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• OR
  '''OR''' (''Officine Riunite di Costruzioni Meccaniche'') was a historic brand of
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• Bol d'Or
  ...humb|right|300px|24 hours of endurance racing on a tough track: the 'Bol d'Or']] The '''Bol d'or''' is a [[motorcycle]] [[endurance racing|endurance race]], held annually i
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• Mascarpone
  ...treatment with [[tartaric acid]] and removal of the whey, without pressing or aging. ...carpa," a milk product made from the [[whey]] of stracchino or aged cheese or it may come from "mascarpia," the local dialect for [[ricotta]]; however, i
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• Vehicle brake
  ...of automotive brake that stores the heat in the rotating part (drum brake or disc brake) during the brake application and then releases it to the air gr A [[drum brake]] is a brake in which the friction is caused by a set of shoes or pads that press against the inner surface of a rotating drum. The drum is c
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• Two-wheel drive
  '''Two wheel drive''' or '''2WD''' describes vehicles with a [[drivetrain]] that allows two [[wheel] ...ower at most two wheels, referred to as either [[front wheel drive|front]] or [[rear wheel drive]]. The term '''4x2''' is also used, to denote four total
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• Cassata siciliana
  ...olate]] filling. Most variants are also covered with a shell of chocolate or chocolate [[frosting]].
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• Panna cotta
  ...now a [[gelatin]]-thickened [[custard]], flavored with [[vanilla]], fruit, or spices and served chilled. * 1 1/2 teas. vanilla or 1 small vanilla bean
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• Gear train
  A '''gear train''' is a set or system of [[gear]]s arranged to transfer rotational [[torque]] from one par ...ce between the drive and driven gears. A compound gear train refers to two or more gears used to transmit motion.
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• Long block
  ...valve locks, and valve keepers. The bare head is free from cracks, warps, or holes.
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• General Disclaimer
  ...sionals with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information. ...he content of any given article may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of know
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• Italian ice
  ...ater, with one part sugar, and somewhere between two and three parts juice or pulp source. Home made Granita can be made with a hand blender with this m Italian ice is frequently sold from street stands or at pizzerias as an inexpensive treat.
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• Parasitic loss
  ...rasitic Loss''' is a loss that a parasite consumes from its host which may or may not be beneficial to the host. In the [[internal combustion engine]] almost everything including the driveline causes parasitic loss. Bearings, oil pumps, piston
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• Meccanica
  ...icles from 1956 to 1957. These were fitted with 50 cc or 150 cc two-stroke or 125cc four-stroke engines.
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• Bodywork
  In vehicles with a frame or [[chasis]], the term ''bodywork'' is normally applied to only the non-struc ...les, and had [[body-on-frame]] construction with a wooden frame and wooden or metal body panels. Wooden-framed motor vehicles remained in production unti
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• Piston
  Its purpose is either to change the [[volume]] enclosed by the cylinder, or to exert a [[force]] on a [[fluid]] inside the cylinder. ...piston can be flat, bulged or otherwise shaped. Pistons can be [[forge]]d or [[cast]]. A special type of cast piston is the [[Hypereutectic piston]]. Th
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• Automatic Vehicle Location
  ...where GPS is not usable, are [[dead reckoning]], [[inertial navigation]], or [[RFID]] readers; sometimes a combination of these methods can be used. The
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• Senior
  ...Moser]] engines with a either mono- or V-twin that were driven with a belt or chain drive.
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• Vehicle
  ...vehicles. This includes humans carrying another human, for example a child or a disabled person. [[Movement]] without the help of a vehicle or an animal is called [[locomotion]]. The word ''vehicle'' itself comes from
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• List of microcars by country of origin
  ...in'''. This list excludes cars over 700 cc, and cars where production or manufacture ended before 1945. ...ree or four wheels, powered by petrol engines of no more than 700 cc or battery electric propulsion, and manufactured since 1945'.
