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• Sump
  Another example is the [[oil pan]] of an [[Internal combustion engine|engine]]. The oil is used to lubricate the engine's moving parts and
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• Detroit Electric
  ...anding hand cranking of the engine that was required with early [[internal combustion engine]] autos. A statement of the cars refinement was evidenced to the pub As improved internal combustion engine automobiles became more common and inexpensive, sales of the Electri
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• Glowplug
  ...engine|petrol engines]], do not use [[spark plug|spark plugs]] to induce [[combustion]]. Instead, they rely solely on compression. The piston rises, compressing ...nds after engine start to keep the engine within emissions regulations, as combustion efficiency is greatly reduced when the engine is very cold.
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• Single cylinder engine
  ...asic [[reciprocating engine|piston engine]] configuration of an [[internal combustion engine]]. It is often seen on motorcycles but has many uses in portable to
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• Flat engine
  A '''flat engine''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] with pistons that are all relatively horizontal. A [[straight engi German engineer [[Karl Benz]] patented his design for the first internal combustion engine with horizontally opposed [[piston]]s in 1896.
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• NICE Car Company
  '''NICE''', which stands for "No Intenral Combustion Engine", is an Electric City Car manufacturer founded in 2006 by former [[L
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• Engine configuration
  ...n engineering term for the layout of the major components of an [[internal combustion engine]]. These components include [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s, [[pisto ...ug to be located in the center of the cylinder head, which promotes better combustion characteristics.
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• Stanley Steamer Company
  ...1900s before eventually being overtaken technologically by the [[internal combustion engine]]. ...y Steamer car as to plant the notion in the reader's head that an internal combustion automobile could explode.
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• Pistonless rotary engine
  A '''pistonless rotary engine''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] that does not use [[piston]]s in the way a [[reciprocating engine] The term '''''rotary combustion engine''''' has been suggested as an alternative name for these engines to
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• Intercooler
  ...[[Turbocharger|turbocharged]] and [[Supercharger|supercharged]] [[internal combustion engine]]s to improve their volumetric efficiency by increasing intake air c ...ensity. Increased intake charge temperature can also increase the cylinder combustion temperature, causing [[Engine knocking| detonation]], excessive wear, or he
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• Cetane index
  * Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, John B. Heywood, McGraw Hill, 1988 ISBN 0-07-100499-8
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• Compression ratio
  ...it's smallest capacity. It is a fundamental specification for many common combustion engines. ...is at the bottom of its [[stroke (engines)|stroke]], and the volume of the combustion chamber when the piston is at the top of its stroke.
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• Crankcase
  In an [[internal combustion engine]], the '''crankcase''' is the housing for the [[crankshaft]]. The e Early internal combustion engines were of the "open crank" style, that is, there was no enclosed cran
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• Hybrid electric vehicle
  ...le]], also called '''Hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV)''' which use [[internal combustion]] engines and electric batteries to power electric motors. See also [[Hybri ...a hybrid, as power is delivered both via an [[internal combustion|internal combustion engine]] or electric motor and the rider's muscles.
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• BMW S85 engine
  *Cast aluminum heads with four valves per cylinder and CNC machined ports and combustion chambers. Valves are actuated though non-rotating inverted bucked cam follo ...t system, engine misfires as well as knock can be measured simultaneously. Combustion quality raises or lowers cylinder pressure. The ionic current is measured b
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• W engine
  ...pecific type of [[reciprocating engine|reciprocating / piston]] [[internal combustion engine]] [[engine configuration|configuration]]. The [[cylinder bank]]s re ...e (rpm). It utilises four valves per cylinder, 64 [[poppet valve#Internal combustion engine|valves]] total, with four [[overhead camshaft]]s arranged in a 2x [[
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• Connecting rod
  ==Internal combustion engines== In modern [[automobile|automotive]] [[internal combustion engine]]s, the connecting rods are most usually made of steel for productio
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• BMW 745h
  The first car offered for sale with an internal combustion hydrogen engine.
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• Diesel
  ...biodiesel has combustion properties very similar to petrodiesel, including combustion energy and cetane ratings. Paraffin biodiesel also exists. Due to the purit ===Internal Combustion Engines===
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• Automobile emissions control
  ...le air pollution; the products of burning fuel in the vehicle's [[internal combustion engine|engine]], emitted from the vehicle's exhaust system. The major poll ##''Carbon monoxide (CO)'': a product of incomplete combustion, carbon monoxide reduces the blood's ability to carry oxygen and are danger
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