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• Ducati 800 SPORT
  *Engine -- Air cooled, four stroke, 90°“L”twin cylinder, SOHC, desmodromic 2 valve per cylinder. *Bore x Stroke -- 88 x 66 mm
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• Square engine
  ...ased out in favour of in-line, [[four-stroke]] designs, as at the time two stroke engines were quickly being superseded by more economical and reliable four An engine can also be referred to as "square" when the bore and stroke are exactly equal. See [[Oversquare]] and [[Undersquare]] articles for comp
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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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• Straight-14
  ...e is a member of the [[Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C]] family. It is a huge [[2-stroke]] [[Diesel]] unit for use in [[container ship]]s. The engine became well-k ...in³) with a 38 in (.965 m) bore and 98 in (2.5 m) stroke. The engine is 89 ft (27.1 m) long, 44 ft (13.4 m) hig
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• Cargneluti
  ...he piston during the intake stroke to go down faster than during the power stroke.
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• Controlled Combustion Engine
  ...ut and uses fewer moving components. A [[four stroke cycle|four]] or [[two stroke cycle]] can be used and it can run on [[petrol]], [[diesel]], [[compressed
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• Cagiva W
  ...two-stroke engines, while the displacements are 350cc and 600cc with four stroke engines, this bike is the old project [[Cagiva Aletta Rossa]], and is flank ...of the model Eddie Lawson), whereas the piston has always used the curved piston bifascia code'' 8A0054888''.
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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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• 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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• Straight-twin
  A '''straight-two engine''' or '''parallel twin''' is a [[two]] cylinder [[piston]] engine that has its cylinders arranged in a single row. It is often impr Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight two cylinder engines had a crank angle of 360°, which mea
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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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• 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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• Four-stroke
  ...ne]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|four-stroke cycle]]
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...ne]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right|four-stroke cycle]]
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• Straight-2
  A '''straight-twin engine''' is a [[two]] cylinder [[piston]] engine that has its cylinders arranged in a single row. Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight-twin engines had a crank angle of 360°, which means that
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• Four stroke cycle
  ...ne]] rather than the much more usual, [[reciprocating engine]] of the four-stroke cycle. [[Image:4-Stroke-Engine.gif|framed|right||Four-stroke cycle (or Otto cycle)]]
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• Camshaft
  The '''camshaft''' is an apparatus used in [[piston engine]]s to operate [[poppet valve]]s. It consists of a cylindrical rod ru ...must be opened and closed at the appropriate time during the stroke of the piston. For this reason, the camshaft is connected to the [[crankshaft]] either di
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• Crankshaft
  ...ts to a [[flywheel]], to reduce the pulsation characteristic of the [[four stroke cycle]], and sometimes a torsional or vibrational damper at the opposite en ...es as current [[Honda]] engines are classified as long-stroke, in that the stroke is larger than the diameter of the [[cylinder bore]]. In production [[V eng
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• V4 engine
  ...ther large use of the V4 engine is in [[outboard motor]]s. They are [[two stroke cycle]] and generally [[carburetor|carbureted]]. Some manufacturers are [[J {{Piston engine configurations}}
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