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• Vespa
  ..., requiring a mixture of oil with the gasoline in order to lubricate the [[piston]] and [[cylinder]]. The mixture of oil in the fuel produced high amounts of ...our-stroke cycle|four stroke]] and cleaner [[two-stroke cycle|two stroke]] engines. First came the ET2 (50 cc) and ET4 (50-124cc). Next came the larger 200 c
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• Engine displacement
  ...]es. In a [[piston engine]], this is the volume that is ''swept'' as the [[piston]]s are moved from ''[[top dead centre]]'' to ''bottom dead centre''. ==Standard engines==
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  A '''hydrogen vehicle''' is a [[vehicle]], such as an [[automobile]] or [[aircraft]], which uses [[hydrogen]] as its primary source of [[power (physics)|power * In combustion, the hydrogen is "burned" in engines in fundamentally the same method as traditional gasoline cars.
  22 KB (3,293 words) - 00:01, 23 June 2009
• Carburetor
  ...or an [[internal-combustion engine]]. Carburetors are still found in small engines and in older or specialized [[automobile]]s such as those designed for [[st ...flat airplane engines still have the updraft carburetor, as do many small engines, as on [[lawnmower]]s and so on.
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• Bandini 750 sport siluro
  ...re) | inch]]³; utililzzato until then, to be used more varied: on vessels, aircraft, even by firemen to Operate large pumps. It is lightweight and compact with ...riguardarono l '[[crankshaft]] which was replaced with one in [[steel]], [[piston (mechanical) | pistons]] the [[camshaft | camshafts]], the pump of oil and
  15 KB (2,094 words) - 15:39, 3 June 2010
• Lambretta
  ...[[Taiwan|Taiwanese]] manufactured scooters; [[India|Indian]] light vehicle engines; [[United Kingdom|British]] fashion clothing; and [[China|Chinese]] produce ...es or skirts made riding a motorcycle a challenge. The front fork, like an aircraft's landing gear, allowed for easy wheel changing. The internal mesh transmi
  15 KB (2,198 words) - 19:00, 30 January 2010
• Fuel injection
  For [[gasoline]] engines, [[carburetor]]s were the predominant method to meter fuel before the wides ...trend continues, it is conceivable that virtually all internal combustion engines, including garden equipment and snow throwers, will eventually use EFI.
  35 KB (5,222 words) - 08:19, 11 June 2009
• Capriolo
  ...roductive capacity and tecnology, in other fields, like marine, industrial engines and a collaboration with [[Isotta Fraschini]] . ...[[Piaggio]] pistons engine and the first one of the first [[Italian]] jet aircraft, the 1940 Caproni Campini CC2, that flew the first time during a 1941 fligh
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...e edge of the track close to the finish line for hours, then restart their engines and crawl across the line to be listed amongst the finishers. However, this ...At the dropping of the French tricolor, the drivers would then start their engines and drive away. However, in 1971 this method would be done away with altoge
  40 KB (6,573 words) - 00:31, 28 February 2009
• Hybrid vehicles
  ...lled '''Hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV)''' which use [[internal combustion]] engines and [[electric battery|electric batteries]] to power [[electric motor]]s. M ...ids where a small petrol engine powered a compressor. Several types of air engines also increased the range between fill-ups with up to 60% by absorbing ambie
  64 KB (9,873 words) - 22:35, 14 June 2009

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