flat tappet

  • 1flat tappet — A tappet with a flat contact surface towards the cam lobe …

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  • 2tappet — [1] The screw used to adjust the clearance between the valve stem and the lifter or the rocker arm. [2] The valve lifter itself. See barrel tappet bucket tappet cam follower flat tappet hydraulic tappet …

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  • 3mushroom tappet — A tappet shaped like a mushroom located on the underside of a pushrod operating the valves of a four stroke engine. Also see flat tappet …

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  • 4simple tappet — See flat tappet …

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  • 5bucket tappet — valve lifters that are hollow, cylindrical, and closed at one end and used with some overhead camshafts. The flat, closed end of the tappet (bottom of the bucket) rests against the camshaft lobe with part of the valve spring and valve stem… …

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  • 6Poppet valve — A poppet valve is a valve consisting of a hole, usually round or oval, and a tapered plug, usually a disk shape on the end of a shaft also called a valve stem. The shaft guides the plug portion by sliding through a valve guide. In most… …

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  • 7Desmodromic valve — In general mechanical terms, the word desmodromic is used to refer to mechanisms that have different controls for their actuation in different directions. Desmodromic poppet valve in Ducati engine. A desmodromic valve is a reciprocating engine… …

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  • 8Four-stroke engine — Four stroke cycle used in gasoline/petrol engines. The right blue side is the intake and the left yellow side is the exhaust. The cylinder wall is a thin sleeve surrounded by cooling liquid. A video montage of the Otto engines running at the… …

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  • 9Oldsmobile V8 engine — The 1966Toronado s 425 V8, the first post war front wheel drive V8 application. The Oldsmobile Rocket V8 was the first post war OHV V8 at General Motors. Production started in 1949, with a new generation introduced in 1964. Like Pontiac, Olds… …

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  • 10Historic Stock Car Racing Series — The Historic Stock Car Racing Series (HSCRS) is an auto racing organization based on the west coast of the United States. Founded by San Jose, California businessmen John Davis and Ron Huber (who passed on in 2005) in the late 1990 s and… …

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