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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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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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• Crossley
  ..., United Kingdom, was a pioneering company in the production of [[internal combustion engine]]s. Since 1988 it has been part of the Rolls-Royce Power Engineering ...Otto and Langden]] of Cologne for the new gas fuelled atmospheric internal combustion engine and in 1876 these rights were extended to the famous [[Nicolaus Otto
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• City car
  ==Internal combustion engine city cars==
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• Armand Peugeot
  ...ctory at Audincourt, dedicated to the manufacture of cars with an internal combustion engine.
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• Mitsubishi 6G engine
  ...both strong breathing and low emissions. Spark plugs were centered in the combustion chambers. The intake valves were 1.30 inches (33 mm) in diameter while exha ...its unique fuel injection system — it had a crown-curved rather than flat combustion chamber, upright intake ports rather than angled, and a 10.4:1 rather than
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...omotion. These vehicles generally use the hydrogen in one of two methods: combustion or [[fuel-cell]] conversion: * In combustion, the hydrogen is "burned" in engines in fundamentally the same method as tr
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• Biobutanol
  ...ces (no petroleum). [[Butanol]] may be used as a [[fuel]] in an [[internal combustion engine]]. It is more similar to [[gasoline]] than [[ethanol]]. Butanol has ...r octane rating is less prone to knocking (extremely rapid and spontaneous combustion by compression) and the control system of any modern car engine can take ad
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• Internal Combustion Engine
  ...essure, which are permitted to expand. The defining feature of an internal combustion engine is that useful work is performed by the expanding hot gases acting d ...th [[external combustion engine]]s such as [[steam engine]]s which use the combustion process to heat a separate working fluid, typically water or steam, which t
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• Beaumont
  ...velle, including the [[OHV]] [[Straight-6|inline six-cylinder]] [[Internal combustion engine|engine]], and a variety of small- and big-block [[V8]]s. The [[V8 e
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• Dry sump
  ...four-stroke cycle|four-stroke]] and large [[two-stroke]] piston [[internal combustion engine]]s that uses a secondary external reservoir for oil, as compared to
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• Ford Cleveland engine
  The '''Ford 335''' [[internal combustion engine|engine]] family were a group of [[small-block V8|small-block]] [[V8] ...'''4V''' heads had massive valves canted to the sides with a "poly-angle" combustion chamber. A novel feature is the heads are not straight — they are ho
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