autozine">[http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/smooth2.htm "Engine Smoothness"], Mark Wan, ''AutoZine Technical School, 1998–2000</ref> ...hose intensity increases quadratically with RPM, no matter how closely the components are matched for weight.<ref>[http://www.dinamoto.it/DINAMOTO/on-line%20pape
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• Fuel Stratified Injection
  ...)|R8]] and has since proliferated throughout the Volkswagen Group's petrol engine range. ...the stratified charge principle at part load. In this operating mode, the engine only requires a fuel-air mixture capable of immediate [[ignition]] in the a
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• Toyota Previa Review
  * Relatively modest performance from four-cylinder engine ...run and its components are engineered for low maintenance particularly the engine.
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• Bean Cars Ltd.
  ...er, Sons & Bean Ltd]]. Rated at 11.9 RAC horsepower the 1147 cc 4 cylinder engine was linked to a separate 3 speed gearbox. The car in chassis form initially 1923 saw the launch of the 14 a much improved model with a 2.3 litre engine in unit with a four speed gearbox. About 4000 of all the variants were made
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• Nikasil
  ...vity than cast iron liners, which is an important factor for a high output engine. The coating was further developed by US Chrome Corporation in the USA in t ...o build [[air-cooled engine]]s that had the highest specific output of any engine of their time. Nikasil is still used in today's 911s with great success.
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• Engine balance
  ...ine, as well as reducing the stress on other machinery and people near the engine. * The opportunity to reduce the size and weight of components (other than the obvious one of the flywheel) as a result of reduced stress
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• Albion Motors
  ...actures axles, driveline systems, chassis systems, crankshafts and chassis components. It is Scotland's best known name in the motor industry. Albions were renow ...-looking dogcart made of varnished wood and powered by a [[flat-twin]] 8hp engine with gear-change by "Patent Combination Clutches" and solid tyres.
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• Gemballa
  ...oduces about 800 hp thanks to two turbochargers and highly modified engine components. Not much information is available at the moment but there are some picture ...ers, coolers (oil and pressurized air IC) and a large collection of engine components including pistons and seals.
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• Crankcase
  ...ing for the [[crankshaft]]. The enclosure forms the largest cavity in the engine and is located below the [[cylinder block]]. ...s from foreign objects, the crankcase serves other functions, depending on engine type.
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• Fuel pump
  ...pply pump in the tank and one high pressure/low volume pump on or near the engine). ...n, these pumps are typically bolted onto the engine block or head, and the engine's camshaft has an extra eccentric lobe that operates a lever on the pump, e
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• Maudslay Motor Company
  ...rs was on offer including one with a 9.6 litre version of the six cylinder engine. The cars were among the most expensive on the British market. ...linder models to six ton models. In 1912 Maudslay supplied a 40 hp (30 kW) engine to power Britain's first petrol-electric railcar.<ref name=PI>{{cite book |
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• Overhead camshaft
  ...ngine manufacturers easily accept the added complexity in trade for better engine performance and greater design flexibility. The [[Overhead Camshafts|OHC]] ...y and power. [[Overhead Camshafts|OHC]] also inherently allows for greater engine speeds over comparable cam-in-block designs.
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• Drive shaft
  ...nt for transmitting [[torque]] and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a [[drive train]] that cannot be connected directly because of distance An [[automobile]] may use a longitudinal shaft to deliver power from an engine/transmission to the other end of the vehicle before it goes to the wheels.
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• Léon Bollée
  ...n Bollée in 1886 was a three-wheel tandem driven by a single-cylinder 3 HP engine and belt drive. The cars sold well and several hundred were made for Léon ...eared in 1899. It was a four-wheel car with independent suspension, whose engine attracted the attention in 1900 of [[Automobiles Darracq S.A.|Darracq]], wh
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• Dawson Car Company
  ...h a [[water-cooled]], [[four-cylinder]] 1795&nbsp;cc [[overhead camshaft]] engine coupled to a three-speed [[gearbox]]. It was available in four body styles, ...tor Company| Morris]] and [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]]. Nearly all the components were made in-house.
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• U engine
  ...bank" engine, although these terms are sometimes used also to describe [[V engine]]s. ...rankshaft), and this is therefore a far more common design today when both engine forms are produced from the same basic design.
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• Volvo LCP2000
  | Engine ...any components in aluminum, plastic and even a magnesium engine block. The engine was a turbo diesel that also could run on bio-diesel.
