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.

Industry: Automotive

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Power

Automotive; Automobile

The rate at which work is performed. Power is proportional to torque and rpm and is measured in horsepower.

Power band

Automotive; Automobile

The subjectively defined rpm range over which an engine delivers a substantial fraction of its peak power. The power band usually extends from slightly below the engine's torque peak to slightly ...

A spring with an increasing spring constant. For example, if the first inch of spring motion requires 100 pounds of force, the second inch would require more than an additional 100 pounds, and the ...

Hydraulic lifter

Automotive; Automobile

A valve lifter that, using simple valving and the engine's oil pressure, can adjust its length slightly: thereby maintaining zero clearance in the valvetrain. Hydraulic lifters reduce valvetrain ...

Independent suspension

Automotive; Automobile

Any suspension in which the camber of a wheel is not directly affected by the vertical motion of the opposite wheel.

Intake charge

Automotive; Automobile

The mixture of fuel and air that flows into the engine.

Intake manifold

Automotive; Automobile

The network of passages that direct air or air-fuel mixture from the throttle body to the intake ports in the cylinder head. The flow typically proceeds from the throttle body into a chamber called ...