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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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