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• Ferrari Dino
  | Engine | {{{engine}}}
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• Silhouette racing car
  ...ogy/bodychassis/index.jsp GM Racing Technology</ref>, or the output of the engine<ref>http://www.dtm.com/reglement_t.php DTM technical specifications</ref>.
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• Cetane number
  ...ion and start of combustion (ignition) of the fuel. In a particular diesel engine, higher cetane fuels will have shorter ignition delay periods than lower ce ...erall cetane number of the diesel is the average cetane quality of all the components. There is very little actual cetane in diesel fuel.
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• Fluid coupling
  A fluid coupling consists of three components, plus the hydraulic fluid: *Two turbines (fan like components):
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• Mitsubishi 8A8 engine
  {{Engine Infobox | |Engine Name = Mitsubishi 8A8
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• Blue Flame
  ..., pressurized by helium gas to eclipse previous speed records set with jet engine powered vehicles. The effort was sponsored by The American Gas Association ...he '''Blue Flame''' was designed by Reaction Dynamics,Inc. and some of the components were manufactured by Galaxy Manufacturing Co. of Tonawanda, New York. Gala
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• Intercooler
  ...ir and fuel to be combusted per engine cycle, increasing the output of the engine. ...ng [[Engine knocking| detonation]], excessive wear, or heat damage to an [[engine block]].
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• Maserati Tipo 63
  | Engine ...the Tipo 61; the front suspension, the 5-speed transaxle and of course the engine. The rear suspension was new, Alfieri had abandoned the de Dion tube and tr
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• Poppet valve
  ==Internal combustion engine== ''Poppet valves'' are used in most [[piston engine]]s to open and close the intake and exhaust [[cylinder head porting|ports]]
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• Whitlock
  ...ger still the 20/70 with 6 cylinder 2973&nbsp;cc [[Henry Meadows|Meadows]] engine made from 1926 to 1930. The latter car had a radiator very reminiscent of t
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• Ford Shelby Cobra
  | Engine ...1960's. The first Cobra featured a large, high-performance [[Ford Windsor engine]] inside a small roadster that [[AC Cars]] had designed specifically for S
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• Twin-clutch Gearbox
  ...errupting power, by applying the engine's torque to one clutch just as the engine's torque is being disconnected from the other clutch. Since the synchronize [[Getrag]] has a working 7-speed DCT transaxle for mid-engine longitudinal applications, capable of taking more than 750 newton-meters, w
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• Dino
  ...an attempt by Ferrari to produce a relatively low cost sports car by using components from other vehicles. ...ion of displacement and cylinder count with two digits for the size of the engine in deciliters and the third digit to represent the number of cylinders, i.e
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• Frazer Nash
  ...engines the cars were natural successors to the imported BMWs: the Bristol engine being a development of that of the [[BMW 328]]. These post-war cars are ver After World War II, Frazer Nash used an engine derived from the [[BMW 328]] engine, produced by Bristol, for a series of 85 notable sports and racing cars, in
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• Allison Transmission
  ...the Allison Engineering Company, Allison produced bearings for the Liberty engine. ...in 1934. The company's V1710 12-cylinder aircraft engine made the Allison Engine Company a major force in aviation. In the 1960s, the company produced the M
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• Marcos
  ...Motor Company|Standard]] 10 and [[Triumph Herald]] steering and suspension components. Thirty nine were made up to 1963. ...an market and for them to pass the exhaust emissions regulations the Volvo engine was used there. The car had a wheelbase of 77 inches, a height of only 43 i
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• Jeep J8
  |Engine = 2.8L VM Motori Panther 4-Cyl. Turbo-Diesel ===Engine and Transmission===
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• Wiesmann
  ...ll of which utilize [[Internal combustion engine|engine]] and transmission components supplied by [[BMW]]. |style="background:silver"|Engine|| BMW 6-cylinder engine – Capacity 2,979 cm³
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• Maserati 200S
  | Engine ...only) or 45DCO3 carburetors. It output 190 bhp @ 7500 rpm. Many chassis components were identical to the [[Maserati 150S]], except the rigid rear axle inherit
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• Flat engine
  ...rees from straight up is a flat engine, as is one in which the [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s are arranged in two banks on either side of a single [[cranksh ...s into boxer engines which do not share crank pins in this way, and [[flat engine#180° V-engines|180° engines]] which do.
