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  • Piston Mean speed

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    Piston Mean speed

    Mean piston speed The mean piston speed is the average speed of the piston in a reciprocating engine. It is a function of stroke and RPM. There is a factor of 2 in the equation to account for one str ...

  • Piston rings

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    Piston rings

    Piston rings Exlained car piston rings Most automotive pistons have three rings: The top two while also controlling oil are primarily for compression sealing (compression rings); the lower ring is fo ...

  • Pneumatic valve springs

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    Pneumatic valve springs

    Pneumatic valve springs Pneumatic valve springs are metal bellows filled with compressed air used as an alternative to the metal wire springs used to close valves in high-speed internal combustion en ...

  • Radiator Explained

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    Radiator Explained

    How a Car Radiator Works Radiators are the heart of a cars cooling system, without them there would be no way to keep an internal combustion engine from overheating to the point of catastrophic failu ...

  • Rocker arm

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    Rocker arm

    Rocker arm explained Generally referred to within the context of the internal combustion engine of automotive, marine, motorcycle and reciprocating aviation engines, the rocker arm is an oscillating ...

  • Rocker Roller

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    Rocker Roller

    Engine Roller rocker explained A roller rocker is a rocker assembly that uses bearings instead of metal sliding on metal. A cam/rocker assembly uses a normal cam, but the roller-tip-rocker has a whee ...

  • Serpentine Belt

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    Serpentine Belt

    Serpentine Belt Tensioner A serpentine belt tensioner is designed to automatically hold a predetermined amount of tension on a drive belt while the engine is in operation. If the drive belt is loose ...

  • Starter motor

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    Starter motor

    Starter motor The other major electrical component in your car's electrical system is used only a few times a day but is the single largest power user and most critical to your car's operation - its ...

  • Starter ring gear

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    Starter ring gear

    Starter ring gear A starter ring gear, sometimes called a starter ring or ring gear, is a medium carbon steel ring with teeth that is fitted on the periphery of a flexplate or flywheel of an internal ...

  • Stroke ratio

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    Stroke ratio

    Engine Stroke ratio In a reciprocating piston engine, the stroke ratio, defined by either bore/stroke ratio or stroke/bore ratio, is a term to describe the ratio between cylinder bore diameter and pi ...