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  • ..., 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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  • ==Internal combustion engine city cars==
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  • ...ctory at Audincourt, dedicated to the manufacture of cars with an internal combustion engine.
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...he mid 1800’s, but by the turn of the century the advent of the [[Internal Combustion Engine]] revolutionized man kind’s mobility. Although there have been man
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  • Certain high speed in-line internal combustion engines are prone to torsional vibration of their crankshafts; the straight
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  • ...nies continued to manufacture their separate [[automobile]] and [[internal combustion engine]] brands until, on June 28, 1926, when Benz & Cie. and DMG formally
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  • ...t of them is the [[automobile]]'s main power source—normally an [[internal combustion engine]] of some kind—but some way of transferring power to the vehicle's An easily-accessible source of power from an internal combustion engine is partial vacuum, available by tapping the [[manifold (automotive e
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  • Toyota's V-10 combustion motor, the '''1LR-GUE''', arrived with Lexus's new 2010 [[Lexus LF-A|LF-A]]
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  • ...[[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] [[reciprocating engine|piston]] [[internal combustion engine]] in a [[W engine|W configuration]], or two imaginary 15 degree
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  • ...lly tubing used to guide reaction [[exhaust gas]]es away from a controlled combustion inside an [[engine]] or stove. The entire system conveys burnt gases from t ...ey serves as an exhaust pipe in a stationary structure. For the [[internal combustion engine]] it is important to have the Exhaust System "Tuned" (refer to [[tun
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  • ...g higher lift and duration; therefore a greater quantity of air into the [[combustion chamber]] which increases the power and torque output over a broad engine s *At idle, valve overlap is eliminated to stabilize combustion.
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  • ...ake the '''Gordon GT''' car by fitting a [[Buick]] 3.5 litre V8 [[internal combustion engine|engine]] into a chassis by Peerless. The car, still at the developme
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  • ...[Otto cycle]] and [[Diesel cycle]] [[internal-combustion engine | internal-combustion engines]] require the pistons to be moving before the [[ignition system|ign
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