Automobile

Automobile

Of or relating to any vehicle, usually designed to carry passengers, that operates on ordinary roads and typically has four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

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Any system that metres fuel to an engine by measuring its needs and then regulating the fuel flow, by electronic or mechanical means, through a pump and injectors. Throttle-body injection locates the ...

G

Automotive; Automobile

The unit of measure for lateral acceleration, or "road-holding." One g is equivalent to 32.2 feet per second per second, the rate at which any object accelerates when dropped at sea level. If a car ...

Psi

Automotive; Automobile

Pounds per square inch, the common unit of measurement for pressure. Normal atmospheric pressure at sea level is 14.7 psi.

Push

Automotive; Automobile

A slang term for understeer.

Pushrod

Automotive; Automobile

A general term for any rod that transfers force in compression. In a valvetrain, pushrods are used to transfer reciprocating motion from the cam followers to a more distant part of a valvetrain, ...

Rack-and-pinion

Automotive; Automobile

A steering mechanism that consists of a gear in mesh with a toothed bar, called a ""rack."" The ends of the rack are linked to the steered wheels with tie rods. When the gear is rotated by the ...