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• Safety cell
  ...ls use high-strength steel. Another thing about crumple zones are that the engine and gearbox have to be breakable. That helps make the front crumple zone do ...not only these parts, the engine, gearbox and other components inside the engine bay also gave way esnuring the crumple zone to do its job.
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• S10
  ...e Cavalier's OHV I4 in favor of Pontiac's Iron Duke. The OHV-derived 2.2 L engine and Isuzu 1.9 L were both gone the next year, leaving just the Iron Duke an .... The Sonoma GT bowed in 1992. Added to this was the 4.3L V6 Vortec W code engine. This generation's last year, 1993.
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• Ford GT90
  |Engine = 6.0 litre ''quad-turbocharged'' [[V12]], 48 valves ...m/h) from a 720 [[horsepower|hp]] (537 kW) quad-[[turbocharged]] [[V12]] [[engine]].
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• Alfa Romeo 145
  |Engine = '''engine''' ...994 and 2001. The 145 and 146 both share common design plans and interior components from the B-pillar forwards; the 145 is a 3-door hatchback, whereas the 146
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• V16 engine
  A '''V16 engine''' is a [[V engine]] with 16 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. Engines of this number of cylinders are uncommon in automotiv A V16 engine is perfectly balanced regardless of the V angle without requiring counter-r
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• Lotus M90
  | Engine ...but, though sharing an engine, it bears very little resemblance to the mid-engine roadster.
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• Trunk
  ...age compartments in the front and in the rear, above the low profile boxer engine. The mid-engined [[Fiat X1/9]] also had two storage compartments, although ...hatches in the trim, or by removing carpet and support boards etc. Typical components:
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• Driveshaft
  ...ansmission (mechanics)|transferring]] [[power (physics)|power]] from the [[engine]] or [[motor]] to the point where useful [[Mechanical work|work]] is applie ...or forced air or water in a [[turbine]]. From the point of delivery, the components of power transmission form the drive train.
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• Vulcan
  ...with two cylinder [[Aster]] engine was added, the first use of a bought in engine. ...itre Vulcan engine and from 1923 to 1925 with 3.7 litres shared mechanical components with the 1 1/2 and 2 ton trucks. The final car was the 14/40 (1927-28) and
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• KTM
  ...1989. During these early years of motocycle production at KTM, almost all components for the motorcycles were built in-house by KTM. ...e the first manufacturer to produce a liquid-cooled four-stroke motorcycle engine for an off road motorcycle, a design which has since been replicated by all
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• Panhard
  ...g woodworking machines to automobiles. Their first car used a [[Daimler]] engine and was offered in 1890. ...Levassor to manufacture cars. He obtained a licence to produce Daimler's engine from a friend who already had this licence: a Belgain called Sarazin. Upo
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• Crankshaft
  [[Image:Marine Crankshafts 8b03602r.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Continental engine]] marine crankshafts, 1942]] ...ually abbreviated to ''[[crank (mechanism)|crank]]'', is that part of an [[engine]] which translates [[reciprocate|reciprocating]] [[linear]] [[piston]] moti
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• Ferrari P4/5
  | Engine ...signed especially for the car though the engine, drivetrain and many other components are simply modified from the original [[Enzo Ferrari (car)|Enzo Ferrari]].<
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• Reliant
  ...iant's version of the straight four cylinder 747cc [[Austin 7]] side-valve engine. In 1952 a four seat car version was launched and in 1956 the bodywork was ...luminium alloy engine is also used as the replacement for the Austin Seven engine by the [[750 Motor Club]] in their [[Formula 750]] motor sport.
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• Pontiac Sunbird Review
  * Engine type If there are certain features or components of the [[automobile|vehicle's]] ''Interior'' that are worth mentioning, do
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• Perodua
  ...y produce any in house design and engineering for the main components (i.e engine, transmission), some people questions their status as car maker. To some, P
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• Chevrolet Cobalt Review
  * Engine type If there are certain features or components of the [[automobile|vehicle's]] ''Interior'' that are worth mentioning, do
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• Argyll
  ...hp]] [[De Dion]] engine and shaft-drive. 1901 models featured an upgraded engine of 5 hp; cars made in 1902 were upgraded even further, using 8 hp units. S .../ref> were available from 1911 on, and in 1912 the single [[Sleeve valve]] engine designed by company director [[Baillie P. Burt]] and [[J. P. McCollum]] beg
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• Automobile ancillary power
  ...s the [[automobile]]'s main power source—normally an [[internal combustion engine]] of some kind—but some way of transferring power to the vehicle's ancill ...s or belts. These may include ancillary systems that directly service the engine; the [[water pump]], [[fuel pump]], [[oil pump]], cooling fan, etc. Anothe
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• Lamborghini Jalpa
  | Engine Originally the plastic components (bumpers, air intakes and engine cover) were black, and the car carried over the rectangular taillights of t
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• Porsche 718
  | Engine ...Type 547 engine, in 1.5 litre displacement with over-head camshafts. This engine is recognised to be the first truely developed by Porsche for use in one of
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• Freewheel
  ...wo-stroke models for this reason and maintained it in the [[Saab 96]] [[V4 engine|V4]] and early [[Saab 99]] for better [[fuel efficiency]]. ...ugh, unless the device is made to tolerances not normally found in bicycle components, simultaneous engagement of more than two pawls is rarely achieved.
