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• Choke valve
  ...re important for carbureted [[gasoline]] engines because small droplets of gasoline do not evaporate well within a cold engine. By restricting the flow of air ...mall prop-powered [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]]s, and carbureted marine engines.
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• Active Cylinder Control
  ...l concept''' to help boast the fuel efficacy of their flagship 12-cylinder engines. ...nt of gasoline because they are strictly designed for performance. Wasting gasoline is an expected trade-off should a person want a car to drive with as much p
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• Felix Wankel
  |25.02.1961 || Yanmar Diesel Co. Ltd || JP || gasoline and diesel engine, 1-100 PS, 1-300 PS |27.02.1961 || [[Mazda|Toyo Kogyo]], Co. Ltd.|| JP || gasoline 1-200 PS land vehicles
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• Petrol engine
  ...ith [[spark-ignition engine|spark-ignition]], designed to run on petrol ([[gasoline]]) and similar volatile fuels. ...air are usually pre-mixed before compression (although some modern petrol engines now use cylinder-direct petrol injection).
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• Pusher trailer
  '''Pusher trailers''' are gasoline or diesel fueled trailers with a traditional [[internal combustion engine]]
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• Crankcase
  == Two-stroke engines == ...nce.howstuffworks.com/two-stroke5.htm The Compression Stroke in Two-stroke Engines] at HowStuffWorks</ref>
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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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• Bivalent (engine)
  ...are widely offered in the European passenger vehicle aftermarket. Bivalent engines can also use [[hydrogen vehicle|hydrogen]] as demonstrated by the recently ...tion]] system. As seen in BMW's Hydrogen 7, when the vehicle is running in gasoline mode the fuel is injected directly into the cylinders, and when the vehicle
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• Alusil
  ...AG>{{cite web|title=ALUSIL - Cylinder Blocks for the new Audi V6 and V8 SI engines|url=http://www.kspg-ag.com/pdfdoc/kspg_produktbroschueren/a_audi_zkg_e.pdf| ...1996 to eliminate the corrosion problems caused through the use of petrol/gasoline containing sulfur.
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• Mercedes-Benz DiesOtto engine
  |Type = Gasoline ...o [[Nicolaus Otto]], both being German (even though the paternity of the [[gasoline engine]] is still disputed between Nicolaus Otto and [[Alphonse Beau de Roc
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• Glowplug
  ...w-plug''') is a heating device used to aid starting [[diesel engine|diesel engines]]. [[diesel engine|Diesel engines]], unlike [[petrol engine|petrol engines]], do not use [[spark plug|spark plugs]] to induce [[combustion]]. Instead,
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• Fuel pump
  ...c fuel pumps that are mounted inside the fuel tank (and some fuel injected engines have two fuel pumps: one low pressure/high volume supply pump in the tank ...f [[fuel injection|electronic fuel injection]], most carbureted automobile engines used mechanical fuel pumps to transfer fuel from the fuel tank into the fue
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• Exhaust gas
  ...tted as a result of the [[combustion]] of fuels such as [[natural gas]], [[gasoline]]/petrol, [[diesel fuel]], fuel oil or coal. It is discharged into the atmo ===Spark-ignition engines===
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• Dodge Durango Hybrid
  ...ultiple vehicles and adapted to [[Gasoline|gasoline]] or [[Diesel|diesel]] engines, the [[Global Hybrid Cooperation|two-mode full hybrid]] can be applied glob
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• Diesel engine
  ...a separate source of ignition, such as a spark plug, as is the case in the gasoline engine. ===How diesel engines work===
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• Throttle
  == Internal combustion engines == In a [[petrol]] (gasoline) [[internal combustion engine]], the throttle is a valve that directly regu
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• François Isaac de Rivaz
  ...the mid-nineteenth century. Gasoline was not used for internal combustion engines until 1870.
