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1gasoline 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… …
2Octane rating — or octane number is a standard measure of the anti knock properties (i.e. the performance) of a motor or aviation fuel. The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating. In broad terms, fuels with a… …
3GM High Feature engine — Infobox Automobile engine name=High Feature V6 aka=Alloytec V6 manufacturer=General Motors production=2004–predecessor=54° V6 class=DOHC 60° 24 valve V6 similar=Chrysler SOHC Chrysler Phoenix Ford Cyclone Honda J series Nissan VQ Toyota GRThe… …
4petroleum refining — Introduction conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …
5Compression ratio — For compression ratio in data compression, see data compression ratio. The compression ratio of an internal combustion engine or external combustion engine is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion chamber from its… …
6Ethanol fuel — is ethanol (ethyl alcohol), the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline, and is widely used in cars in Brazil. Because it is easy to manufacture and process and can… …
7Engine knocking — Pinging redirects here. For other uses, see Ping (disambiguation). Knocking (also called knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) in spark ignition internal combustion engines occurs when combustion of the air/fuel mixture in the… …
8Octane — For the gasoline rating system, see octane rating. For other uses, see Octane (disambiguation). Octane[1][2] …
9Alcohol fuel — Although fossil fuels have become the dominant energy resource for the modern world, alcohol has been used as a fuel throughout history. The first four aliphatic alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol) are of interest as fuels because …
10Pontiac GTO — Infobox Automobile name = Pontiac GTO manufacturer = Pontiac parent company = General Motors class = Muscle car production = 1964 ndash;1974 2004 ndash;2006 predecessor = Pontiac Grand Prix Coupe successor = Pontiac G8 (2008) layout = FR… …
