variable displacement engine
1Variable displacement — is an automobile engine technology that allows the engine displacement to change, usually by deactivating cylinders, for improved fuel economy. The technology is primarily used in large, multi cylinder engines. Many automobile manufacturers have… …
2Variable Cylinder Management — (VCM) is Honda s term for a variable displacement technology. It uses the i VTEC system to disable one bank of cylinders during specific driving conditions (for example, highway driving) to save fuel. The 2008 Accord takes this a step further… …
3Engine 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… …
4Engine 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… …
5Engine 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… …
6Chrysler Hemi engine — For an overview of Hemi engines in general, see Hemi engine. Early Hemi in a 1957 Chrysler 300C. The Chrysler Hemi engine, known by the trademark Hemi, is a series of V8 engines built by Chrysler with a hemispherical combustion chamber. Three… …
7Mercedes-Benz M278 engine — Mercedes Benz M278 Manufacturer Daimler AG Production 2010– Predecessor Mercedes Benz M273, Mercedes Benz M156 The Mercedes Benz M278[1] engine is a family of direct injected, V8 …
8Campro engine — The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton. [http://www.power and control.com/about/engineering.php] The name Campro is short for Cam Profile . This engine powers the… …
9Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high …
10Naturally aspirated engine — A naturally aspirated engine is one common type of reciprocating piston internal combustion engine that depends solely on atmospheric pressure to counter the partial vacuum in the induction tract to draw in combustion air. This is in contrast to… …
