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Engine The engine takes up most of the space under a car's hood and provides power to the entire automobile. It does this through internal combustion. The engine takes fuel, like gasoline, adds air and a spark, to create a series of small explosions. Those explosions move components inside the engine, which in turn power other components that make the car move

Diesel engine This type of internal combustion engine was patented in 1892 by the German engineer Rudolph Diesel. It burns fuel oil instead of gasoline and is heavier and more powerful than the gasoline engine. It differs from the gasoline engine in that the ignition of fuel is caused by compression of air in its cylinders instead of by a spark. By varying the amount of fuel injected in the cylinder, the speed and power of the diesel are controlled. Industrial and municipal electric generators, continuously operating pumps such as those used in oil pipelines, and ships, trucks, locomotives, and other such automobiles widely use diesel to power. In an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection system is that which delivers fuel or a fuel-air mixture to the cylinders by means of pressure from a pump. It was originally used in diesel engines because of diesel fuel's greater viscosity and the need to overcome the high pressure of the compressed air in the cylinders. A diesel fuel i

* Engines * Formula 1 cars have very complicated machinery. Made for attaining high speeds, they need technology developed specially for them. Regulations have been set by the Federation Internationale d l’Automobile or the FIA for the engines of Formula One cars . However, even in the times of today, F1 drivers have to commonly suffer the problem of engine breakdowns. Enormous Changes in Engines                                                                                                  Formula 1 engines have undergone enormous changes since the inception of the event. In the decade of 1950 the engine power output was around 100 bhp every liter, which equals the performance of a modern road car. The turbo age of the engines declined with technology. Regulations set in 2006 demand the usage of 2.4 liter V8 engines. This shows that technology used in car engines has changed drastically. Consumption of Air and Fuel Modern engines can attain high speed but also consume large amount

FOUR STROKE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE This is an animated computer drawing of one cylinder of the Wright brothers' 1903 aircraft engine. This engine powered the first, heavier than air, self-propelled, manoeuvrable, piloted aircraft; the Wright 1903 Flyer. The engine consisted of four cylinders like the one shown above, with each piston connected to a common crankshaft . The crankshaft was connected to two counter-rotating propellers which produced the thrust necessary to overcome the drag of the aircraft. The brothers' design is very simple by today's standards, so it is a good engine for students to study to learn the fundamentals of engine operation. This type of internal combustion engine is called a four-stroke engine because there are four movements, or strokes , of the piston before the entire engine firing sequence is repeated. The four strokes are described below with some still figures. In the animation and in all the figures, we have colored the fuel/air i