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• Formula Junior
  ...to provide an entry level class where you could use inexpensive mechanical components from ordinary [[automobile]]s. The idea to form the new class came from Cou ...er two-stroke engines were obvious choices, as was the new oversquare Ford engine from the 105E [[Ford Anglia|Anglia]]. The first Italian FJ cars were very m
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• Manifold vacuum
  ...n internal combustion engine is the difference in air pressure between the engine's [[Manifold (automotive engineering)|intake manifold]] and Earth's atmosph ...used as an [[Automobile ancillary power|auxiliary power source]] to drive engine accessories. Manifold vacuum should not be confused with [[venturi effect|v
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• Isuzu F-Series
  | Engine ...]] engine on single rear axle models, and a 56,000 lb. GCWR and 275 [[hp]] engine on tandem rear axle models.
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• Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
  |Engine = 1.6 litre [[Inline-4]] ...570 cc [[Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine|twin cam engine]] and other mechanical components shared with the [[Alfa Romeo Giulia]] and carried a 105 series chassis numb
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• Lotus 102
  ...213.2 cu in) [[MR layout|mid-mounted]] [[Ford]] HB [[Naturally-aspirated engine|NA]] [[V8]] ...mensions in order to incorporate larger fuel tanks. Furthermore due to the engine's mass every component on the car had to be scrutinised to investigate whet
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• Kieft
  ...and Co Ltd in Bridgend, Glamorgan making fordings and pressings including components for the motor industry. He had an interest in motor racing and when the [[M ...ar which could also be used as a road car. Using a [[Coventry Climax]] FWA engine, all independent suspension using transverse leaf springs at the rear and a
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• Aston Martin Vanquish
  | Engine | 5.9 litre (5935 cc) 60° [[V12 engine]]
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• Riley
  ...otype, produced in 1905, can be considered the first proper Riley car. The Engine Company expanded the next year, and Riley Cycle halted motorcycle productio ...year. Soon afterwards, Stanley Riley founded yet another company, the Nero Engine Company, to produce his own 4-cylinder 10&nbsp;hp (7.5&nbsp;kW) car. Riley
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• Aston Martin One-77
  |Engine = 7.3 litre V12 ...astonmartins.com/carbon_architecture/one-77.htm]. It will utilise the same engine featured in the [[Aston Martin DB9|DB9]], [[Aston Martin DBS|DBS]] and [[As
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• Cam
  ...he [[camshaft]] of an [[automobile]], which takes the rotary motion of the engine and translates it into the reciprocating motion necessary to operate the in {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Ariel (vehicle)
  The first Ariel vehicle was a Tricycle that used a 2.25 hp [[De Dion]] engine mounted at the rear. More tricycles were produced and quadricycles were add ...ears including spells in receivership in 1911 and the early 1930s. In 1932 Components Ltd went bankrupt, and Jack Sangster, Charles Sangster's son, bought the Ar
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• Drive by wire
  ...terfaces such as pedal and steering feel emulators. Hence, the traditional components such as the [[steering column]], intermediate shafts, pumps, hoses, belts, ...y used. Electronic throttle control is also in widespread use for gasoline engine control. Purely electronic brake and steering systems have yet to find wide
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• Distributor
  ...utor''' is a device in the [[ignition system]] of an [[internal combustion engine]] that routes high voltage from the ignition coil to the [[spark plug]]s in ...mounting plate to slightly rotate and advance the spark timing with higher engine rpm. In addition, the distributor has a [[Ignition timing#Vacuum timing adv
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• Mosler
  ...by a mid-mounted turbocharged [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler]] 2.2&nbsp;L engine producing 190&nbsp;hp. The chassis was a fiberglass-and-foam monocoque. Mos ...r, a rebodied Consulier with a new 300&nbsp;hp [[GM LT engine#LT1|GM LT1]] engine. This car raced at the 24 hours of Nelson Ledges for two consecutive years,
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• Drive-by-wire throttle
  ...y necessity of the [[Hybrid Synergy Drive]] system, which assigns complete engine control and regenerative/friction braking decisions to a [[Hybrid Cars|hybr ...a car have been proposed, including a car whose entire functional driving components are concentrated in its chassis — the actual 'shell' of the car being a m
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• Front wheel drive
  ...gine mounting, though many in prior decades were positioned [[longitudinal engine|longitudinal]]ly instead. [[Rear-wheel drive]] was the traditional standard ...ehicles featured a [[MF layout|mid-engine]] front wheel drive design — the engine was behind the transmission and ran "backwards."
