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- [[image:flathead.jpg|thumb|right|Ford flathead V8 engine, modified for power, depicted on cover of Hot Rod magazine. The "flat head" ...as in an overhead valve or [[OHV]] engine. The design was common on early engine designs, but has since fallen from use.3 KB (479 words) - 22:45, 8 September 2009
- [[Image:1933 Bugatti Type 59 Grand Prix engine.jpg|right|thumb|350px|1933 [[Bugatti]] [[DOHC]] straight-8 in a [[Bugatti T [[Image:Straight8.jpg|thumb|350px|1940s [[Oldsmobile Straight-8 engine]]]]2 KB (352 words) - 17:22, 13 June 2009
- ...]] of [[Chrysler|Chrysler Corporation]], though they were neither the hemi engine's inventors nor the first to commercialize hemi engines. [[Image:1903 premier.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The 1903 Premier engine had a gear-driven [[SOHC#Single overhead camshaft|overhead cam]], roller ca10 KB (1,448 words) - 21:41, 16 July 2008
- ...n a [[straight engine]] or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a [[V engine]]. This contrasts with an [[overhead camshaft]] (OHC) design which places t ...displacement]]. In [[1949]], [[Oldsmobile]] introduced the [[Oldsmobile V8 engine|Rocket V8]]. It was the first high-compression cam-in-block design, and is10 KB (1,635 words) - 08:54, 4 August 2009
- [[Image:pushrod engine.jpg|thumb|Picture of a [[V8]] [[engine block]] (with [[intake manifold]] removed), showing the camshaft, pushrods, ...uate the [[poppet valve|valves]]. Lifters or ''[[tappet]]s'' reside in the engine block between the camshaft and pushrods. The later [[overhead cam|overhead8 KB (1,302 words) - 08:11, 14 June 2009
- ...lowers" later became a "household" name for roots-style blowers for the V8-engine market. These bigger units for US-cars are now reproduced in the State1 KB (214 words) - 00:30, 18 December 2016
- [[Image:Aero4G11.jpg|thumb|250px|The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration]] A '''V8''' engine is a [[V engine]] with eight [[cylinder]]s.17 KB (2,591 words) - 00:05, 8 August 2009
- ...n a [[straight engine]] or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a [[V engine]]. This contrasts with an [[overhead camshaft]] (OHC) design which places t ...displacement]]. In [[1949]], [[Oldsmobile]] introduced the [[Oldsmobile V8 engine|Rocket V8]]. It was the first high-compression cam-in-block design, and is11 KB (1,698 words) - 08:59, 8 October 2009
- Also see '''[[Pushrod engine]]''' ...n a [[straight engine]] or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a [[V engine]]. This contrasts with an [[overhead camshaft]] (OHC) design which places t11 KB (1,817 words) - 11:16, 30 January 2011
- ...s]]), lowering it, modifying, [[Engine tuning|tuning]], or replacing the [[engine]] to give more power, and changing the [[wheel]]s and [[tire]]s to improve ...of their compact size, availability, and power. The early [[Chrysler Hemi engine|Hemi]] was popular in applications that required more power, such as [[drag9 KB (1,411 words) - 11:52, 8 October 2009
- ...although that date is disputed. [[Fuel gas]]-powered [[internal combustion engine]]s first appeared in 1806, while 1885 marked the introduction of gasoline-f ...orwagen]], the first car to go into production with an internal combustion engine]]29 KB (4,330 words) - 12:07, 23 January 2009