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• Robert Bosch GmbH
  ...d about 63% of the revenue in 2004. This business sector comprises of: ''[[Gasoline]] Systems'' and ''[[Diesel]] Systems'' with the core products injection and ...emand for modern diesel systems had a positive effect. The share of diesel engines in newly registered cars in western Europe rose to 48% in 2004. Bosch has p
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• Magneto (electrical)
  ...those in [[two-stroke cycle|2-stroke]] and [[four-stroke cycle|4-stroke]] engines used in small [[motorcycles]], lawnmowers and chainsaws, serving a similar
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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
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• List of Mitsubishi engines
  This is a list of [[Internal combustion engine|engines]] produced by [[Mitsubishi Motors]] since 1964, and its predecessors prior Mitsubishi engines designed since 1970 use a four-digit naming convention:
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• V5 engine
  [[Volkswagen]]'s VR5 is a 2.3 litre gasoline engine descending directly from the older VR6 from which VW removed a cylin [[Category:Engines]]
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• Nikasil
  ...ent for hard-chrome plated cylinder bores for Mecury Marine Racing, Kohler Engines, and as a repair replacement for factory-chromed snowmobiles, dirt bikes, A ...ine families. However, the sulfur found in much of the world's low quality gasoline caused some Nikasil cylinders to break down over time [http://www.go-lpg.co
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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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• Biobutanol
  ...tanol has been demonstrated to work in some vehicles designed for use with gasoline without any modification.<ref>[http://www.butanol.com butanol.com]</ref> It ...th water. There is also a vapor pressure co-blend synergy with butanol and gasoline containing ethanol, which facilitates ethanol blending. This facilitates st
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• Alternative Fuel Vehicles
  ...[BioDiesel|biodiesel]] or natural gas vehicles which can switch to regular gasoline. ...ime needed to fill a vehicle with propane is comparable to that needed for gasoline or diesel fuel. The tanks are filled to no more than 80% capacity to allow
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• Integrated Motor Assist (IMA)
  ...hybrid]] car technology, introduced in 1999 on the Insight. It uses both a gasoline engine and a thin, compact permanent magnet electric motor/generator mounte ...ncreases the rate of acceleration, and it reduces the work required of the gasoline engine. The acceleration boost is important, as it allows the engine to be
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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 ...including [[carburetor|carbureted]] and [[fuel injection|fuel injected]] [[gasoline engine]]s using the [[otto cycle]] or the [[two-stroke engine|two-stroke]]
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• Cylinder block
  ...ertain limits. Engine blocks are usually made from cast iron or, in modern engines, aluminium and magnesium. ...[[engine displacement]] since the latter is defined by bore and [[stroke (engines)|stroke]].
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• Mitsubishi 8A8 engine
  ...ate is the ''8A80'', a 4.5&nbsp;L with [[double overhead camshaft]]s and [[gasoline direct injection]] (GDI) technology. Financial pressures forced the company * [[List of Mitsubishi engines]]
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• Common rail
  On diesel engines, it features a high-pressure (over 1,000 bar/15,000 psi) [[fuel rail]] feed In [[petrol engine|gasoline engines]], it is utilised in [[gasoline direct injection]] engine technology.
