rocker engine
1Engine configuration — is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of an internal combustion engine. These components include cylinders, pistons, crankshaft(s) and camshaft(s).For many automobile engines, the term ´block is interchangeable with engine …
2Engine tuning — is the adjustment, modification or design of internal combustion engines to yield optimal performance, either in terms of power output or economy. It has a long history, almost as long as the development of the car in general, originating with… …
3Rocker covers — Rocker Covers, in relation to the internal combustion engine, are covers that are bolted on over rocker arms. Called a valve cover in the United States.In early engines, these covers did not exist. As the rocker arms are critical to having the… …
4Rocker arm — Generally referred to within the internal combustion engine of automotive, marine, motorcycle and reciprocating aviation engines, the rocker arm is a reciprocating lever that conveys radial information from the cam lobe into linear information at …
5Rocker (subculture) — For the movie, see Rockers (film). For the professional wrestling tag team, see The Rockers. Rockers are members of a subculture that started in the United Kingdom in the 1960s among motorcycle riding youths. Before that time, young motorcyclists …
6Engine displacement — One complete cycle of a four cylinder, four stroke engine. The volume displaced is marked in orange. Engine displacement is the volume swept by all the pistons inside the cylinders of an internal combustion engine in a single movement from top… …
7Rocker box — Today, the rocker box is not used as extensively as the sluice, but still is an effective method of recovering gold in dryer than usual areas. Like a sluice box, the rocker box has riffles and a carpet in it to trap the gold. It was designed to… …
8rocker arm — noun a lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a valve down in an internal combustion engine • Syn: ↑valve rocker • Hypernyms: ↑lever …
9rocker arm — noun Date: 1851 a center pivoted lever actuated by a cam to push an automotive engine valve down …
10rocker arm — A pivoted arm in the cylinder head of an aircraft reciprocating engine. It is actuated by the push rod to push open the intake or the exhaust valve …
