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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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Overhead cam
Automotive; Automobile
The type of valvetrain arrangement in which the engine's camshaft(s) is in its cylinder head(s). When the camshaft(s) is placed close to the valves, the valvetrain components can be stiffer and ...
Drivability
Automotive; Automobile
The general qualitative evaluation of a powertrain's operating qualities, including idle smoothness, cold and hot starting, throttle response, power delivery, and tolerance for altitude changes.
Driveline
Automotive; Automobile
Everything in the drivetrain, less the engine and the transmission.
Driveshaft
Automotive; Automobile
The shaft that transmits power from the transmission to the differential.
Drivetrain
Automotive; Automobile
All of a car's components that create power and transmit it to the wheels; i.e. the engine, the transmission, the differential(s), the hubs, and any interconnecting shafts.
Drum brakes
Automotive; Automobile
A type of brake that has an iron casting shaped like a shallow drum that rotates with the wheel. Curved brake shoes are forced into contact with the inner periphery of this drum to provide braking.
