Search results

• Vehicle acronyms and abbreviations
  *[[GDI-S]]: [[Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection]] *[[GDI-L]]: [[Lean-burn gasoline direct injection]]
  4 KB (385 words) - 00:39, 25 January 2009
• Combustion chamber
  ===Petrol or gasoline engine=== * Direct injection, where the combustion chamber consists of a dished piston
  4 KB (570 words) - 14:59, 25 September 2009
• GM High Feature engine
  ...h aluminum block and heads and [[Fuel injection|Sequential Electronic Fuel Injection]]. Most versions feature [[variable valve timing|continuously-variable cam ...nbsp;rpm and 322 N·m (237 ft·lbf) torque, with [[gasoline direct injection]] allowing a high [[compression ratio]] of 11.25:1.
  8 KB (1,122 words) - 14:35, 15 June 2009
• Ferrari California
  ...mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|front-mid mounted]] [[gasoline direct injection]] 4.3L [[V8 engine|V8]], sending a claimed 338kW to the rear wheels. The ca *The first with [[direct petrol injection]].
  4 KB (539 words) - 07:19, 14 October 2009
• Camshaft
  ...butor]] and the [[lubricant|oil]] and [[fuel pump]]s. Also on early [[fuel injection]] systems, cams on the camshaft would operate the fuel injectors. ...e not as reliable as today this was seen as too much bother, but in modern gasoline engines the '''overhead''' cam system, where the camshaft is on top of the
  4 KB (658 words) - 19:44, 31 March 2009
• Two stroke
  The smallest gasoline engines are usually two-strokes. They are commonly used in [[outboard motor [[ignition system|Spark ignition]] [[gasoline]] engines require a [[spark plug]] to ignite the fuel. Diesels rely on the
  15 KB (2,394 words) - 23:48, 11 September 2009
• Gasoline
  ...ne'', for use in cars is used to distinguish it from [[avgas]], ''aviation gasoline'' used in (light) [[aircraft]]. This should be distinguished in usage from ...s simply separated from [[crude oil]] via [[distillation]], called natural gasoline, will not meet the required specifications (in particular [[octane rating]]
  22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:38, 17 August 2009
• Fuel injection
  '''Fuel injection''' is a means of metering fuel into an [[internal combustion engine]]. In m ...espread use of electronic fuel injection (EFI). However, a wide variety of injection systems have existed since the earliest usage of the internal combustion en
  35 KB (5,222 words) - 08:19, 11 June 2009
• Diesel engine
  ...of ignition [[energy]] (such as a [[spark plug]]), as is the case in the [[gasoline engine]]. ...the ECM/ECU, it controls the amount of fuel and its timing (the "start of injection") through electric or hydraulic [[actuators]] to maintain engine speed.
  33 KB (5,114 words) - 23:11, 23 September 2009
• Two-stroke cycle
  The smallest [[gasoline]] engines are usually two-strokes. They are commonly used in [[outboard mot ...cylinder head to a four-stroke diesel engine, and a [[supercharger]]. The gasoline two-stroke engine, and the cylinder ports on which it depends, were invente
  19 KB (3,049 words) - 09:48, 2 August 2009
• Ferrari 458 Italia
  ...at 3,250 rpm. The engine features [[Gasoline direct injection|direct fuel injection]], which is a first for Ferrari mid-rear engine setups in its road cars.
  7 KB (1,002 words) - 20:16, 7 February 2011
• Compression ratio
  Higher compression ratios will however make gasoline engines subject to [[engine knocking]], also known as detonation and this c ===Petrol/gasoline engine===
  16 KB (2,479 words) - 14:53, 25 September 2009
• Ignition system
  ...r is sufficient to ignite the fuel spontaneously. All conventional petrol (gasoline) engines, by contrast, require an ignition system. The ignition system is u ...r version of the once ubiquitous electric buzzer. With this apparatus, the direct current passes through an electromagnetic coil which pulls open a pair of c
  15 KB (2,376 words) - 14:22, 24 September 2009
• Internal combustion engine
  [[image:Early-gasoline-engine-models.jpg|thumb|right|Early internal-combustion engines were used t *1870: In Vienna [[Siegfried Marcus]] put the first mobile gasoline engine on a handcart.
  40 KB (6,068 words) - 09:48, 2 August 2009
• Automobile
  An automobile powered by the Otto gasoline engine was invented in [[Germany]] by [[Karl Benz]] in 1885. Benz was grant ...e used them in his own vehicle. If he did, he most certainly did not use [[gasoline]], as this was not well-known and was considered a waste product.
  31 KB (4,648 words) - 15:58, 10 August 2009
• Hemi engine
  ...el economy. Unfortuately, even with an ahead-of-its-time [[Gasoline direct injection|GDI]] system feeding a [[HCCI|stratifed charge]] chamber, the hemi's emissi
  10 KB (1,448 words) - 21:41, 16 July 2008
• A1 Grand Prix cars
  *Injection: Gasoline direct injection
  9 KB (1,364 words) - 13:53, 29 March 2010
• List of automotive superlatives
  ** Smallest I3 engine (gasoline) - 0.36 L (357 cc/22 in³) - 1967 [[Suzuki Fronte]] ** Largest I3 engine (gasoline) - 1.2 L (1198 cc/73 in³) - 2002 [[Volkswagen Polo]]/[[SEAT
  46 KB (6,094 words) - 13:24, 8 October 2009
• Spark plug
  ...d]] of some [[internal combustion engine]]s and ignites compressed aerosol gasoline by means of an electric spark. Spark plugs have an insulated center electro ...y, universally incorporating solid state ignitions and computerized [[fuel injection]], the gaps used are much larger than in the era of carburetors and breaker
  23 KB (3,923 words) - 22:48, 11 June 2009

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)