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• Family car
  ...o go [[shopping]] or on [[vacation]]s. Most family cars are [[hatchback]]s or [[Sedan|saloons]], although there are [[multi-purpose vehicle|MPVs]], [[sta ...ng if they are hatchbacks, or between 4.40 m and 4.55 m if they are saloon or estate models. Since the [[1990s]] there have been [[multi-purpose vehicle]
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• Offroad racing
  ...neral idea of "offroad racing" can also extend to include [[hillclimbing]] or any other form of racing that does not occur on a specified, paved track. ...lly-raids such as the [[Paris-Dakar Rally|Paris-Dakar]], [[Master Rallye]] or European "bajas" are called Cross-Country Rallies.
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• Halo vehicle
  A '''halo vehicle''' (or '''halo model''') in [[automobile]] [[marketing]] is a car designed and mar ...companies often design a special vehicle, usually a [[luxury car|luxury]] or [[sports car|sports]] model, with the hope that customers will come to deal
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• Independent suspension
  ...left and right sides of the suspension to be connected with anti-roll bars or other such mechanisms. The anti-roll bar ties the left and right suspensio ...or [[MacPherson strut]]s, [[trailing arm]]s, [[multilink|multiple links]], or [[double wishbone suspension|wishbones]].
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• Boost gauge
  ...gauge''' is a dashboard mounted instrument that indicates [[turbocharger]] or [[supercharger]] boost [[pressure]] in an [[internal combustion engine]]. A turbo- or supercharger are both engine driven air compressors and provide varying lev
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• Brös
  '''Brös''' (also '''Bros''', '''Bross''', '''Brus''' or '''Bruss''') is a [[Piedmont]]ese preparation of [[cheese]] and [[grappa]] ...original motivation was the avoidance of waste: pieces of stale, hard and/or mouldy cheese were mixed with homemade grappa (the distillate of the [[poma
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• Convertible
  ...]. The collapsible roof section is typically made from flexible [[canvas]] or [[vinyl]], although [[plastic]], [[aluminium]] and [[steel]] have occasiona In [[Europe]] this body style is frequently called ''[[cabriolet]]'' or ''cabrio''.
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• Polizia Provinciale
  ...ironmental protection. The forces' vehicles are usually white with a green or blue stripe along the side.
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• Macaroni
  ...ade dry commercial [[pasta]], used in contrast to fresh pasta made at home or in small local businesses. Macaroni technically must not contain eggs. Alth ...nd of barley-broth. Others think it comes from Italian maccare, "to bruise or crush" (referring to the crushing of the wheat to make the pasta) which com
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• Electronic brakeforce distribution
  ...etc. Often coupled with [[anti-lock braking system]]s, EBD can apply more or less braking pressure to each wheel in order to maximize stopping power. ...ing for the conditions – whether that's the front or rear wheels, the left or right. The final result is more precise and effective braking under all con
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• Contact Us
  '''If you have an idea, want us to add to the site, something needs changing or you just want to say "HI"...'''
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• Naturally-aspirated engine
  ...reathing) refers to an [[internal combustion engine]] (normally [[petrol]] or [[diesel]] powered) that is neither [[turbocharged]] nor [[supercharged]]. ...[[atmospheric pressure]] upon opening of the [[poppet valve|inlet valve]] or valves. The pressure within the cylinder is lowered by the action of the p
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• Threshold braking
  ...time and travel distance required to stop the vehicle to optimal amounts, or when racing, allows the driver to delay braking when entering a corner. Th
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• Valvetrain
  ...above the valves within the cylinder head, and operates either indirectly or directly on the valves. ...t is located within the engine block, and operates directly on the valves, or indirectly via pushrods and rocker arms. Because they often require pushrod
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• Multi-link suspension
  ...used in independent suspensions, using three or more lateral arms, and one or more longitudinal arms. These arms do not have to be of equal length, and m ...d compression, but not in bending. Some multi-links do use a [[swing arm]] or [[wishbone]], which has two bushings at one end.
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• Gasket
  ...tos]]. It is usually desirable that the gasket be made from a compressible or slightly compressible material such that it tightly fills the space it is d ...ost accepted of these. Most manufacturers of gasket materials will provide or publish these results.
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• Brake
  ...uch of the energy is recovered and stored in a [[flywheel]], [[capacitor]] or turned into [[alternating current]] by an [[alternator]], then [[Rectifiers ...ction brake]]s on cars store the heat in the rotating part ([[drum brake]] or [[disc brake]]) during the brake application and release it to the air grad
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• Coil spring
  ...pically used to store energy and subsequently release it, to absorb shock, or to maintain a force between contacting surfaces. They are made of an [[ela ..., the material of the spring acts in torsion when the spring is compressed or extended.
