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• Distributor
  ...utor''' is a device in the [[ignition system]] of an [[internal combustion engine]] that routes high voltage from the ignition coil to the [[spark plug]]s in ...mounting plate to slightly rotate and advance the spark timing with higher engine rpm. In addition, the distributor has a [[Ignition timing#Vacuum timing adv
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• Mosler
  ...by a mid-mounted turbocharged [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler]] 2.2 L engine producing 190 hp. The chassis was a fiberglass-and-foam monocoque. Mos ...r, a rebodied Consulier with a new 300 hp [[GM LT engine#LT1|GM LT1]] engine. This car raced at the 24 hours of Nelson Ledges for two consecutive years,
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• Drive-by-wire throttle
  ...y necessity of the [[Hybrid Synergy Drive]] system, which assigns complete engine control and regenerative/friction braking decisions to a [[Hybrid Cars|hybr ...a car have been proposed, including a car whose entire functional driving components are concentrated in its chassis — the actual 'shell' of the car being a m
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• Front wheel drive
  ...gine mounting, though many in prior decades were positioned [[longitudinal engine|longitudinal]]ly instead. [[Rear-wheel drive]] was the traditional standard ...ehicles featured a [[MF layout|mid-engine]] front wheel drive design — the engine was behind the transmission and ran "backwards."
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• Hummer H1
  ...ely bear a refined version of the prior 6.5L [[Turbo Engine|Turbo]] Diesel engine, but that has not been confirmed. Selling the H1's through fleet sales wil ...sion|automatic]] transmission types can be found in Hummer H1s. The common engine/transmission combinations are:
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• Corvette XP-700 concept
  | Front engine, rear-wheel drive | Engine
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• Buick XP-300
  | Engine The two cars shared many components that included the supercharged V-8 engines, push-button seats and windows,
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• Ford Toploader transmission
  The Toploader comprises two components: the main case, which encloses the gears, input and counter shaft, and the ...indsor engine]], and big blocks like the [[Ford FE engine]] and [[Ford 385 engine]] series. Big blocks required a larger "input shaft" to withstand the torqu
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• Hotchkiss et Cie
  The company's first entry into car making came from orders for engine components such as crankshafts which were supplied to [[Panhard|Panhard et Levassor]], ...) four-cylinder model, appeared in 1903 followed by a the 40CV Type C with engine based heavily on the Mercedes Simplex except that wherever possible it used
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• Veritas
  ...z Dietrich who initially re-built and tuned pre-war [[BMW 328]] cars using components supplied by a customer, turning them into BMW-Veritas cars.<ref name=Beauli ...ceived for the new car but there was not enough money available to buy the components and production came to a halt in 1950 and the company continued in operatio
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• Lea-Francis
  ...ger]] company. In 1919 they started to build their own cars from bought in components. ...ish supercharged production car with a 1.5 litre [[Henry Meadows|Meadows]] engine, and in 1928 a Lea-Francis Hyper won the Ulster TT, a 13.5 mile race on the
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• Marathon Motor Works
  ...rer, based in Tennessee. It grew out of an earlier company called Southern Engine and Boiler Works, founded in 1889, which made industrial engines and boiler ...ly and marketing, and perhaps manufacture of a few major systems. Southern Engine took a different approach however, and rather audaciously decided to engine
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• Buick Blackhawk
  | Engine ...matic transmission. The naturally aspirated, overhead valve, fuel-injected engine generates 463 horsepower at 4600 rpm and 510 lb-ft of torque at 4200 rpm.
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• Engine control unit
  ...the amount of fuel, ignition timing and other parameters, by monitoring an engine through sensors, and reading values from multidimensional maps. Before ECUs ...fuel will be injected (causing the engine to run slightly 'rich' until the engine warms up).
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• Ford RS200
  | Engine ...h [[FIA]] regulations, and 24 were given new suspension, brake, and engine components and dubbed 'Evo'.
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• Pedestrian safety through vehicle design
  ...d (vehicle)|bonnet]] design, which adds 12cm (5") extra clearance over the engine block if the bumper senses a hit.
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• Selective Catalytic Reduction
  ...Babcock and Wilcox.</ref> More recent applications include large [[Diesel engine|diesel engines]], such as those found on large ships, diesel locomotives, [ ...anadium and tungsten), zeolites, and various precious metals. All catalyst components have their own unique advantages and disadvantages.
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• Lloyd Cars
  ...and the company was unusual for a small manufacturer in making nearly all components in-house. After car production ceased the company continued in general engi | Engine
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• Watt's linkage
  ...Watt]] (1736--1819) to constrain the movement of a [[piston]] in a [[steam engine]] to move in a straight line. ...l location. In contrast to the Panhard rod's action, however, the sideways components of the motion of the two arms as they pivot around their outboard mountings
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