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1Engine 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… …
2Engine efficiency — of thermal engines is the relationship between the total energy contained in the fuel, and the amount of energy used to perform useful work. There are two classifications of thermal engines (1) Internal combustion (gasoline, diesel and gas… …
3Load dump — Automotive Load Dump = Load dump in vehicles refers to what happens to the supply voltage when a load is removed. The voltage regulation has a time constant and if a load is removed rapidly it can take a few ms for the voltage to stabilise. The… …
4Diesel engine — Diesel engines in a museum Diesel generator on an oil tanker …
5Knight Engine — The Knight Engine was an internal combustion engine, designed by Charles Yale Knight (1868 1940), that used sleeve valves instead of the more common poppet valve construction. HistoryBorn in Indiana in 1868, Knight was originally a printer and… …
6gasoline engine — Most widely used form of internal combustion engine, found in most automobiles and many other vehicles. Gasoline engines vary significantly in size, weight per unit of power generated, and arrangement of components. The principal type is the… …
7Build engine — Infobox Software name = Build Engine logo = caption = developer = Ken Silverman latest release version = latest release date = latest preview version = latest preview date = operating system = genre = Game Engine license = Free for non commercial …
8Oldsmobile 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… …
9Turbocharger — A turbocharger, or turbo, is an air compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. Like a supercharger, the purpose of a turbocharger is to increase the mass of air entering the engine to create more power. However, a… …
10Diesel generator — A Cummins diesel generator of 500kVA in a tourist resort in Egypt …