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• About Wheels Of Italy
  ...h-needed focus on Italian vehicles and their owners. There has been little or no activities with the clubs, lack of service providers and virtually no ad .../us/en/xhtml/welcome/signup-owner.php '''''Sign Up Here as a Vehicel Owner or Admirer''''']
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• Spaghetti alla Bolognese
  ...te wine]] is poured into [[casserole]] and reduced. [[cream (food)|Cream]] or [[milk]] is addeed about ten to fifteen minutes before the cooking process ...can be served with [[rigatoni]] or represent the stuffing for [[lasagna]] or [[cannelloni]].
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• Racing
  ...n conducted in [[vehicle]]s, such as [[boat]]s and [[automobile|car]]s, on or with [[animal|animals]] such as [[horse]]s and in [[aircraft]]. ...e at different times. A stage is a shorter section of a much longer course or a [[Individual time trial|time trial]].
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• Cam
  ...team hammer]], for example, or an [[Eccentric (mechanism)|eccentric]] disc or other shape that produces a smooth reciprocating (back and forth) motion in ...seen as a device that translates movement from circular to reciprocating (or sometimes oscillating). A common example is the [[camshaft]] of an [[autom
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• Engine knocking
  '''Knocking''' (also called '''pinking''' or '''pinging''')—technically [[detonation]]—in [[internal combust ...addition of octane-increasing "[[Tetra-ethyl lead|lead]]," [[isooctane]], or other fuel additives.
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• Trailing arm
  ...le]] [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] design in which one or more arms (or "links") are connected between (and perpendicular to and forward of) the [[ Trailing-arm designs in [[live axle]] setups often use just two or three links and a [[Panhard rod]] to locate the wheel laterally.
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• IMP
  ...', a small structure that had a two-cylinder rear engine with either 500cc or 650cc. The racing version won the 500cc class at Nurburgring. In 1963, the
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• Concept car
  ...otor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced. ...designer [[Harley Earl]] is generally credited with inventing the concept, or show, car, and definitely did much to popularize it through its traveling [
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• San Gimignano
  ...most or all of the towers have been brought down due to wars, catastrophes or urban renewal, San Gimignano managed to conserve about 15 towers of va
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• Magnesium alloy wheel
  ...metimes used on [[Auto racing|racing]] cars, in place of heavier [[steel]] or [[aluminium]] [[wheel]]s, for better performance. The wheels are produced b
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• Vehicle dynamics
  Components, attributes or aspects of vehicle dynamics include: Some attributes or aspects of vehicle dynamics are purely [[Aerodynamics|aerodynamic]]. These
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• Baccalà alla Vicentina
  ...[[fish]] dried naturally by sun and wind on wooden racks called [[hjell]], or in special drying houses. The [[Drying (food)|drying of food]] is the world ...n many ways comparable to that of making a good [[cognac]], [[parma ham]], or a well matured [[cheese]].
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• Casino
  ...es certain types of [[gambling]] activities. Casinos are often placed near or combined with hotels, [[restaurants]], retail shopping, cruise ships and ot ...t for pleasure, usually on the grounds of a larger [[Italy|Italian]] villa or [[palazzo]]. There are examples of such casinos at [[Villa Giulia]] and [[V
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• Formula A
  ...s must be made by a manufacturer approved for [[Intercontinental A]] (ICA) or [[Intercontinental C]] but they can be [[prototypes]]. ...or a few years to improve their skills before moving on to [[car racing]], or they become professional kart racers and race in FA until they retire. Many
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• Regenerative brakes
  ...e|braking]] and make use of that power either by storing it for future use or feeding it back into a power system for other vehicles to use. ...or or brake by converting [[motion (physics)|motion]] into [[electricity]] or be reversed to convert electricity into motion.
