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  2. Diesel engine - Wikipedia

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    1952 Shell Oil film showing the development of the diesel engine from 1877. The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).

  3. Starter (engine) - Wikipedia

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    An automobile starter motor (larger cylinder). The smaller object on top is a starter solenoid which controls power to the starter motor and engages the Bendix drive.. A starter (also self-starter, cranking motor, or starter motor) is a device used to rotate (crank) an internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the engine's operation under its own power.

  4. List of Volvo engines - Wikipedia

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    To name their engines, Volvo has used: 1955–1985 — four or five characters; 1985–1994 — five or six characters; 1993–1994 — six to eight characters

  5. Aircraft diesel engine - Wikipedia

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    Continental Motors, Inc. of Mobile, Alabama, received on December 19, 2012, a type certification for its Continental CD-230 under the official TD-300-B designation: a turbocharged 4-stroke direct drive flat four air-cooled engine of 4,972 cm 3 (303.4 in 3), with direct fuel injection and electronic control unit with a mechanical back-up ...

  6. M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck - Wikipedia

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    This is coupled with a 5-speed manual transmission and divorced 2-speed transfer case( note -hidden gear in low range, shift up to 4th in high range, shift transfer to low, trans to 5th then transfer to high 5th again).(either a sprag-operated transfer case Rockwell 136-21 or air-operated selectable transfer case Rockwell 136–27). Multifuel ...

  7. Detroit Diesel V8 engine - Wikipedia

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    6.2L fitted to a 1987 HMMWV. The original 6.2 L (379 cu in) diesel V8 was introduced in 1982 for the Chevrolet C/K and was produced until 1993. The 6.2L diesel emerged as a high-fuel-economy alternative to the V8 gasoline engine lineup, and achieved better mileage than Chevrolet's 4.3L V6 gasoline engine of the 1980s, at a time when the market was focused on power rather than efficiency.

  8. List of Nissan engines - Wikipedia

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    A good example to start with is the Nissan VG30DETT engine. It belongs to the VG engine family, displaces 30 deciliters (3.0 liters), and the feature letters describe an engine with dual overhead camshafts, electronic port fuel injection and two turbochargers. The next example is the Nissan VQ35DE engine.

  9. High-speed rail - Wikipedia

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    High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks.