Stroke me / Stroke Me
Engines that accomplish intake, compression, power, and exhaust using only two piston strokes, one upward and one downward.
What is 2 Stroke?
Engineer credited with the invention of the diesel engine.
Who is Rudolph Diesel?
All of my cylinders are in a line.
What is an inline engine?
A split ring installed in a groove in the piston. Seals the compression chamber from the crankcase.
What is a Piston / Compression Ring?
The downward movement of the piston that occurs after the air-fuel charge has been ignited. Both valves are closed.
What is the Power stroke?
Engines that accomplish intake, compression, power, and exhaust using only 4 up and down movements of the piston in the cylinder.
What is a 4 stroke engine?
Who is Nicholas Otto?
A flat internal combustion engine where the cylinders are horizontally opposed to each other.
What is a Boxer Engine?
A detachable portion of an engine which covers the upper end of the cylinder bores and forms part of the combustion chamber. Also includes the valves in the case of overhead valve engines.
What is the cylinder head?
A device used to prevent fluid leakage past certain areas, such as around a rotating shaft.
What is a seal?
The ratio of the maximum volume in an engine cylinder with the piston at Bottom Dead Center to the minimum volume in the cylinder with the piston at Top Dead Center.
What is compression ratio?
I was the German Engineer credited with first true modern autombile.
Who is Karl Benz?
A type of engine that uses the heat of compression to ignite the fuel.
What is a compression Ignition Engine?
Devices used to detect a change in pressure, temperature, or mechanical movement and convert a reference voltage into a usable electrical signal.
What is a sensor?
The ratio of the maximum volume in an engine cylinder with the piston at Bottom Dead Center to the minimum volume in the cylinder with the piston at Top Dead Center.
What is compression Ratio?
One valve is open. The piston is traveling from top dead center to bottom dead center. This portion of the piston’s movement is devoted to drawing air into the combustion chamber.
What is the intake stroke?
A type of a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.
What is an Overhead Cam Engine? (OHC)
Type of fuel injection system that uses sensors to monitor operating conditions, a computer to calculate the ideal fuel and engine settings for these conditions, and electromagnetic actuators to make the necessary adjustments.
What is an electronically controlled fuel injection system?
A turbine device that utilizes exhaust pressure to increase the air pressure going into the cylinders. Used particularly in reference to movement of air in the cylinder and combustion chamber.
What is a turbo Charger?
Any group of gears which are driven from the engine crankshaft to cause the valve, ignition, and other engine-driven accessories to operate at the desired time during the engine cycle.
What are timing Gears?
A modification to an internal combustion engine that lengthens the distance that the piston travels while it is moving through the cylinder bore.
What is stroking? This is called a stroker engine.
The # 1 cause of engine failures.
What is a cooling system failure?
A type of blower or pump which forces air into the cylinders at higher-than-atmospheric pressure. The increased pressure forces more air into the cylinder, thus enabling more fuel to be burned and more power to be produced.
What is a supercharger?
The area on which the face of the valves rest when closed.
What is the Valve Seat?
An engine which relies solely on atmospheric pressure for air intake, rather than the forced induction of a turbo-charged engine.
What is Nauturally Aspirated?