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• Panhard rod
  A '''Panhard rod''' or '''track bar''' is a component of a [[automobile|car]] [[suspension (vehicl ...parallel to the rear axle, connecting one end of the axle to the car body or [[chassis]] on the opposite side of the vehicle. The bar is attached on eit
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• Locking differential
  ...ides increased [[traction (engineering)|traction]] compared to a standard, or "open" differential by disallowing wheel speed differentiation between two ...spin the wheel with the least amount of traction but will transmit little or no power to the wheel that has more solid traction. Basically, it will tran
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• Single cylinder engine
  [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|[[Four-stroke cycle]] (or Otto cycle)]] ...possible for an Otto or Diesel engine. The mounting can be standing, lying or angled..
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• Spoiler (automotive)
  ...primarily for styling purposes and have either little aerodynamic benefit or even make the aerodynamics worse. ...different settings so the car can be optimized for short, low-speed tracks or larger, high-speed ones.
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• Kingpin
  ...'' is the main [[pivot]] in the steering mechanism of a [[automobile|car]] or other [[vehicle]]. Originally this was literally a steel pin on which the m ...effect on the [[steering]], making it tend to return to the straight ahead or centre position. This is because the straight ahead position is where the w
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• Forced induction
  ...ed air is normally referred to as [[boost (automotive engineering)|Boost]] or charge air. ...rectly (direct port) or by a single fogger...with fuel(wet nitrous system) or without fuel(dry nitrous system).
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• Child safety lock
  ...of poisoning have resulted from [[toddler]]s eating brightly-colored pills or spilling cleaning solvents. ...he inside of the drawer or cabinet. The hook catches on part of the drawer or door and prevents opening unless the rod is bent downward simultaneously to
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• Custom wheel
  ...which have either been modified from the vehicle manufacturer's standard, or have replaced the manufacturer's standard. ...ually recognized performance benefits from switching to lighter, stronger, or larger wheels; appearance-oriented enthusiasts more often choose larger and
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• Exotic car
  ...amborghini Murciélago]] have unusual doors and/or design to draw attention or for aerodynamic reasons.]] ...ontemporaries. It has been defined specifically as "a very expensive, fast or powerful car with a centrally located engine",and stated in more general te
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• Three wheeler
  ...]] vehicles in the form of a [[motorcycle]], [[All terrain vehicle]] (ATV) or [[automobile]]. Other names for three-wheelers include Trikes, Tricars and ...at the back and two at the front, (for example: [[Morgan Motor Company]]) or one wheel at the front and two at the back (such as the [[Reliant Robin]]).
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• Racing setup
  In [[auto racing]], the '''racing setup''' or '''car setup''' is the set of adjustments made to the vehicle in order to o | Front wheel rim width or diameter || larger² || smaller
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• Varesina
  ...booth Rolled 12517 cc Cylinders and a bore 125 X 170, 6 cylinders, diesel or methane gas to power producing around 140 HP + with a manual transmission t ...ld by Caprini or Varesina bodies, with an advanced booth and diesel engine or to methane. The last examples were produced towards the end of 1960.
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• Italmeccanica
  ...supercharger made for VW.jpg|thumb|left|200px|'''Italmeccanica compressor or supercharger made for VW''']]
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• Headlight styling
  ...ardized sealed-beam headlights had limited options for what they could add or detract from the looks of the front of a car. ...of these lights on or near the centerline of the car, either side by side or one above the other. This was, however, banned by the federal government. M
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• Combustion chamber
  ...be used to do work, for example, to move a [[piston]] on a [[crankshaft]] or a [[turbine|turbine disc]] in a [[gas turbine]]. The energy can also be use ===Petrol or gasoline engine===
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• Piston ring
  ...]] in a [[reciprocating engine]] such as an [[internal combustion engine]] or [[steam engine]]. ...e periphery will then have either a barrel profile (top compression rings) or a taper napier form (second compression rings). There are some taper faced
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• Wishbone suspension
  ...two parallel [[wishbone]]-shaped arms to locate the wheel. Each wishbone (or arm) has two mounting positions to the [[chassis]] and one joint at the knu The double wishbone suspension is also often referred to as double 'A' arm or short long arm (SLA) suspension. It is commonly used in [[sports car]]s, lu
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• Fuel pump
  ...gh volume supply pump in the tank and one high pressure/low volume pump on or near the engine. ...e pressure from the pump, in combination with heat from the [[engine]] and/or hot weather, could cause the gasoline to boil. The fuel pump, designed to
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• Prosciutto
  ...prosciutto is never cured with nitrates (either [[sodium nitrate|sodium]] or [[potassium nitrate|potassium]]), which are generally used in ham productio ...to is usually served sliced tissue-paper thin, wrapped around [[grissini]] or [[melon]], as an antipasto.
