engine configuration

  • 1Engine configuration — is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of an internal combustion engine. These components include cylinders, pistons, crankshaft(s) and camshaft(s).For many automobile engines, the term ´block is interchangeable with engine …

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  • 2Engine balance — is the design, construction and tuning of an engine to run smoothly. Engine balance reduces vibration and other stresses, and may improve the performance, efficiency, cost of ownership and reliability of the engine, as well as reducing the stress …

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  • 3Engine — This article is about a machine to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. For other uses of engine, see Engine (disambiguation). For other uses of motor, see Motor (disambiguation). A V6 internal combustion engine from a Mercedes car An… …

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  • 4Configuration management — Top level Configuration Management Activity model Configuration management (CM) is a field of management that focuses on establishing and maintaining consistency of a system or product s performance and its functional and physical attributes with …

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  • 5Engine swap — Warning: in some jurisdictions with strict smog rules it may not be possible to register a late model vehicle with an engine swap, even if it can be proven that it produces less pollution than the original engine (owing to visual inspection… …

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  • 6Engine control unit — An engine control unit (ECU) is an electronic control unit which controls various aspects of an internal combustion engine s operation. The simplest ECUs control only the quantity of fuel injected into each cylinder each engine cycle. More… …

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  • 7configuration — The particular arrangement of the parts in relation to each other. Also see chassis configuration delta configuration mid engine chassis configuration Y configuration …

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  • 8configuration — con|fig|u|ra|tion [kənˌfıgəˈreıʃən, gju US gju ] n [U and C] 1.) formal or technical the shape or arrangement of the parts of something = ↑layout configuration of ▪ the configuration of pistons in an engine 2.) technical the combination of… …

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  • 9configuration — noun (C, U) 1 formal or technical the shape or arrangement of the parts of something; layout (+ of): the configuration of pistons in an engine 2 technical the combination of equipment needed to run a computer system …

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  • 10Internal 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 …

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