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• Straight-8 engine
  ...ver, [[crankshaft]] [[torsional vibration]], present to some degree in all engines, is sufficient to require the use of a [[harmonic damper]] at the accessory ...ank and camshaft twisting were not considered at this time, since aircraft engines of the time ran at low speeds to keep propeller tip speed below the speed o
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• Citroën C-Crosser
  ==Engines== *Gasoline
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• Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid
  ...ehicles and adapted to [[Gasoline|gasoline]] or [[Diesel Vehicles|diesel]] engines, the [[Global Hybrid Cooperation|two-mode]] full [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] can
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• Samsung
  ...issan has supplied SMI with its engines, one of them being Nissan famed V6 engines, VQ25DE. (currently replaced with VQ35DE) ...oline engines will be continued to be provided by Nissan, whereas [[diesel engines]] will be provided by Renault. In addition, a cross over vehicle (code name
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• 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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• Dodge Spirit
  | Engines ...oing K-cars they replaced, and offered options such as turbocharged and V6 engines that the previous offerings did not (except the previous LeBaron, which did
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• Diesel
  ...]. Although diesel generally refers to a fossil based fuel, Rudolf's first engines ran on peanut oil, which today might be referred to as biodiesel. The term ....8 MJ/L, also about 15% less. Diesel is generally simpler to refine than [[gasoline]] and often costs less (although price fluctuations often mean that the inv
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• Hybrid electric vehicle
  ...lled '''Hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV)''' which use [[internal combustion]] engines and electric batteries to power electric motors. See also [[Hybrid Vehicle ...ctric hybrid most commonly uses [[internal combustion]] engines (generally gasoline or [[Diesel engine]]s, powered by a variety of fuels) and [[electric batter
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• Owen Magnetic
  ...ctrical motor, providing the energy to turn the drive shaft and propel the engines rear wheels. Speed for the car was controlled by a small lever adjacent to ...The Woods car was similar in many ways to today’s hybrids. It used both a gasoline engine and electric motors to propel the wheels and utilized braking to rec
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• Mercedes-Benz M120 engine
  |Type = Gasoline * [[List of Mercedes-Benz engines]]
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• Octane rating
  ...d has been restricted, and its use is currently limited mostly to aviation gasoline. ...resistance. Depending on the composition of the fuel, the MON of a modern gasoline will be about 8 to 10 points lower than the RON. Normally, fuel specificat
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• 392 HEMI engine
  |Type = Gasoline (Petrol) ..., except for the huge land yachts it came in originally in 1957-58. These engines look out of place in a 1960-70's musclecar. They look good in a 1930's-ear
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• Siegfried Marcus
  ...d combustibles and made him the first man propelling a vehicle by means of gasoline. Today, this car is well known as “The first Marcus Car”. ...type was given to Marcus in Germany. This design was used for all further engines and, of course, the famous “Second Marcus Car” of 1888/89. It was this
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• Suzuki Forenza
  ...els are available with the following three gasoline-powered [[4-cylinder]] engines: ...badge engineered versions. All of them are gasoline-powered [[4-cylinder]] engines.
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• Cone CVTs
  ...oduced all over the world, with a power range that goes from 60 to 200 Hp, gasoline and diesel.
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• Automobile self starter
  ...ull away immediately, or else risk a broken wrist, or worse. Moreover, as engines evolved, they became larger and compression ratios increased, making hand c ...e this design weighs less, it has also been adapted to some light aircraft engines, where minimizing weight is very important.
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• Rudolf Diesel
  ...theory revolves around the German military, which was beginning to use his engines on their submarines—something which Mr. Diesel opposed—and perhaps fear ...el engine became widespread in many other applications, such as stationary engines, submarines, ships, and much later, locomotives.
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• Catalytic converter
  ...at the stoichiometric point. This is 14.7 parts Oxygen to 1 part fuel for gasoline (the ratio for [[Propane]], [[Natural Gas]], and [[Ethanol]] fuels is sligh ...on "Large [[spark plug|Spark]] [[ignition system|Ignition]]" engines. LSI engines are used in forklifts, aerial boom lifts, ice resurfacing machines, and con
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• Mitsubishi 6G engine
  |Type = '''Gasoline''' ...in some versions, and the 2.5 and 3.0 L versions were also available with gasoline direct injection. Modern versions feature a one-piece cast crankshaft and c
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• Automobile emissions control
  ...he night-time temperature to the hottest temperatures of the day mean that gasoline in the tank evaporates, increasing the pressure inside the tank above atmos ##''Running losses'': the escape of gasoline vapors from the hot engine.
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• Léon Bollée
  * petrol (gasoline) cars, Amédée Bollée (son), built between 1896 and 1923. ...d attempt by buying the factory at Le Mans to make cars with four-cylinder engines very similar to those of the [[Morris Cowley]] and [[Morris Oxford]].
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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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• Drive by wire
  ...now widely used. Electronic throttle control is also in widespread use for gasoline engine control. Purely electronic brake and steering systems have yet to fi
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• Mazda Z engine
  ...dropped its own ''[[Ford Zeta engine|Zeta]]'' [[Ford Zetec engine|Zetec]] engines in favor of Mazda's, naming the resulting engine the [[Ford Duratec engine| ...MZR are [[DOHC]] [[multi-valve|16-valve]] [[water-cooled]] [[piston engine|engines]].