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• Moto Rumi
  ..., with the popularity of scooters, Rumi started manufacturing the Squirrel or Scoiottolo - a pressed steel monocoque body with tubular swinging arm rear ...ons respectively). The "super sport" was superseded by the "Competizione" or "Gobbetto", a pure factory racer. A "Competizione" won the Italian Nationa
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• Ostuni
  ...ttilastra in Monopoli, where undertaken the construction of a [[carryall]] or [[station wagon]] based on a [[Fiat 1100]]BL chassis . The car, the result ...n death of the owner, however, put an end to a company that seemed to have everything together to achieve great success.
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• Classic Racing
  ...Kingdom]] is generally accepted as racing as defined under the rules and or auspices of the [[Classic Racing Motorcycle Club]] (CRMC)[http://www.crmc.c ...acers worldwide as the ultimate classic racing event. This involves three or more laps around the famous 37<small>3/4</small> mile long 'Mountain' circu
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• Northeast Italy
  '''Northeast Italy''' ({{lang-it|'''Italia nord-orientale'''}} or just {{lang|it|'''''Nordest'''''}}) is an informal cultural and geographic ...f the area:but, it is often used only with strangers or in the main cities or for cultural reasons, because the most part of the inhabitants speaks their
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• DIN
  * ''DIN #'' is used for German standards with primarily domestic significance or designed as a first step toward international status. ''E DIN #'' is a draf *[[DIN 476]]: international paper sizes (now [[ISO 216]] or DIN EN ISO 216)
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• Special Interest Auto
  If your Alfa, Fiat, Lancia, vintage Ferrari, Maserati or other awesome Italian marques need special attention, this is the place to
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• Cornering Brake Control
  '''Cornering Brake Control''' or '''CBC''' is an [[automotive]] [[Automobile safety|safety system]] develope ...nic Stability Control]] (ESC, also known as Electronic Stability Programme or ESP)
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• Top dead center
  ...''dead centre''' is the position of a piston in which it is farthest from, or nearest to, the [[crankshaft]]. The former is known as '''top dead centre' ...the dead centre for each cylinder occurs out of phase with the other one (or two) cylinders.
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• RR layout
  In [[Automobile]] design, an '''RR''', or '''Rear-engine, [[Rear wheel drive]]''', layout places both the [[engine]] ...s better for the engine to be located in the rear of the car - either a RR or MR design.
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• Monocoque
  ...n the structure. This stands in contrast with using an internal framework (or [[truss]]) that is then covered with a non-load-bearing skin. Monocoque con ...t a smooth surface. The materials vary; some builders used [[sheet metal]] or [[plywood]] for the skin. In all of these designs the idea of load-bearing
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• Regenerative braking
  ...to electrical energy. This electrical energy is then stored for future use or fed back into a power system for use by other vehicles. ...ic]] vehicles, the energy is stored in a [[battery (electricity)|battery]] or bank of [[capacitors]] for later use.
