The engine configuration describes the fundamental operating principles by which internal combustion engines are categorized. Piston engines are often...
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than a V6 engine or V8 engine, but longer than straight-four engines, V6s, and most V8s. Compared to V-configuration engines with similar power and displacement...
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V8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration. The...
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cylinder. identification parts code prefix: 03P, ID code: CFWA engine configuration & engine displacement inline three-cylinder (R3/I3) Turbocharged Direct...
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The VR6 engine is a six-cylinder engine configuration developed by Volkswagen. The name VR6 comes from the combination of German words "Verkürzt" and...
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central combustion chamber. The most common configuration of flat engines is the boxer engine configuration, in which the pistons of each opposed pair...
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gasoline V-8 engine configuration was used in the 1988 Audi V8 model; and the first compression-ignition diesel V8 engine configuration was used in the...
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maximum size is currently at 660 cc. Straight-four engines with the preferred crankshaft configuration have perfect primary balance.: p. 12 This is because...
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The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like...
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of cylinders, Engine displacement (in litres), Engine configuration, and Rated motive power output (in kilowatts). The petrol engines which Volkswagen...
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naturally-aspirated, V10 racing engines, exclusively for their Formula One race cars, between 1996 and 2005. They chose a V10 engine configuration, because it offered...
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arranged in a W configuration around a common crankshaft. W12 engines with three banks of four cylinders were used in several aircraft engines from 1917 until...
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A V16 engine is a sixteen-cylinder piston engine where two banks of eight cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. V16...
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parts code prefix: 052; engine ID code: HE engine displacement & engine configuration 0,771 cc (47.0 cu in) inline-four engine (R4/I4); bore × stroke:...
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later derivatives of the engine still in production into the 2010s. This is a very robust water-cooled engine configuration for four- up to eight- cylinders...
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valve engine (OHV) and flathead engine configurations, where the camshaft is located down in the engine block. The valves in both OHC and OHV engines are...
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A W16 engine is a sixteen-cylinder piston engine with four banks of four cylinders in a W configuration. W16 engines are rarely produced, with the notable...
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design. All two stroke straight-five engines are limited in having a single firing order for a given crank configuration; because a complete cycle occurs...
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BMW N53 (category BMW engines)
naturally aspirated straight-six engines produced by BMW, ending a history of continuous production of this engine configuration since the BMW M30 in 1968....
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The straight engine (also called inline engine) is a configuration of multi-cylinder piston engine where all of the cylinders are arranged in a single...
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V6 engine is a six-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders and cylinder blocks share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration. The...
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engine is a twelve-cylinder piston engine where two banks of six cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. V12 engines are...
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A flat-four engine, also known as a horizontally opposed-four engine or boxer engine, is a four-cylinder piston engine with two banks of cylinders lying...
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since aircraft engines of the time ran at low speeds to keep propeller tip speed below the speed of sound. Unlike the V8 engine configuration, examples of...
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A V18 engine is an eighteen-cylinder piston engine where two banks of nine cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. The...
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787 cc (353.1 cu in). The 300B engine was rated at 340 bhp (254 kW), while the New Yorker and Imperial 354 engine configuration produced 280 bhp (209 kW)....
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and flat-six engines, flat-twelve engines typically use the crankshaft configuration of a 180° V engine. Instead of the boxer engine design of each...
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A W8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine with four banks of two cylinders each, arranged in a W configuration. In practice, the W8 engine is created...
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family of Ford engines of the time, the FE was neither the largest nor smallest block. FE engines came in a wide variety of configurations, including: Carbureted...
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rotary engine is an early type of internal combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration. The engine's...
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