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• Cagiva N 90
  ...[Cagiva Cruiser]], using an engine equipped with exhaust valve and exhaust valve of date, this model is accompanied by [[Cagiva K7]] which is virtually iden ...del to the updated engine (cylinder and piston) and the electronic control valve.
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• Ohv
  ...[[internal combustion engine]] is one in which the entry and exit [[poppet valve|valves]] and ports are contained in the [[cylinder head]]. ...esigns, which made use of [[Cam-in-block#L-head|side valves]] and [[sleeve valve]]s.
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• Piston
  [[image:piston.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''piston + connecting rod''']] In general, a '''piston''' is a sliding [[plug]] that fits closely inside the [[bore]] of a [[cylin
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• Short block
  ...ston rings|rings]], piston pins, and piston pin bushings are fitted to the piston. The pistons are installed on the rods using and are placed in the cylinder On overhead valve and flathead engines, the [[camshaft]] may also be installed. If the engine
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• Cylinder
  [[Image:cylinder.png|frame|right|A piston and cylinder from a steam engine]] ...n engine]] or [[external combustion engine]] is the space within which a [[piston]] travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank
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• Cagiva Tamanaco
  ...single square, this development adopts a new engine fitted with an exhaust valve This model was produced until [[1990]], replaced by [[Cagiva N 90]]. ...the freshman 4P003106 of this model, has different configurations, using a valve gas, [[pin taper]], different gun, whereas the exchange rate using a first
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• Cylinder (engine)
  [[Image:cylinder.png|frame|right|A piston and cylinder from a steam engine]] ...n engine]] or [[external combustion engine]] is the space within which a [[piston]] travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank
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• Ducati 800 SPORT
  ...ine -- Air cooled, four stroke, 90°“L”twin cylinder, SOHC, desmodromic 2 valve per cylinder. *Front Brakes -- 2x 320mm discs 4 piston calipers
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• Camshaft
  [[Image:FordtaunusV4front.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Poppet valve|Valve]] timing [[gear]]s on a [[Ford Taunus V4 engine]] — the small gear is ...it, one for each valve. The cams force the valves open by pressing on the valve, or on some intermediate mechanism, as they rotate.
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• Jake brake
  ...primarily on [[semi-truck]]s or other large vehicles that modifies engine valve operation to use engine [[Physical compression|compression]] to slow the ve ...ed air in the cylinder preventing it from returning its energy back to the piston and accordingly, the vehicle.
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• Engine configuration
  ...tion engine]]. These components include [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s, [[piston]]s, [[crankshaft]] or crankshafts and [[camshaft]] or camshafts. ==Categorisation by piston motion==
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• Flathead engine
  ...ide the [[piston]], instead of in the [[cylinder head]], as in an overhead valve or [[OHV]] engine. The design was common on early engine designs, but has s ...posed to needing some sort of mechanical arrangement to push down as on a "valve-in-block" engine. It may also lead to slighly easier cooling, as the valves
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• Four-stroke
  ...our ''strokes'', or straight movements alternately, back and forth, of a [[piston]] inside a [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]: ...ylinder through the intake (inlet) port. The intake (inlet) [[poppet valve|valve]] (or valves) then close(s), and the following upward stroke (''compression
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...our ''strokes'', or straight movements alternately, back and forth, of a [[piston]] inside a [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]: ...ylinder through the intake (inlet) port. The intake (inlet) [[poppet valve|valve]] (or valves) then close(s), and the following upward stroke (''compression
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• Poppet valve
  ...ve guide]]. In most applications a pressure differential helps to seal the valve and in some applications also open it. ...[Schrader valve]]s used on tires are examples of poppet valves. The Presta valve has no spring and relies on a pressure differential for opening and closing
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• Combustion chamber
  ...he chamber. This pressure can be used to do work, for example, to move a [[piston]] on a [[crankshaft]] or a [[turbine|turbine disc]] in a [[gas turbine]]. T ...bove the rising piston, improving mixing and combustion. The shape of the piston top also affects the amount of "swirl." Finally, the spark plug must be si
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• Four stroke cycle
  ...our ''strokes'', or straight movements alternately, back and forth, of a [[piston]] inside a [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]: ...ylinder through the intake (inlet) port. The intake (inlet) [[poppet valve|valve]] (or valves) then close(s), and the following upward stroke (''compression
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• Connecting rod
  [[image:piston.jpg|thumb|right|150px|piston (top) and connecting rod from typical automotive engine (scale is in centim ...I) Intake camshaft, (S) [[Spark plug]], (V) [[poppet valve|Valve]]s, (P) [[Piston]], (R) Connecting rod, (C) [[Crankshaft]], (W) Water jacket for coolant flo
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• Opposed piston engine
  [[Image:Opposed_piston_engine_1.jpg|thumb|300px|Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston [[diesel engine]]s on the [[submarine]] ''[[USS Pampanito]]''.]] ...a piston at each end and no cylinder-head. Some variations of the Opposed Piston or OP designs can use 1 crankshaft like the Doxfordship engines [http://www
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• Desmodromic valve
  ! colspan=2 |2 Valve Desmodromic Valve Train ...opening and closing) are "operated". It is usual to say that action on the valve is positive in both cases, in other words, both strokes are controlled.
