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• Radial engine
  [[Image:Radial Engine.jpg|right|thumb|280px|Radial engine of a [[biplane]].]] [[Image:Radial engine.gif|frame|right|Radial engine in a cut-away view.]]
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• Briggs and Stratton
  ...ratton''' is the world's largest manufacturer of [[air-cooled]] [[gasoline engine]]s for outdoor power equipment. ...le to remove the engine brake, with any release of this handle causing the engine to brake again.
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• Exhaust pipe
  ...sually part of an '''exhaust system'''. which conveys burnt gases from the engine and includes one or more exhaust pipes. Depending on the overall system des *A [[turbocharger]] to increase engine power.
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• Bernardi
  |Engine || rear, 1 flat cylinder ...bustion engines at the University of [[Padua]] in 1884 and built his first engine that drove a sewing machine.
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• Poppet valve
  ==Internal combustion engine== ...humbnail|right|Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], DOHC piston engine. (E) Exhaust [[camshaft]], (I) Intake camshaft, (S) [[Spark plug]], (V) Val
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• Fuel
  ...[human body]]. The application of energy released from fuels ranges from [[heat]] to [[cooking]] and from powering [[weapon]]s to [[propulsion]] and genera ...s ''[[combustion]]'', fuel reacts with [[oxygen]] and releases energy as [[heat]]. In [[chemistry]] and the field of [[fire safety]], anything that is capa
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• Spark plug
  ...device that fits into the [[cylinder head]] of some [[internal combustion engine]]s and ignites compressed aerosol gasoline by means of an electric spark. S ...humbnail|right|Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], DOHC piston engine. (E) Exhaust [[camshaft]], (I) Intake camshaft, (S) Spark plug, (V) [[poppe
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• Electric car
  ...motors can provide torque whilst not moving, unlike [[internal combustion engine]]s, and do not need gears to match power curves. This removes the need for ...y a [[generator]] powered by an internal combustion engine or other [[heat engine]]. This approach is known as [[diesel-electric]] or gas-[[hybrid vehicle|h
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• Supercharger
  ...harger can be powered mechanically by belt-, gear- or chain-drive from the engine's crankshaft. It can also be powered by a gas [[turbine]] . When a centrifu ...applications are less efficient than turbochargers. In applications where engine response and [[power (physics)|power]] is more important than any other con
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• Turbo
  ...y advantage of turbochargers is that they offer a considerable increase in engine power with only a slight increase in weight. ...tput of both engine types. This last factor makes turbocharging [[aircraft engine]]s considerably advantageous—and was the original reason for developm
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• Babbitt metal
  ...ives from this style of bearing, since failure of lubrication will lead to heat build up due to friction in the bearing, eventually leading to the white me ...] big end bearings in a modern [[automobile]] [[internal combustion engine|engine]] have bearings made of a replaceable steel shell, keyed to the bearing cap
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...intains a rule book outlining each class of racecar; including dimensions, engine size, equipment requirements, prohibitions, etc. The requirements for each ...e with a thin aluminum or fiberglass body and some variant of a Chevrolet engine.
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• Four-stroke
  ...otary combustion engine]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|four-stroke cycle]]
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...otary combustion engine]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|four-stroke cycle]]
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• Ignition system
  ...ne. Not all engine types need an ignition system - for example, a [[diesel engine]] relies on compression-ignition, that is, the rise in temperature that acc ...g, the coil will retain sufficient residual heat on each stroke due to the heat generated on the previous stroke. Glow plugs are also used to aid starting
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• Bandini-Maserati 1500
  ...designed and built in 1952 to house the engine [[Maserati]] A6 1500 cm ³ [[engine capacity]] and run in the category FM League SCCA (Sports Car Club of Ameri [[Image:Bandini Maserati A6.jpg|250px|thumb|The engine Maserati A6]]
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• Two stroke
  ...exhaust) still occur. Thus, there is a power stroke per piston for every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two stroke engines can be a ...cause the engine has twice as many combustions per second as a four stroke engine revolving at the same speed). For handheld devices, they also have the adv
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• Dirt track racing
  ...intains a rule book outlining each class of racecar; including dimensions, engine size, equipment requirements, prohibitions, etc. The requirements for each #Open Motor - There is no [[Engine displacement|displacement]] limit with this type of motor. Most Open motors
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• Four-cylinder
  [[Image:Colorized car engine.jpg|thumb|250px|A colorized [[automobile]] engine]] ...ses are used to directly move a piston, turbine blades, rotor(s), or the [[engine]] itself thus doing useful work.
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