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  • V12 engine

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    V12 engine

    V12 engine A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders, usually but not always at a 60° angle to each other, with all 12 ...

  • V16 engine

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    V16 engine

    V16 engine A V16 engine is a V engine with 16 cylinders. Engines of this number of cylinders are uncommon in automotive use. A V16 engine is perfectly balanced regardless of the ...

  • V2 (V-twin engine)

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    V2 (V-twin engine)

    V2 (V-twin engine) A V-twin engine is a two-cylinder internal combustion engine where the cylinders are arranged in a V configuration. History Gottlieb Daimler built a V-twin ...

  • V24 engine

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    V24 engine

    V24 engine A V24 engine is a V engine with 24 cylinders, suitable only for very large trucks or locomotives. Unlike smaller V16 and V20 engines, very few V24s were originally ...

  • V4 engine

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    V4 engine

    V4 engine A V4 engine is a V form engine with four cylinders and three main bearings. Automobile use The V4 engine has not been widely used in cars, with Lancia, Ford and ZAZ the ...

  • V6 engine

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    V6 Car engine A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a right angle or an acute angle to each ...

  • V8 engine

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    V8 engine A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes ...

  • Vacuum fluorescent display

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    Vacuum fluorescent display

    Vacuum fluorescent display A vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) is a display device used commonly on consumer-electronics equipment . Invented in Japan in 1967, the displays became ...

  • Vacuum gauge

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    Vacuum gauge

    Vacuum gauge Why Vacuum or performance gauges are useful for seeing the condition of your engine. Vacuum or performance gauges give information about the condition of the ...

  • Vacuum servo

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    Vacuum servo

    Vacuum servo A vacuum servo is a component used on motor vehicles in their braking system, to provide assistance to the driver by decreasing the braking effort. In the USA it is ...

  • Valve (Poppet)

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    Valve (Poppet)

    Engine Poppet valve A poppet valve (also called mushroom valve) is a valve typically used to control the timing and quantity of gas or vapour flow into an engine. It consists of ...

  • Valve Multi

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    Valve Multi

    Engine Multi-valve History In automotive engineering a multi-valve or multivalve engine is one where each cylinder has more than two valves. A multi-valve engine has better ...

  • Valve Needle

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    Valve Needle

    Needle Valve A needle valve is a type of valve having a small port and a threaded, needle-shaped plunger. It allows precise regulation of flow, although it is generally only ...

  • Valve stem types

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    Valve stem types

    Wheel Valve stem types A valve stem is a self-contained valve which opens to admit gas to a chamber (such as air to inflate a tire), and is then automatically closed and kept ...

  • Valve timing

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    Valve timing

    Engine Valve timing In a piston engine, the valve timing is the precise timing of the opening and closing of the valves. In four-stroke cycle engines and some two-stroke cycle ...

  • Valve vacuum delay

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    Valve vacuum delay

    Vacuum delay valve A vacuum delay valve is a valve with a small orifice, which delays a vacuum signal. These are commonly used in automobiles to alter the behavior of vacuum ...

  • Valve Variable lift

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    Valve Variable lift

    Variable valve lift Variable valve lift is a technology which is increasingly used in automotive piston engines. It varies the height that a valve opens, in order to improve ...

  • Valvetrain

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    Valvetrain

    Engine Valve train A valve train or valvetrain is a device that controls the operation of the valves.,in which a sequence of components transmits motion throughout the assembly. ...