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• Naturally-aspirated engine
  ...Also, [[cylinder head]] gaskets will be thinner, and with the top of the [[piston]] rising up into the [[combustion chamber]], for high-performance NA engine
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• Reciprocating engine
  ...'' <br>Components of a typical, [[four stroke cycle]], internal combustion piston engine. <br> '''V''' - [[poppet valve|Valve]]s<br>
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• Two stroke
  ...mpression, power, exhaust) still occur. Thus, there is a power stroke per piston for every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two stroke ...stroke cycles have also been used in [[diesel engine]]s, notably [[opposed piston]] designs, low speed units such as large marine engines, and [[V8]] engines
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• Firing order
  ...ways an odd number of cylinders, as this allows for a constant every-other-piston firing order: for example, with a single bank of 7 cylinders, the order wou ...ntake [[manifold (automotive engineering)|manifold]] or the [[poppet valve|valve]] cover(s).
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• Pushrod
  [[Image:Pushrod2.PNG|thumb|Components of a pushrod valve actuation system]] ...cker arm|rocker arms]] above the [[cylinder head]] to actuate the [[poppet valve|valves]]. Lifters or ''[[tappet]]s'' reside in the engine block between the
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• Sleeve valve
  [[Image:Bristol Perseus sleeve valve radial engine.jpg|thumb|200px|''Bristol Perseus'']] ...rcraft engine]]s, but subsequently fell from use due to advances in poppet-valve technology (sodium cooling) and to their tendency to burn considerable amou
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• Straight-8
  ...Motors Corporation|General Motors]] owned marques (flathead and [[overhead valve|OHV]] configuration), but the straight-8 lost favor by the [[1950s]], almos {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Flat-H
  ...la One]] engine in its final, 64-[[Poppet valve#Internal combustion engine|valve]] incarnation.]] {{Piston engine configurations}}
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• Ducati 998
  ...win]], [[fuel injection|fuel injected]] 4 valve per cylinder [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]], liquid cooled<br>Bore x stroke: 100.0&nbsp;mm x 63.5&nbsp;mm ...sp;mm disc, 4-piston Brembo caliper <br>Rear: Single 220&nbsp;mm disc, two-piston caliper
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• Multi-valve
  ...Q35DE 005.jpg|250px|thumb|right|A [[cylinder head]] of four [[Poppet valve|valve]] engine.<br />( [[Nissan VQ engine]] )]] ...lve''' (or '''multivalve''') when each cylinder has more than two [[poppet valve|valves]].
