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• Vehicle acronyms and abbreviations
  *[[GDI-S]]: [[Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection]] *[[GDI-L]]: [[Lean-burn gasoline direct injection]]
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• 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.
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• Forced induction
  ...orced induction. It's simply an oxidizer that is injected either directly (direct port) or by a single fogger...with fuel(wet nitrous system) or without fuel ==Alcohol/Water Injection==
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• Two stroke
  ...ed in newer engines which employ [[Gasoline_Direct_Injection_Engine|direct injection]], similar to diesel two-strokes. ...o-stroke designs rely on electronically-controlled [[fuel injection]], oil injection and other design tweaks to reduce pollution and increase [[fuel efficiency]
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• V10 Centauro
  ...ted White Power forks, a WP rear [[monoshock]], [[Weber]]-[[Marelli]] fuel injection, [[Carrillo]] con-rods, and [[Pirelli]] Dragon tires. No comments are neces ...neutral, battery charge and fuel lights -- that, as long as you aren't in direct sunlight, are all read quite easily.
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...problem has been addressed in newer engines which employ [[gasoline direct injection]], similar to diesel two-strokes. ...o-stroke designs rely on electronically-controlled [[fuel injection]], oil injection and other design improvements to reduce pollution and increase [[fuel effic
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• Ignition system
  ...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 ...80s, EI systems were developed alongside other improvements such as [[fuel injection]] systems. After a while it became logical to combine the functions of fuel
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• 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
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• Diesel engine
  ...mber]] at high pressure, through an atomising nozzle, mixing with the hot, high-pressure air. The resulting mixture ignites and burns very rapidly. This contained ...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.
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• Compression ratio
  ...d 16:1 for direct injection engines and between 18:1 and 20:1 for indirect injection engines.
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• Scooter
  ...e with air cooled [[two-stroke cycle]] engines with automatic 2-stroke oil injection although some of the higher spec small ones and large ones are water cooled ...r on, more brands, such as [[Derbi]] and [[Peugeot]], started using direct injection systems for their scooters. Due to new environmental laws, scooters had to
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• Weber
  In modern times, [[fuel injection]] has replaced carburetors in both production cars and most modern motor ra * [http://www.webercarbsdirect.com/ Weber Carbs Direct]: Distributor of Weber Carburetors, Weber Carb Conversion kits and Weber sp
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• 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
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• 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.
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• Internal combustion engine
  ...on fuels are that the fuel must be easily transportable through the [[fuel injection|fuel system]] to the [[combustion chamber]], and that the fuel release suff ...he point in the cycle at which the fuel/oxidiser mixture are ignited has a direct effect on the efficiency and output of the ICE. For a typical 4 stroke auto
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• Spark plug
  ...y, universally incorporating solid state ignitions and computerized [[fuel injection]], the gaps used are much larger than in the era of carburetors and breaker ...imarily the actual temperature within the combustion chamber. There is no direct relationship between the actual operating temperature of the spark plug and
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• Gasoline
  ...njection type and could use methanol-water injection and [[nitrous oxide]] injection, which gave 50% more engine power for five minutes of dogfight. This could
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• Fiat Croma
  ...ssenger car in the world to have a [[Diesel engine#Direct injection|direct injection Diesel]] (Turbo D i.d.) engine in (1986). ...ine]]s were the Fiat's 1.9 L fitted with a turbocharger with [[direct injection]], giving 92 PS (68 kW), and the 2499 cc unit supplied by [[
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• Alfa Romeo Brera
  ...ance: the two “petrol” JTS (2.2 with 185 Cv and 3.2 V6 with 260 CV) direct injection engines are both mated to an automatic 6-speed gearshift. Also on offer, th
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