History and Technological advancement of Automobiles

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Car innovations design history and theory, from the last 100 years.

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  • Butterfly doors

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    Butterfly doors Butterfly doors or vertical doors are a type of door sometimes seen on high-performance automobiles. They are similar to scissor doors. While scissor doors move st ...

  • Butterfly valve types

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    Butterfly valve types

    Butterfly valve types A butterfly valve is a valve which can be used for isolating or regulating flow. The closing mechanism takes the form of a disk. Operation is similar to that ...

  • Cadillac Wheel Fitment Guide

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    Cadillac Wheel Fitment Sizes Guide PCD & Offsets Model P.C.D. ET C.B. Cadillac Alante (1987...1994) 5 x 115 38 70 Cadillac De Ville (From 1989) 5 x 115 38 70 Cadillac Eldorado (Fr ...

  • Cam follower

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    Cam follower

    Engine Cam follower In automotive terms a cam follower may also refer to a tappet (or lifter) or rocker arm. A cam follower, also known as a track follower, is a specialized type ...

  • Camber angle

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    Camber angle

    Wheel Camber angle explained Camber angle is the angle made by the wheels of a vehicle; specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of the wheels used for steering and ...

  • Camber thrust

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    Camber thrust

    Camber thrust explained Camber thrust and camber force are terms used to describe the force generated perpendicular to the direction of travel of a rolling tire due to its camber ...

  • Camless Engines

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    Camless Engines

    Camless Engines Explained Introduction of camless engines Most four-stroke piston engines today employ one or more camshafts to operate poppet valves. The lobes on the camshafts o ...

  • Camshaft

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    Camshaft A camshaft is a shaft to which a cam is fastened or of which a cam forms an integral part. History An early cam was built into Hellenistic water-driven automata from the ...

  • Camshaft Overhead (OHC)

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    Camshaft Overhead (OHC)

    Engine Overhead camshaft (OHC) History The first DOHC car was the 1912 Peugeot which won the French Grand Prix at Dieppe that year. This car was powered by a straight-4 engine des ...

  • Canopy door

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    Canopy door

    Car canopy door Explained A vehicle canopy is a rarely used type of door for cars. It has no official name so it is also known as an articulated canopy, bubble canopy, cockpit can ...

  • Car Active Body Control

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    Car Active Body Control

    Mercedes-Benz Car Active Body Control (ABC) Active Body Control, or ABC, is the Mercedes-Benz brand name used to describe fully active suspension, that allows control of the vehic ...

  • Car Active suspension

    Car Active suspension

    Car Active suspension The active suspension and adaptive suspension/semi-active suspension are types of automotive suspensions that controls the vertical movement of the wheels wi ...

  • Car door

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    Car door

    Car door A vehicle door is a partition, typically hinged, but sometimes attached by other mechanisms such as tracks, in front of an opening which is used for entering and exiting ...

  • Car Types classification

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    Car Types classification USA, UK and European classification methods This is a summary table listing several different methods of passenger automobile classification. Car classifi ...

  • Carburetter (Carburetor)

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    Carburetor Explained A carburetor (American and Canadian spelling), carburator, carburettor, or carburetter (Commonwealth spelling) is a device that blends air and fuel for an int ...