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• Bandini 1000 Turbo
  ..., [[Biella (mechanical) | rods]] [[titanium]], turbo with intercooler (1.4 pressure [[bar]]) ...tical while an aerodynamic to "spout duck" gives grit and character to the back, which merges into a mysterious harmony convexity very accentuated that abs
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• Automobile emissions control
  ...[[nitrogen]] in the air reacts with oxygen under the high temperature and pressure conditions inside the engine. NOx emissions contribute to both smog and [[ ...increasing the pressure inside the tank above atmospheric pressure. This pressure must be relieved, and before emissions control it was simply vented into th
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• Cockpit
  ...uments are usually regarded as essential: MCP, PFD, ND, EICAS, FMS/CDU and Back-up Instruments. ...ither centrally or on either side of the cockpit. It will show the current pressure setting for the altimeter (local or standard), target speed and current spe
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• Ferrari 360 Challenge
  ...used. There's a new intake manifold, revised intake timing, a low counter-pressure exhaust silencer and re-positioned valve-springs, the transmission addition ...the cars efficiency and balance. Additional downforce is generated at the back by a subtly re-profiled tailgate whilst oval cooling vanes now surround the
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• Bicycle brake systems
  ...d with a front spoon brake and no rear brake, although with no free wheel, back-pedalling was an option. This was undoubtedly a big improvement on having n ...l be impossible to adjust the brake pads so that they can apply sufficient pressure to the rim but do not rub when released and do not contact the tire, which
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• Ron Haslam
  ...a]] and won the non-world championship [[Kuala Lumpur]] GP. In 1983 he was back for a full season on a factory Honda as team-mate with American [[Freddie S ...organisers the following day to give the win to Graeme Crosby. Haslam was back the following year to claim an undisputed victory.
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• Engine tuning
  ...ugh the complete exhaust system, using larger diameter piping and low back pressure [[muffler]]s, and through the intake system, with larger diameter airboxes, ...the [[compression ratio]], which makes more efficient use of the cylinder pressure developed and leading to more rapid burning of fuel, by using larger compre
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• Rodger Ward
  ...line. He finished 130 laps in the [[1952 Indianapolis 500]] before the oil pressure failed. His [[1953 Indianapolis 500]] ended after 170 laps, and his [[1954 ...ianapolis 500]]. Ward took the lead on lap 183 (of 200). The lead switched back and forth between Ward and Rathmann until Rathmann pulled ahead on lap 197
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• Alfa Romeo Twin Spark engine
  ...d exhaust system on all modern cars, where the exhaust system creates back pressure to pull spent gasses from the cylinder bores. Modifying this tuned system i
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• Spacecraft propulsion
  ...are propelled by heating the reaction mass and allowing it to flow out the back of the vehicle. This sort of [[engine]] is called a '''[[rocket|rocket eng ...ell. A few designs take advantage of things like magnetic fields or light pressure in order to change the spacecraft's momentum, but in free space the rocket
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...'s RPM and the position of the gas pedal (or the [[MAP sensor|manifold air pressure]]). The engine tuner can adjust this by bringing up a [[spreadsheet]]-like ...he ECU to increase the injector fire time to compensate for a loss of fuel pressure.
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• Troy Bayliss
  ...n previous, it was only at the final round in Imola that the team reverted back to the original frame, needless to say that Troy was very competitive all w ...ng to some, confirmation that Troy's sacking was influenced by sponsorship pressure rather than any performance based reasons was seen in the appointment of [[
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• Maserati Bora
  ...oil springs, telescopic shocks and anti-roll bars. Citroën's advanced high pressure hydraulics were adopted to operate the ventilated disc brakes, the brake, c ...e and reach, the driver's seat being height adjustable only. Instead, high pressure hydraulics moved the pedal box, consisting of the brake, clutch and throttl
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• Hans Stuck
  ...ides differ). After a series of injuries to other team drivers, as well as pressure from the German government (again, accounts differ as to what combination o * [http://8w.forix.com/stuck.html From Austria to Auto-Union and back]
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• Tire manufacturing
  ...compressed in the area where the tire contacts the road surface and spring back to its original shape under high-frequency cycles. Typical components used ...low air permeability. The inner liner assures that the tire will hold high-pressure air inside, without the air gradually diffusing through the rubber structur
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• Formula One engines
  ...pressure]]. This is comparable with the 14.3 bar maximum [[mean effective pressure|MEP]] of the 2003 [[BMW E46]] [[M3 CSL#M3 CSL .28E36.29|M3 CSL]], the [[Lis ...en greatly modified since the 1967 [[Cosworth DFV]] and the mean effective pressure has stayed at around 14 bar MEP. Until the mid-1980s Formula One engines we
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• Carlos Reutemann
  ...shadowed by more forceful teammates and, some say, did not respond well to pressure at key moments in his career. In [[1981]], he finished second in the World Joining the [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] team for [[1980]] brought back some of his form with a win at Monaco and eight podiums for third in the Ch
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• Alps
  ...Most of this occurred during the [[Oligocene]] and [[Miocene]] epochs. The pressure formed great recumbent folds, or ''nappes'', that rose out of what had beco ...lieved that the [[climate]] changed so rapidly that the glaciers retreated back into the mountains in a span of about 200 to 300 years.
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• Automatic transmission
  ...changes, causing different sets of valves to open and close. The hydraulic pressure controlled by these valves drives the various clutch and brake band actuato ...This puts the car into the reverse gear, giving the ability for the car to back up. In order for the driver to select reverse they must come to a complete
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• Motor oil
  ...bricant base stock plus additives to improve the oil's detergency, extreme pressure performance, and ability to [[corrosion inhibitor|inhibit]] [[corrosion]] o ...with the help of an oil filter removal tool, and a new oil filter screwed back in after applying fresh oil to the sealing surface of the new filter. Then
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