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• Hummer H1
  ...ely bear a refined version of the prior 6.5L [[Turbo Engine|Turbo]] Diesel engine, but that has not been confirmed. Selling the H1's through fleet sales wil ...sion|automatic]] transmission types can be found in Hummer H1s. The common engine/transmission combinations are:
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• Corvette XP-700 concept
  | Front engine, rear-wheel drive | Engine
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• Buick XP-300
  | Engine The two cars shared many components that included the supercharged V-8 engines, push-button seats and windows,
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• Ford Toploader transmission
  The Toploader comprises two components: the main case, which encloses the gears, input and counter shaft, and the ...indsor engine]], and big blocks like the [[Ford FE engine]] and [[Ford 385 engine]] series. Big blocks required a larger "input shaft" to withstand the torqu
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• Hotchkiss et Cie
  The company's first entry into car making came from orders for engine components such as crankshafts which were supplied to [[Panhard|Panhard et Levassor]], ...) four-cylinder model, appeared in 1903 followed by a the 40CV Type C with engine based heavily on the Mercedes Simplex except that wherever possible it used
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• Veritas
  ...z Dietrich who initially re-built and tuned pre-war [[BMW 328]] cars using components supplied by a customer, turning them into BMW-Veritas cars.<ref name=Beauli ...ceived for the new car but there was not enough money available to buy the components and production came to a halt in 1950 and the company continued in operatio
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• Lea-Francis
  ...ger]] company. In 1919 they started to build their own cars from bought in components. ...ish supercharged production car with a 1.5 litre [[Henry Meadows|Meadows]] engine, and in 1928 a Lea-Francis Hyper won the Ulster TT, a 13.5 mile race on the
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• Marathon Motor Works
  ...rer, based in Tennessee. It grew out of an earlier company called Southern Engine and Boiler Works, founded in 1889, which made industrial engines and boiler ...ly and marketing, and perhaps manufacture of a few major systems. Southern Engine took a different approach however, and rather audaciously decided to engine
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• Buick Blackhawk
  | Engine ...matic transmission. The naturally aspirated, overhead valve, fuel-injected engine generates 463 horsepower at 4600 rpm and 510 lb-ft of torque at 4200 rpm.
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• Engine control unit
  ...the amount of fuel, ignition timing and other parameters, by monitoring an engine through sensors, and reading values from multidimensional maps. Before ECUs ...fuel will be injected (causing the engine to run slightly 'rich' until the engine warms up).
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• Ford RS200
  | Engine ...h [[FIA]] regulations, and 24 were given new suspension, brake, and engine components and dubbed 'Evo'.
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• Pedestrian safety through vehicle design
  ...d (vehicle)|bonnet]] design, which adds 12cm (5") extra clearance over the engine block if the bumper senses a hit.
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• Selective Catalytic Reduction
  ...Babcock and Wilcox.</ref> More recent applications include large [[Diesel engine|diesel engines]], such as those found on large ships, diesel locomotives, [ ...anadium and tungsten), zeolites, and various precious metals. All catalyst components have their own unique advantages and disadvantages.
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• Lloyd Cars
  ...and the company was unusual for a small manufacturer in making nearly all components in-house. After car production ceased the company continued in general engi | Engine
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• Watt's linkage
  ...Watt]] (1736--1819) to constrain the movement of a [[piston]] in a [[steam engine]] to move in a straight line. ...l location. In contrast to the Panhard rod's action, however, the sideways components of the motion of the two arms as they pivot around their outboard mountings
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