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  • Thumbnail for Block heater
    climates to warm an engine prior to starting. They are mostly used for car engines; however, they have also been used in aircraft engines. The most common...
    10 KB (1,211 words) - 09:54, 22 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Glow plug
    glowplug(s) before the engine is started and have a quicker warm-up time. Glowplugs are typically used as starting-aid devices, when the engine is being cranked...
    5 KB (595 words) - 01:18, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mercedes-Benz M273 engine
    system has eliminated the need for a mechanical thermostat for improved engine warm-up and optimum control of engine temperature. The E47 is a 4.7 L (4,663 cc)...
    4 KB (382 words) - 12:59, 13 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Indianapolis 500 pace cars
    photographs. By 1957, the procedure was changed so the pace car led the field for two warm up laps. This allowed extra time to warm up the engines, oil temperatures...
    42 KB (3,080 words) - 17:48, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mercedes-Benz M272 engine
    for improved engine warm-up and optimum control of engine temperature. Also tumble flaps are used to improve output at low engine speeds. The E25 is a 2...
    11 KB (1,206 words) - 22:53, 25 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Parade lap
    Parade lap (redirect from Warm up lap)
    a pace lap, formation lap or warm-up lap, is a lap before a motorsport race begins, in which the drivers go around the track at a slow speed (usually...
    4 KB (462 words) - 02:53, 3 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Climate change
    Present-day climate change includes both global warmingthe ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate. Climate...
    310 KB (27,916 words) - 08:42, 29 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Watt steam engine
    heat to warm the cylinder back up to the point where steam could enter the cylinder without immediately condensing. When the cylinder was warm enough...
    30 KB (3,956 words) - 09:35, 3 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Toyota GR engine
    20 seconds after start-up (when the catalytic converter is in its warm-up stage). Compression ratio is 11.8:1. The 2GR-FSE engine is rated at 227–236 kW...
    31 KB (3,607 words) - 16:01, 1 October 2024
  • Hybrid Synergy Drive (category Engine technology)
    drives at modest speeds (a longer drive allows the engine to warm up fully). This is approximately twice the fuel efficiency of a similarly equipped four-door...
    77 KB (7,964 words) - 21:51, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stirling engine
    A Stirling engine cannot start instantly; it literally needs to "warm up". This is true of all external combustion engines, but the warm up time may be...
    96 KB (11,241 words) - 17:54, 30 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Carnot heat engine
    upon the absolute temperatures of the hot and cold heat reservoirs between which it operates. A heat engine acts by transferring energy from a warm region...
    26 KB (3,335 words) - 13:30, 20 November 2024
  • which allows the engine to maintain proper operating temperatures and quicker warm-ups. Also, a continuously variable oil pump helps to lower parasitic...
    7 KB (447 words) - 00:27, 19 November 2024
  • Isle of Man TT (redirect from The TT)
    Start Preliminaries First Signal – 45 minutes before the start with a warm-up of engines in the Race Paddock and assembly area. Second Signal – 30 minutes...
    89 KB (7,213 words) - 20:25, 29 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Catalytic converter
    it became common to place the catalyst converter right next to the exhaust manifold, close to the engine, for much quicker warm-up. In 1995, Alpina introduced...
    56 KB (6,707 words) - 22:48, 14 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fan clutch
    Fan clutch (category Engine cooling systems)
    is a thermostatic engine cooling fan that can freewheel at low temperatures when cooling is not needed, allowing the engine to warm up faster, relieving...
    5 KB (553 words) - 22:14, 24 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Diesel engine
    temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine). This contrasts...
    153 KB (16,605 words) - 18:25, 14 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Engine
    An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy...
    42 KB (5,103 words) - 07:57, 26 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cold air intake
    Cold air intake (category Automotive engine technologies)
    regulate the temperature of the air entering the engine's intake tract, providing warm air when the engine is cold and cold air when the engine is warm to maximize...
    6 KB (638 words) - 16:17, 25 November 2024
  • Joffre-class aircraft carrier (category Ship classes of the French Navy)
    long below the flight deck and between the upper hangar and the rear elevator allowed aircraft to warm up their engines before moving to the flight deck...
    20 KB (2,716 words) - 18:51, 14 September 2024
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