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• Mopar
  ...e two-barrel carburetors (six pack). The Hemi (named for its hemispherical combustion chambers) still serves as the pinnacle of power in Mopar automobiles.
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• BlueTec
  ...ra emissions. High compression ratios and lean air-fuel mixtures make high combustion temperatures, which results in more nitrogen oxides and particulate matter
  4 KB (579 words) - 13:33, 23 April 2008
• Honda Insight
  ...A computer control module regulates how much power comes from the internal combustion engine and electric motor, to find the optimal combination of power or effe ...ngines are capable of running this lean. This lean burn operation improves combustion efficiency and allows a larger % of the energy content of the fuel to reach
  13 KB (1,889 words) - 00:35, 7 October 2010
• Arrol-Johnston
  Locomotive engineer [[George Johnston]] turned his attention to [[internal combustion]] in 1894, not long after his experimental steam tram had burned. In 1896,
  3 KB (523 words) - 08:04, 25 January 2007
• Shandong Jindalu Vehicle
  ...el passenger and cargo vehicles and 4 wheel automobiles with both internal combustion and electric motors manufactured for both domestic consumption and export.
  3 KB (455 words) - 23:11, 8 December 2010
• Turbocharged Direct Injection
  ...and therefore greater power outputs<ref name=VWAG/> (from a more complete combustion process compared to indirect injection), while also decreasing emissions an ...ngine [[fuel efficiency|efficiency]], at the expense of slightly increased combustion noise. A direct injection engine is also easier to start when cold, due to
  14 KB (2,125 words) - 14:46, 9 December 2010
• W16 engine
  ...[[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] [[reciprocating engine|piston]] [[internal combustion engine]] in a [[W engine|W configuration]]. All W16 engines consist of two
  4 KB (561 words) - 11:29, 24 May 2010
• Mazda Millenia
  ...e only production car in the world to employ a [[Miller cycle]] [[internal combustion engine|engine]]. Yaw-sensitive 4-wheel steering was available as an option
  4 KB (536 words) - 21:47, 27 March 2007
• Darracq
  ...rriages until 1900 when they produced their first vehicle with an internal combustion engine. The Darracq automobile company prospered and the 1904 "Flying Fifte
  3 KB (535 words) - 00:58, 16 January 2007
• VTEC
  ...d by [[Honda]] to improve the volumetric efficiency of a 4-stroke internal combustion engine. This system uses two camshaft profiles and electronically selects b ...the behavior of the working fluid (air and fuel mixture) before and after combustion, which have physical limitations on their flow, as well as their interactio
  15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:13, 11 September 2009
• Future car technologies
  ...amer]] technology to harness the heat generated by conventional [[internal combustion engines]] and use it to generate mechanical energy [http://www.gizmag.com/
  4 KB (617 words) - 01:46, 22 August 2009
• Selective Catalytic Reduction
  ...s]], such as those found on large ships, diesel locomotives, [[gas turbine|combustion turbines]], and even [[automobiles]]. ...oal-fired boilers is the blinding of the catalyst by fly ash from the fuel combustion. This requires the usage of sootblowers, sonic horns and careful design of
  9 KB (1,439 words) - 00:14, 31 March 2010
• Overhead camshaft
  ...ain configurations place the camshaft within the cylinder heads, above the combustion chambers, and drive the valves or lifters directly instead of using pushrod
  5 KB (684 words) - 03:00, 11 June 2010
• Sleeve valve
  ...ts between the piston and the cylinder wall in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where it rotates and/or slides, ports (holes) in the side of the val ...ion (compared to other sleeve valve designs), while retaining the rational combustion chambers and big, uncluttered, porting area possible in the [[Knight Engine
  18 KB (2,872 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Manifold
  The primary function of the intake manifold is to ''evenly'' distribute the combustion mixture (or just air in a direct injection engine) to each intake port in t ...s provoke pressure drops, resulting in less air (and/or fuel) entering the combustion chamber; high-performance manifolds have smooth contours and gradual transi
  22 KB (3,451 words) - 08:47, 29 October 2010
• Radiator
  '''Radiators''' are used for cooling internal combustion engines, chiefly in [[#Automobiles|automobiles]] but also in piston-engined In [[automobile]]s with a liquid-cooled [[internal combustion engine]] a radiator is connected to channels running through the [[engine]]
  15 KB (2,432 words) - 19:43, 20 August 2009
• Alternator
  ...refers to small rotating machines driven by automotive and other internal combustion engines. In UK, large alternators in power stations which are driven by st ...harge the battery and to power a car's electric system when its [[internal combustion engine|engine]] is running. Alternators have the great advantage over direc
  13 KB (1,918 words) - 11:08, 5 February 2009
• Transverse engine
  ...is about the '''placement alignment''', or '''layout''', of the [[internal combustion engine]] ''within'' the [[chassis]] or [[Monocoque|body]] of a [[motor vehi
  4 KB (631 words) - 07:45, 30 April 2010
• Supercharged Engine
  ...mpressor used to force air into the combustion chamber(s) of an [[internal combustion engine]] at pressures higher than would otherwise be the case. Any device ...) became the first person to patent a forced-induction system for internal combustion engines. His first [[Supercharged Engine|superchargers]] were based on a tw
  23 KB (3,492 words) - 23:18, 17 December 2008
• Porsche 360
  ...rks. It was discovered in 1951, and a university professor specialising in combustion engines used the car for single-cylinder engine tests. The research was com
  4 KB (606 words) - 16:10, 13 April 2008

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