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• Adding content
  ...ve an idea, want us to add something to the site, something needs changing or you just want to say "HI"...</i>
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• Small family car
  ...4.40&nbsp;m and 4.55&nbsp;m if they are [[cabriolet]]s, [[sedan|saloon]]s or [[station wagon|estate]]s. [[Multi-purpose vehicle]]s and [[sport utility v ...[hot hatch]]es, may have [[turbocharger|turbocharged]] 2.0&nbsp;L engines, or even [[V6]] 3.2&nbsp;L units, ranging maximum outputs from 170&nbsp;bhp to
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• Poppet valve
  A '''poppet valve''' is a [[valve]] consisting of a hole, usually round or oval, and a tapered plug, usually a disk shape on the end of a shaft also c ...plications the valve stem and disk are made of different steel [[alloy]]s, or the valve stems may be hollow and filled with [[sodium]] to improve [[heat]
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• MF layout
  In [[automotive design]], a '''MF''', or '''[[mid-engine design|Mid-engine]], [[Front-wheel drive]] layout''' is one ...he rear axles {{Fact|date=March 2009}}, as in the [[Lamborghini Countach]] or [[Ferrari Testarossa]], but an engine placed in front of the driver's compa
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• Touring car
  ...eating for four or more. Engines on early models were either in the front, or in a mid-body position. Touring cars evolved into the modern [[sedan|sedan/ ...could be installed to protect passengers from weather elements by snapping or zipping them into place, otherwise, drivers and passengers braved the eleme
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• Frame (vehicle)
  ...logous to an [[animal]]'s [[skeleton]], for example in a [[motor vehicle]] or a [[firearm]]. *A '''chassis''' in a [[television]], [[radio]], or other electronic device consists of the metal frame on which the [[circuit
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• Biblocco
  '''Biblocco''' engines could be used in combination with one or two a heads that were each to complete each stroke in the sub-block. Many c
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• Track racing
  '''Track racing''' is a [[motorcycle sport]] where teams or individuals race opponents around an oval track. There are differing varian ...nts are accumulated over a number of heats, with the winner being the team or individual who has scored the most.
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• Italian Grill Menu's
  ...oods such as meats, seafood or vegetables, and generally consists of three or four different items. ...reate tasty complete meals that lend themselves perfectly to entertaining, or to an informal family get together at the end of a busy day. There are a mu
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• Risotto
  ...bles and meat, as well as risottos made with various other wines, cheeses, or even fruits. ''Risotto Negro'' is a specialty of the [[Veneto]] region, ma ...here are thousands of types of risotto, but the procedure will remain more or less the same.
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• Trident
  ...f or spear. The word's origin is from [[Latin language|Latin]] ''tridens'' or ''tridentis'', from ''tri'' "three" and ''dentes'' "teeth". It was used by *The trident or ''[[Trishula]]'' is also the missile weapon of the [[Hindu]] god [[Shiva]],
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• Brake (railway)
  ...used hoses connecting all the wagons of a train, so the driver could apply or release the brakes with a single valve in the locomotive. These continuous brakes can be simple or automatic, the key difference being what happens should the train break in
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• Overhead camshaft
  ...hrod]]s. This arrangement is more complex, and relies on a [[timing belt]] or chain, but allows for greater valvetrain flexibility. ...utput for a given [[torque]]. Instead the cams operate the valves directly or by a short [[rocker arm|rocker]] as opposed to overhead valve cam-in-block
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• Gas Fill Tip
  Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is in the afternoon or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not
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• Reciprocating engine
  ...o often known as a '''piston engine''', is a [[heat engine]] that uses one or more [[piston]]s to convert [[pressure]] into a rotating motion. This artic ...from other pistons connected to the same shaft. In most types the expanded or "[[Exhaust gas|exhausted]]" gases are removed from the cylinder by this [[S
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• Fuel
  ...ical means, such as burning, or nuclear means, such as [[nuclear fission]] or [[nuclear fusion]]. An important property of a useful fuel is that its ener ...mical process called ''[[metabolism]]'' that converts energy from [[food]] or solar power into a form that can be used to sustain life. Additionally, hum
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• Carbon fibre
  '''Carbon fiber''' can refer to carbon filament thread, or to felt or woven cloth made from those carbon filaments. By extension, it is also used ...ng) exhibits a higher [[modulus of elasticity]] (77,000,000 psi or 531 GPa or 531 kN/mm²). For further literature see Rose, Ziegmann and Hillermeier.
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• Titania
  ...ed coupé powered by a foreign engine, in this case a unit from either Ford or Lotus. The design was by no less than [[Franco Scaglione]] and gave it the
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• Falco
  ...ped]] with a two-stroke Fichtel & Sachs engine available with either 98 cc or 147 cc.
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• Blowoff valve
  ...turbocharged or centrifugally supercharged car when the throttle is lifted or closed. This air pressure is re-circulated back into the non-pressurized e ...riod of time. Engines with a [[manifold absolute pressure]] regulated ECU or where the blowoff is mounted upstream of the MAF sensor are not affected.
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