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• Electromagnetic brake
  '''Electromagnetic brakes''', also called [[eddy current]] brakes, seek to retard motion or cause deceleration in a moving system. U ...gnetic field; to produce a braking force, [[current (electricity)|electric current]] is passed through the electromagnets. As the metal disc rotates inside th
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• Power transmission
  ...associated most often with [[electric power transmission]]. [[Alternating current]] is normally preferred as its voltage may be easily stepped up by a [[tran ...y an electrical transformer adjusts [[voltage]] vs [[current (electricity)|current]].
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• Timing light
  ...osition of the marks, frozen by the [[stroboscopic effect]], indicates the current timing of the spark. On multi-cylinder engines, the timing light is referen ...ing lights require the removal of the spark plug boot in order to attach a direct pickup between the wire's terminal and the center conductor of the spark pl
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• Maserati 5000GT
  [[Maserati]] is currently developing a direct successor for their Coupe model, alongside their stunning new two-seater Sp ...ge, the styling was reportedly too conservative and similar to that of the current [[Coupe]] and [[Spyder]]. Nor did the styling tie in with the brand’s fut
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• Automobile self starter
  ...ring gear on the [[flywheel]] of the engine. The solenoid also closes high-current contacts (powered through the thick [[red]] cable in the image) for the sta ...rger gear attached to the starter's pinion gear shaft. This allowed lower current to be drawn from the battery to run the starter, and still had the initial
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• Sequential manual transmission
  ...rmance cars or [[auto racing]], where [[gear]]s are selected in order, and direct access to specific gears is not possible. ...stem fitted to race and rally cars should not be confused with most of the current crop of so-called paddle-shift systems fitted to some high-end road cars. M
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• Ignition system
  ...of wire (made from e.g. nichrome) that will glow red hot when an electric current is passed through it. This ignites the fuel on contact, once the temperatur ...] inside a coil, and also operates a [[contact breaker]], interrupting the current and causing the voltage to be increased sufficiently to jump a small gap. T
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• GM High Feature engine
  ...t 6200 rpm and 322 N·m (237 ft·lbf) torque, with [[gasoline direct injection]] allowing a high [[compression ratio]] of 11.25:1. ...in power and 8% increase in torque over the highest-output version of the current model would allow it to generate over 300 horsepower and 270 ft·lbf o
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• Twin-clutch gearbox
  ...currently sold mostly by [[Volkswagen Group]] under the brand names DSG [[Direct-Shift Gearbox]] (for Volkswagen, SEAT and Škoda) and S-Tronic (for Audi). [[BorgWarner]] is the current leading supplier of wet clutches and hydraulic modules for these transmissi
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• Twin-clutch Gearbox
  ...currently sold mostly by [[Volkswagen Group]] under the brand names DSG [[Direct-Shift Gearbox]] (for Volkswagen, SEAT and Škoda) and S-Tronic (for Audi). BorgWarner is the current leading supplier of wet clutches and hydraulic modules for these transmissi
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• Hydroplane racing
  ...l at speeds between 130 and 160 mph. The boats are from 20' up to 26'. The current speed record holder is Greg Hopp, son of Jerry Hopp, with a speed of 166. U ...s that utilize a service outboard powerhead and a racing lower unit with a direct drive (i.e. start in gear). Racing in this form ranges from classes design
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• Semi-automatic transmission
  ...nd this input, together with a sensor in the [[gear box]] which senses the current speed and gear selected, feeds into a [[central processing unit]]. This un *[[Direct-Shift Gearbox]]
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• Tiptronic
  ...ng wheel]] with an optional display in the instrument panel indicating the current gear selection. ...such as [[Ferrari]]'s F1-Superfast and [[Volkswagen Group|Volkswagen]]'s [[Direct-Shift Gearbox|DSG]] are different from Tiptronic transmissions in that they
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• FIA
  ...sists of 207 national member organisations in 122 countries worldwide. Its current president is [[Max Mosley]]. ...the FIA lead to the disappearance of the FISA, putting motor racing under direct manangement of the FIA.
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• W engine
  ...r connecting rod with two slave rods, one on each side of the central rod, direct the three 4.0-inch pistons through the cylinders. Cory Ness built his chopp *[http://www.atomracing.se A current Swedish W9 racing engine]
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• Cockpit
  ...Voice Input ([[DVI]]). New advances in auditory displays even allow for [[Direct Voice Output]] of aircraft status information and for the spatial localisat ...r (local or standard), target speed and current speed, target altitude and current altitude, vertical speed and the condition of the Instrument Landing Syste
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• Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
  ...sists of 213 national member organisations in 125 countries worldwide. Its current president is [[Max Mosley]]. ...A in 1993 led to the disappearance of the FISA, putting motor racing under direct management of the FIA.
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...ction methods utilizing [[hydrocarbon]]s produce less pollution than would direct consumption of the same hydrocarbon fuel, [[gasoline]], [[diesel]] or [[met Current technologies use between 165% to 212% of the [[higher heating value]] to pr
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• Hemi engine
  ...ions markedly different from the 426ci Hemi engine of muscle car fame. The current-production "Hemi" V8 with its pinched chamber, does not have true hemispher ...bout fuel economy. Unfortuately, even with an ahead-of-its-time [[Gasoline direct injection|GDI]] system feeding a [[HCCI|stratifed charge]] chamber, the hem
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• Scooter
  ...her-performance motorcycles of the time and the trend has continued to the current day. With the release of the [[Honda Ruckus]], new trends towards dirt-bike ...g. Later on, more brands, such as [[Derbi]] and [[Peugeot]], started using direct injection systems for their scooters. Due to new environmental laws, scoote
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