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• Briggs and Stratton
  ...eld, a starter clutch shield and a specially-designed housing to cover the spark plug and carburetor, as well as providing heat for the latter. ...]], [[1963]]. However, its rival Tecumseh had made a [[capacitor discharge ignition]] setup since [[1968]], for their [[cast iron]] engine models, expanding it
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• Four stroke cycle
  ...e heat and pressure of compression for a [[Diesel cycle]] of [[compression ignition engine]], at approximately the top of the compression stroke. The resulting [[Image:Four stroke cycle spark.png|200px|Fuel ignites]]
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• Engine braking
  ...rgy from the expansion. [[Diesel]] engines are [[adiabatic]] and have no [[spark plug]]s and use energy transferred to air charge during compression to dire
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• Two stroke
  [[ignition system|Spark ignition]] [[gasoline]] engines require a [[spark plug]] to ignite the fuel. Diesels rely on the heat of very high compressio ...piston then moves upwards, compressing the mixture which is ignited by a [[spark plug]], driving the piston back down.
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• Automotive terms Italian to English
  | Ignition system | Spark plugs
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• Four-cylinder
  ...tion using an ''[[alternator]]'' driven by the engine. Compression heating ignition systems ([[Diesel engine]]s and [[HCCI]] engines) rely on the heat created ...one or more cylinders (grey and green) and for each cylinder there is a [[spark plug]] (darker-grey), a [[piston]] (yellow) and a [[crank (mechanism)|crank
  22 KB (3,344 words) - 22:07, 11 August 2009
• Diesel engine
  ...ic air), rather than a separate source of ignition [[energy]] (such as a [[spark plug]]), as is the case in the [[gasoline engine]]. ...rising [[piston]] at a much higher [[compression ratio]] than for a spark-ignition engine, up to 25:1. The air temperature reaches 700–900 [[Celsius|°
  33 KB (5,114 words) - 23:11, 23 September 2009
• Alfa Romeo 155
  ...with 1.7 L [[Twin Spark]], 1.8 L Twin Spark, and 2.0 L Twin Spark [[petrol engine]]s, the latter two with variable valve timing. The 1.7&nb ...followed by the 1.8 L). The 4-cylinder cars retained the twin spark ignition system but received Alfa-designed 16-valve cylinder heads with belt-driven
  13 KB (1,933 words) - 09:06, 22 October 2009
• Ducati 750 Imola Desmo
  ...a, but was initially unreliable. Dual spark plugs were used, and the final ignition system used four coils, two on each side of the frame. In 1971 race results were spoilt by a run of gearbox and ignition problems. Phil Read's second to Agostini in the San Remo Grand Prix, and a
  6 KB (963 words) - 21:24, 3 November 2009
• Internal-combustion engine
  ...one or more cylinders (grey and green) and for each cylinder there is a [[spark plug]] (darker-grey), a [[piston]] (yellow) and a [[crank (mechanism)|crank ...tion using an ''[[alternator]]'' driven by the engine. Compression heating ignition systems ([[Diesel engine]]s and [[HCCI]] engines) rely on the heat created
  20 KB (3,085 words) - 13:24, 8 October 2009
• Engine tuning
  ...ed, mixture, carburetor balance, spark plug and distributor point gaps and ignition timing were both regular tasks on all engines and the final but essential s
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• Opposed piston engine
  ..., but as there is no cylinder head, the bad location of the valves and the spark plug makes them inefficient. ...ngs. On the outlet side it cools the thermically high loaded piston. After ignition the pistons move outwards, performing the power stroke. At first, the outle
  6 KB (1,020 words) - 07:50, 14 July 2009
• Two-stroke cycle
  [[ignition system|Spark ignition]] gasoline engines require a [[spark plug]] to ignite the fuel. Diesels rely on the heat generated by the very h ...piston then moves upwards, compressing the mixture which is ignited by a [[spark plug]], driving the piston back down.
  19 KB (3,049 words) - 09:48, 2 August 2009
• Car battery
  ...ghting - Ignition'') to power the [[starter motor]], the lights and the [[ignition system]] of a vehicle’s [[internal combustion engine|engine]] or a '''[[ ...n]] if the oxy-hydrogen mixture is ignited. Just a slight jolt can cause a spark to jump between the posts, and the gas explodes. Personal injuries can resu
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• Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
  ...ne|V8]] that featured [[SPICA]] fuel injection, four ignition coils and 16 spark plugs. The engine used four chain-driven camshafts to operate the valve tra
  4 KB (549 words) - 08:53, 14 October 2009
• Powertrain
  ...sure [[exhaust gas recirculation]] (EGR), and advanced combustion. [[Spark ignition]] technology has focused on de-throttling (in part load where the low effic
  5 KB (662 words) - 08:03, 8 October 2009
• Compression ratio
  ...ion of the fuel droplets. Thus they allow increased power at the moment of ignition and the extraction of more useful work from that power by expanding the hot ...ession ignition, so that a fuel which resists autoignition will cause late ignition which will also lead to engine knock.
  16 KB (2,479 words) - 14:53, 25 September 2009
• Internal combustion engine
  ...tol ([http://ppp.unipv.it/Volta/Pages/eF5struF.html]) in which an electric spark exploded a mixture of [[Earth's atmosphere|air]] and [[hydrogen]], firing a ...station. An experimental higher-pressure version produces self-sustaining ignition through compression alone in the same year.
  40 KB (6,068 words) - 09:48, 2 August 2009
• Reciprocating engine
  '''S''' - [[Spark plug]]<br> ...steam engine]]), or heated inside the cylinder either by [[ignition system|ignition]] of a fuel air mixture ([[internal combustion engine]]) or by contact with
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