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• Internal Combustion Engine
  ...]]s and many [[gas turbine]]s are also very definitely internal combustion engines. ...ke. The most significant distinction between '''modern internal combustion engines''' and the early designs is the use of compression and in particular of in-
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• Radial engine
  ...during the 1930s, before the introduction of modern-type opposed-cylinder engines. ...and lifters on a cam plate which is concentric with the crankshaft. A few engines utilize [[sleeve valve]]s instead.
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• Gasoline direct injection
  ...our-stroke cycle|four-]] stroke [[petrol engine]]s. The [[gasoline|petrol/gasoline]] is highly pressurised, and injected via a [[common rail]] fuel line direc In some applications, gasoline direct injection enables a stratified fuel charge (ultra [[lean burn]]) com
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• Diesel-Electric Hybrid
  ...ota Prius]]. A diesel engine typically costs around 10 percent more than a gasoline-powered engine of similar power, even without the cost of adding an electri Diesel engines in general are not widely used for passenger cars in the United States, as
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...gen is "burned" in engines in fundamentally the same method as traditional gasoline cars. ...less to atmospheric radiative forcing per mile driven than such convention engines. Methods of hydrogen production that do not use fossil fuel would be more
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• Gas-guzzler
  * Large displacement engines. A large displacement engine generally requires more fuel to run it than a * Small displacement engines. An excessively small engine often requires more fuel to run than a moderat
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• History of the internal combustion engine
  ...rary/weekly/aacarsgasa.htm?rd=1 |title=The History of the Automobile - Gas Engines |publisher=About.com |date=2009-09-11 |accessdate=2009-10-19}}</ref> ...ysicist Sadi Carnot established the thermodynamic theory of idealized heat engines. This scientifically established the need for compression to increase the d
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• Volvo XC60 Concept
  ...y proven [[gasoline]]- and [[diesel]]-burning [[internal combustion engine|engines]]. Further, the XC60 would share technology with the next-generation [[Land
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• Alcohol fuel
  ...g]]. [[Biobutanol]] has the advantage that its energy density is closer to gasoline than the other alcohols (while still retaining over 25% higher octane ratin ...ver fuels such as [[petrol]] and [[Diesel fuel|diesel]]. In spark ignition engines both alcohols can run at a much higher EGR rates and with higher compressio
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• Locomobile
  ...eam buggies were eventually sold. Locomobile started experimenting with [[gasoline]] [[internal combustion engine]]s in 1902, and stopped making steam vehicle
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• Peugeot 406
  ...and [[coupé]] bodystyles with a choice of [[gasoline]] or [[turbodiesel]] engines, the 406 replaced the [[Peugeot 405]] in Peugeot's lineup, and was itself r ...hp 2.1 L [[turbodiesel]], [[turbocharged]] 2.0 L and 3.0 L gasoline [[V6]] engines. The 2-door [[coupé]] was both designed and built by Italian designer [[Pi
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• Pistonless rotary engine
  ...to its [[Mazda Wankel engine|Wankel engines]] as ''rotary engines''. O.S. Engines, which produces a Wankel model airplane engine, refer to it as a ''wankel r ==Pistonless rotary engines==
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• Ford Cleveland engine
  ...gine|engine]] family were a group of [[small-block V8|small-block]] [[V8]] engines built by the [[Ford Motor Company]] between 1970 and 1982. The series was |+''351 Cleveland engines
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• Hybrid Synergy Drive
  ...in principle it could operate while missing either the battery pack or the gasoline engine (but not both). In practice, HSD cars can be driven several miles wh ...has a second differential; one leg of this differential is attached to the gasoline engine and the other leg is attached to a second motor generator (MG1 in To
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• Battery Technology
  ...owered vehicles in one way or another since their beginning. Even gasoline engines rely on batteries to run starter motors and all the conveniences we take fo ...today's hybrid vehicles use electricity stored in batteries to assist the gasoline engine and to completely power the vehicle while idling or at consistent lo
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• 345 HEMI engine
  |Type = Gasoline / Petrol [[Category:Engines|HEMI 345]]
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• Antifreeze
  '''Antifreeze''' is a water-based liquid coolant used in [[gasoline]] and [[diesel engine]]s. Compounds are added to the water to reduce the fr
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• Benz & Cie.
