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• HEMI
  ...he performance of their cars. The first hemispherical shaped (half sphere) combustion chamber engine was developed prior to World War II, but it was used very li ...to the public. This engine had 331 cubic inches and featured hemispherical combustion chambers. This engine produced 180 horsepower at 4000 rpm. The first cars t
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• Wet sump
  ...management design for [[four-stroke cycle|four-stroke]] piston [[internal combustion engines]] which uses a built-in reservoir for oil, as opposed to an externa
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• Longitudinal engine
  In [[automotive engineering]], a '''longitudinal engine''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] in which the [[crankshaft]] is oriented along the long axis of the
  2 KB (339 words) - 07:42, 30 April 2010
• Centrifugal clutch
  * keep the [[internal combustion engine]] from stalling when the blade is stopped abruptly
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• Cold air intake
  ...for the purpose of increasing the <nowiki>power</nowiki> of the [[internal-combustion engine]]. A secondary goal is to increase the appeal of a car by changing ...te on the principal of increasing the amount of [[oxygen]] available for [[combustion]] with [[fuel]]. Because cooler air has more density for a given volume, co
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• RKM engine
  ...configuration of every model depends upon its use. For instance, internal combustion engines would include injection valves and after-burning chambers. These, h *Internal and external combustion engines, including Diesel, for all types of wheeled or tracked motor vehicl
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• Knight Engine
  The '''Knight Engine''' was an internal combustion engine, designed by Charles Yale Knight (1868-1940), that used [[sleeve val
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• Tax horsepower
  ...ieth century tax power was reasonably close to real power; as the internal combustion engine developed, real power became larger than nominal taxable power by a ...ngthy combustion chamber in any case reduced their potential for improving combustion efficiency.
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• Samuel Morey
  ...762 - April 17, 1843) was an American inventor, who invented an [[internal combustion engine]] and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 pate ==Experiments with vapors and combustion==
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• Alternative Fuel Vehicles
  ...Almost any gasoline engine can be adapted to use hydrogen fuel. Internal combustion engines provide various benefits compared with fuel cells, such as more pow * Internal combustion hydrogen engines show remarkable potential
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• Volumetric efficiency
  Volumetric efficiency in internal combustion engine design refers to the efficiency with which the engine can move the c
  2 KB (393 words) - 14:16, 3 November 2006
• Commer
  ...ns and lorries are notable for being fitted with the Rootes TS3 [[internal combustion engine|engine]], a two-stroke diesel three-cylinder horizontally-opposed pi
  2 KB (348 words) - 08:22, 25 January 2007
• Spark plug
  ...electrical device that fits into the [[cylinder head]] of some [[internal combustion engine]]s and ignites compressed aerosol [[gasoline]] by means of an electr ...old in 1902 made possible the development of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine.
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• Integrated Motor Assist (IMA)
  ...a starter motor, engine balancer, and assist traction motor. The internal combustion engine (ICE) provides all the power needed for most driving situations. Whe ...ng''' - The valves of all four of the engine’s cylinders can be closed and combustion halted, the electric motor alone can power the vehicle.
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• History of the internal combustion engine
  Although various forms of [[internal combustion engine]]s were developed before the 19th century, application was hindered Various scientists and engineers contributed to the development of [[internal combustion engine]]s:
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• Global Hybrid Cooperation
  ...two sets of gears in an [[automatic transmission]]: One for the [[internal combustion engine]] and another to multiply the power of a pair of [[Electric Vehicles .... [[Honda]]'s [[Integrated Motor Assist]] uses a more traditional internal combustion engine and transmission where the flywheel is replaced with an electric mot
  13 KB (1,938 words) - 15:29, 19 July 2006
• Magneto (electrical)
  ...lectrical power to the [[spark plug]]s in some gasoline-powered [[internal combustion engine]]s where batteries are not available, most commonly those in [[two-s
  2 KB (366 words) - 14:44, 2 May 2007
• Straight-4 engine
  The '''straight-4''' or '''inline-4''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] with four cylinders aligned in one row. This inline configuration ...time as the other pair is moving down, piston speed - as with all internal combustion engines - is higher through the top 180 degrees of the stroke than the bott
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• Siegfried Marcus
  Ca. 1870 he put an [[internal combustion engine]] on a simple handcart. This appliance was designed for liquid combu *[[History of the internal combustion engine]]
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• Deutz Gasmotoren Fabrik
  ...unded by [[Nikolaus Otto]], inventor of the [[four-stroke cycle]] internal combustion engine, in 1848 as '''N. A. Otto & Cie.''' Formerly, Deutz also produced ag
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