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• Cam
  ...rocating motion necessary to operate the intake and exhaust [[poppet valve|valve]]s of the [[Cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s. ...the [[crankshaft]] of a car, which takes the reciprocating motion of the [[piston]]s and translates it into the rotary motion necessary to operate the [[whee
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...vements of the piston) rather than four. Thus, there is a power stroke per piston for every engine revolution, instead of every second revolution. Two-stroke ...stroke cycles have also been used in [[diesel engine]]s, notably [[opposed piston]] designs, low speed units such as large marine engines, and [[V8]] engines
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• Crankshaft
  ...an [[engine]] which translates [[reciprocate|reciprocating]] [[linear]] [[piston]] motion into rotation. It typically connects to a [[flywheel]], to reduce ...speed operation of the engine, as the longer intake stroke through smaller valve(s) results in greater turbulence and mixing of the intake charge. For this
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• Hydraulic brake
  ...depressed, [[leverage]] multiplies the force applied from the pedal to a [[piston]] in the master cylinder. ...s which are forced apart by the fluid pressure, (drum brakes) and a single piston which is forced out of its housing (disc brakes.)
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• Ducati 999
  ...orientated motorcycle. With its traditional [[Ducati]] L Twin Desmodromic Valve actuated engine layout, it has a linear power delivery, with high power fig ...' Liquid cooled, four stroke, 90°“L”twin cylinder, DOHC, [[desmodromic]] 4 valve per cylinder.
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• Ducati Monster
  ...Multiple models based on the Ducati L-twin. Two valve air-cooled and four valve water cooled. ...e sales. Ducati motorcycles are best-known for their L-twin [[Desmodromic valve]] engines (also known as a '''90° [[V-Twin]]''') and tubular steel trellis
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• Ducati 1098
  [[L-twin]], 4 valve per cylinder [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]], liquid cooled; ...-floating discs, radial [[Brembo]] 4-piston calipers, Rear: 245 mm disc, 2-piston caliper
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• Hemi engine
  ...in the commercialization of hemi engines revolved around the design of the valve actuation, and how to make it effective, efficient, and reliable at an acce Although a wedge-head design offers simplified valve actuation, it usually requires the air/fuel mixture to make sharp turns en
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• Electronic brakeforce distribution
  ...y be shifted under heavy braking, by means of a mechanical [[proportioning valve]], to prevent rear-wheel lockup. EBD instead applies brake force precisely
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• Pushrod engine
  * I-head, also known as overhead valve (OHV) ...refers to the cam-in-block valvetrain configuration in which the [[poppet valve|valves]] are placed in the engine block beside the [[pistons]]. The design
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• Cagiva Aletta Oro
  ...very great, as far as the front brakes are type of double disc and single piston calipers. ...tion of goodwill electric, a new cylinder, but not yet fitted with exhaust valve and the adoption of a recovery of the lung to improve the delivery and powe
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• Parasitic loss
  ...ng the driveline causes parasitic loss. Bearings, oil pumps, piston rings, valve springs, flywheels, transmissions, driveshafts, differentials, etc., all ar
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• Rotary engine
  This article is about a type of piston engine. For internal combustion engines which do not use pistons, see [[pi ...e added. Because the cylinders themselves functioned as a flywheel, rotary piston engines typically had a [[power-to-weight ratio]] advantage over more conve
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• Ducati 749
  | Engine || 748&nbsp;cc [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]] liquid cooled [[L-twin]]<br>Bore x stroke: 90&nbsp;mm x 58.8& * Front brake: 2 x 320 mm semi-floating discs, 4-piston 4-pad caliper
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• Gordon Johncock
  |Piston |Piston
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• Ducati Monster 696
  | Engine || 696 cc, 2 valves per cylinder [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]] air cooled [[L-twin]]<br>Bore x stroke: 88 mm × 57.2 mm / 88 ...Front: Two 320 mm discs, radial 4-piston calipers<br>Rear: 245 mm disc, 2-piston caliper
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• Ducati Supermono
  | Engine || 549/572&nbsp;cc 4-valve [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]] [[single cylinder engine|single]]<br>12:1 [[compression ratio | Brakes || Dual 11-inch, 4-piston Brembo [[disc brakes|disc]]
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• Ducati Multistrada 1200
  |Engine || 1,198&nbsp;cc 4-valve [[desmodromic valve|desmodromic]] liquid-cooled [[L-twin]]. ...2-pad Brembo calipers, radial master cylinder<br>Rear: 245&nbsp;mm disc, 2-piston caliper<br>
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