  ...ie. Quickly growing to twenty-five employees, it soon began to produce gas engines as well. ...nz, had a profound effect on Benz's success. Roger had been building Benz engines under a license from Karl Benz for several years, and in 1888, decided to a
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• List of Ford VIN codes
  ...character 8 of the [[w:VIN|VIN]]. The following table outlines the various engines encoded there: | Gasoline
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• Turbo Engine
  ...a Roots Blower, which is an air mover and does not actually compress air. Engines with a Roots Blower have a higher boost level as a result of the blower mov ...in turbocharging has come to the point where [[Turbo Engine|turbocharged]] engines make boost nearly as quickly as mechanically driven [[Supercharged Engine|s
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• Suzuki Aerio
  ...y) or 4-door [[sedan]] bodies. It featured two different 16-valve gasoline engines, with 1.5&nbsp;L and 1.8&nbsp;L, this one capable of 125&nbsp;PS Japanese I ...mall family cars or to mini MPVs, introducing a new generation of Suzuki M engines, with 1.3&nbsp;L and 1.6&nbsp;L engine. All wheel drive is available on the
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• Gottlieb Daimler
  ...m Maybach]] were two inventors whose dream was to create small, high speed engines to be mounted in any kind of locomotion device. They designed in 1885 a pre ...im Maybach moved to work at the world's largest manufacturer of stationary engines of the time, the [[Deutz AG|Deutz-AG-Gasmotorenfabrik]] in [[Cologne]]. It
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• Glockler 356
  ...hem to compete in the under 1,100 cc categories. These engines, running on gasoline, put out a modest 50 hp. Running on alcohol, the small-bore engine put out
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• Electric vehicle
  ...rs. Chemical energy is usually in the form of [[diesel]] or [[petrol]] ([[gasoline]]). The liquid fuels are usually converted into electricity by an [[electr ...cal issue which has prevented them from replacing the more cumbersome heat engines: energy storage. Fuel cells are fragile, sensitive to contamination, and r
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• Mitsubishi Chariot
  ...Mitsubishi discontinued all other straight-4 engines in favour of a single gasoline direct injection version of the 4G64, while introducing a new 2972 cc SOHC ...of SOHC straight-4 powerplants; the 1755 cc 4G37B or 1997 cc 4G63B petrol engines, or the 1795 cc 4D56T turbodiesel, mated to a five-speed manual or three-sp
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• Toyota Revo
  The Revo offered 10 seating capacity and a choice of engines including a 1.8 Gasoline Engine, and a 2.4 Diesel Engine. Majority of Revos being sold are equipped ...nd trim line revamp. Engine choices include the 1.8 and 2.0 gasoline liter engines and a 2.4 diesel engine. The 2L diesel engine has been revised to address
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• Ford Escape Hybrid
  ...ower, pure gasoline engine power, or a combination of electric battery and gasoline engine operating together, for maximum performance and efficiency at all sp ...edia.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=22474 E85] (85% ethanol / 15% gasoline).
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• Fuel injection
  For [[gasoline]] engines, [[carburetor]]s were the predominant method to meter fuel prior to the wid ...with respect to emissions) that is expected today. Since 1990, almost all gasoline passenger cars sold in developed markets like United States, Europe, and Ja
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• Carburetor
  ...Bánki]] and [[János Csonka]] in 1893. Carburetors are still found in small engines and in older or specialized [[automobile]]s such as those designed for [[st ...from other manufacturers) increased. Small propeller-driven flat aircraft engines still use the updraft carburetor design.
