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• Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine
  ...ackground:#333333; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:GTV engine.jpg|250px]] ! colspan=2 |'''Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine'''
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• Poppet valve
  ...alve|Presta]] and [[Schrader valve]]s used on tires are examples of poppet valves. The Presta valve has no spring and relies on a pressure differential for o Poppet valves are used in many industrial process from controlling the flow of rocket fue
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• Crossflow cylinder head
  ...ves]]. The main reason for a crossflow's performance is that the ports and valves can be larger and its physical separation of the hot exhaust manifold keeps ...Alfa Romeo]] [[4-cylinder]]. Used for decades, the basic design of this [[engine]] had not changed; only the capacity/liter size and with the changes in fue
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• Desmodromic valve
  ...system, rather than relying on the more conventional springs to close the valves. This is in the context of [[internal combustion engine]]s. The valves in question are the ones that allow air into the cylinder and (usually diff
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• Exhaust brake
  ...throttle valve on the intake manifold, there is no intake vacuum when the engine is not fueling. The intake vacuum creates the slowing effect felt in [[gaso ...pressure which in turn improves the braking performance across a range of engine speeds.
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• Pushrod engine
  ...design which places the camshafts within the cylinder head and drives the valves directly or through short rocker arms, called fingers. ...displacement]]. In [[1949]], [[Oldsmobile]] introduced the [[Oldsmobile V8 engine|Rocket V8]]. It was the first high-compression cam-in-block design, and is
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• Piola
  ...of two-cylinder [[motorcycles]] with a 620 cc engine contrasted with side valves and a chain driven gearbox.
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• Alfa Romeo V6 engine
  ! colspan=2 |'''Alfa Romeo V6 engine''' |Class || [[SOHC|S]]/[[DOHC]] 2/[[multi-valve|4-valve]] [[V6 engine|V6]]
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• Ladetto
  ...acteristics. At the end of 1927, they also built a 250 cc engine with side valves and a three-speed [[transmission]]. In 1928 they are also presented models ...elescopic shock absorber and helical springs. The engine was a 175 cc with valves in the head and a gearbox with three speeds.
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• Conti
  ...o speed transmission with a maximum speed of 70-75 [[km/h]]. With the same engine in 1927 built a "easy" bike called the ''Balloon'' and in 1928 another mode ...versions, a Touring and an Extra Luxury. The bikes used the Della Ferrera engine with [[four-stroke]] 175 cc [[valve]] head, Bosch magneto ignition (as tour
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• Ferrari Colombo engine
  |[[Image:Ferrari212 motor.JPG|250px|thumb|[[Ferrari 212]] 2.6 L engine]] ...250 Testa Rossa engine.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Colombo Type 125 Testa Rossa engine in a 1958 [[Ferrari TR|250TR]]]]
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• Bugatti Type 49
  ...box) with the [[Bugatti Type 13#Type 13 Brescia|Type 13 "Brescia"]]. This engine went on to be used in the cut-cost [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 35A|Type 35A]] an ...n [[1926]] and [[1927]]. It used the 2 L (1991 cc/121 in³) engine from the [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 35A|Type 35A "Tecla"]]. The supercharger f
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• SAR
  ...alves. From 1924 there was a 346 cc single cylinder with an [[oil-cooled]] engine by ''Bradshaw''.
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• Bugatti Type 30
  ...box) with the [[Bugatti Type 13#Type 13 Brescia|Type 13 "Brescia"]]. This engine went on to be used in the cut-cost [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 35A|Type 35A]] an ...n [[1926]] and [[1927]]. It used the 2 L (1991 cc/121 in³) engine from the [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 35A|Type 35A "Tecla"]]. The supercharger f
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• Fiat 519
  |Engine || [[straight-6]], 4766 cc, **519A had taller radiator and detail changes to engine.-Larger waterpump, Rocker oil feed to centre pedestal and rear"anti-rolling
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• Multi-valve
  ...[cylinder head]] of four [[Poppet valve|valve]] engine.<br />( [[Nissan VQ engine]] )]] ...(or '''multivalve''') when each cylinder has more than two [[poppet valve|valves]].
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• Blowoff valve
  ...nes, its purpose is to prevent [[compressor surge]] and reduce wear on the engine. ...n the United States, Australia and Europe cars featuring unmuffled blowoff valves are illegal for street use.
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• Ferrari Lampredi engine
  [[Image:1954 Ferrari 375 Plus engine.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''Lampredi V12 in a 1954 [[Ferrari 375|Ferrari 375 P ...place of the fours and sixes and evolution of the older [[Ferrari Colombo engine|Colombo V12]] continuing as the company's preeminent V12.
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• Quota 1100 ES
  |Engine || 90° V-twin, air cooled |Valves and Operation || 2 overhead valves with light alloy push-rods
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• Naturally-aspirated engine
  ...NA" - [[aspiration]] meaning breathing) refers to an [[internal combustion engine]] (normally [[petrol]] or [[diesel]] powered) that is neither [[turbocharge ...t]] can help with this but generally only works at a narrow range of [[RPM|engine speeds]] and hence is most useful in very high performance cars, [[aircraft
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