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• GM LS9 engine
  |Type = Gasoline [[Category:Engines]]
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• Charles F. Kettering
  ...1 Google Patents] US Patent #1150523, filed June 15, 1911</ref> and leaded gasoline<ref name="google.com">[http://www.google.com/patents?id=nE95AAAAEBAJ&prints ...and [[ethyl gasoline]]<ref name="google.com"/>. He helped develop [[diesel engines]] and ways to harness solar energy. He was a pioneer in the application of
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• Studebaker
  ...line-powered vehicles until 1911. In 1913, Studebaker introduced the first gasoline-powered automobiles under its own “Studebaker” brand name. Acquired in ...the company entered into a distribution agreement with two manufactures of gasoline powered vehicles, [[Garford]] of Elyria, Ohio and the [[E-M-F Company|Evere
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• Karl Benz
  ...esigner and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered [[automobile]]. Other German contemporaries, [[Gottlieb Daimler]] a ...the first commercial automobile, powered by a [[Internal combustion engine|gasoline engine]]. It had three wheels, being steered by the front wheel and with th
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• Hypermiler
  ...significant impact on mileage. (Relatively more so on hybrids with smaller engines, as it consumes up a greater percentage of the total engine power) When par ...ltaneous or sequential left turns, cross traffic, pedestrians, etc. If the gasoline engine is running when you approached the stop it will take the better part
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• Ignition system
  ...e.g. in oil-fired and gas-fired boilers. The earliest internal combustion engines used a flame, or a heated tube, for ignition but these were quickly replace ...electricity they are often found on [[piston]] aircraft engines and small engines such as those found in mopeds, lawnmowers, snowblowers, chainsaws, etc. whe
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• Ed Cole
  ...ons would tighten. He deserves credit for weaning American cars off leaded gasoline and prepared GM for catalytic converters in 1975.<ref name=donnelly/>
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• Spark plug
  ...] of some [[internal combustion engine]]s and ignites compressed aerosol [[gasoline]] by means of an electric spark. Spark plugs have an insulated center elect ...sch's engineer Gottlob Honold in 1902 made possible the development of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine.
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• Honda Insight
  The Insight pairs a three-cylinder gasoline engine with a brushless electric motor located on the crankshaft. Behind th ...s/A_110187/article.html] This design is revolutionary. Very few combustion engines are capable of running this lean. This lean burn operation improves combust
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• Chevrolet Nova
  | Engines: | Engines:
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• Autogas
  ...ion engine]]s in [[vehicles]]. The same equipment is also used for similar engines in stationary applications such as generators. ...articular, it reduces CO₂ emissions by around 20% compared to [[gasoline|petrol]]. It has an [[octane rating]] (MON/RON) that is between 90 and 110
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• VR6 engine
  ...- instead of the more common 45°, 60°, or 90° as found on conventional Vee engines. ...inuation of Lancia's design practice dating back to the 1920s). Staggered engines are an amenable further development, with both uneven cylinder numbers, and
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• Diesel Vehicles
  ...a separate source of ignition, such as a spark plug, as is the case in the gasoline engine. ...ar in Europe (roughly half of the cars sold are diesel), where the cost of gasoline is much more expensive than in the United States. They have not gained popu
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• Wilhelm Maybach
  ...with [[Gottlieb Daimler]], developed light, high-speed internal combustion engines suitable for land, water and air use. These were fitted to the world's firs ...the German war effort in 1940, ceasing automotive production in favour of engines for the Panzer and Tiger tanks.
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• Audi R10 LMP
  ...183&nbsp;ci) weighs 220&nbsp;kg (485&nbsp;lb) and the [[List of Volkswagen engines#326 hp 4.2L V8 TDI|4.2&nbsp;L V8]] 255&nbsp;kg (256.2&nbsp;ci, 562&nbsp;lb) ...In 2004 a Lola equipped with a Caterpillar re-badged [[List of Volkswagen engines#313 hp 5.0L V10 TDI|VW V10 TDI]] ran for a few hours before breaking its ge
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• Straight-6 engine
  ...n relatively low manufacturing cost combined with much less vibration than engines with fewer cylinders.<ref>Nunney, pp. 12-13</ref> ...cu in) (0.25 L) six cylinder, 24-valve motorcycle engine. Though pre-WWII engines could be considerably larger, such as 7.4l on a [[Rolls Royce Silver Ghost]
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