A spark plug (sometimes, in British English, a sparking plug, and, colloquially, a plug) is a device for delivering electric current from an ignition...
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Champion is an American brand of spark plug. Champion is a longtime sponsor of various racing events, cars, and series including two series run under sanctioning...
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Spark plug wires (also called high tension leads) are electrical cables used by older internal combustion engines to transmit high-voltage electricity...
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Ignition coil (redirect from Spark coil)
of a spark-ignition engine to transform the battery voltage to the much higher voltages required to operate the spark plug(s). The spark plugs then use...
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Niterra (redirect from NGK Spark Plug)
established in 1936 and based in Nagoya, Japan. Formerly known as NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd., the company’s automotive business (with its brands NGK Ignition...
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Hardcore Holly (redirect from Bob "Spark Plug" Holly)
NASCAR driver, Thurman "Sparky" Plugg, his name was soon changed to Bob "Spark Plug" Holly. In 1998, under the name of Bombastic Bob, he formed a team with...
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Distributor (redirect from Plug-top coil)
system of older spark ignition engines. The distributor's main function is to route electricity from the ignition coil to each spark plug at the correct...
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Gasoline direct injection (redirect from Direct Injection Spark Ignition)
higher density of fuel around the spark plug, and a leaner mixture (lower density of fuel) further away from the spark plug. In the homogeneous charge mode...
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Engine knocking (redirect from Spark knock)
cylinder does not result from propagation of the flame front ignited by the spark plug, but when one or more pockets of air/fuel mixture explode outside the...
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engines. In order to accommodate a second spark plug in the 4-valve combustion chamber, a smaller diameter spark plug is located the very edge of the combustion...
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Barney Google and Snuffy Smith (section Spark Plug)
Eyes)" with lyrics by Billy Rose, as well as the 1923 record "Come On, Spark Plug!" Barney Google himself, once the star of the strip and a very popular...
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operating temperature. Diesel engines, unlike common spark-ignition engines, do not use spark plugs to ignite the air-fuel mixture. Instead, they rely solely...
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A spark plug is an electrical device in some internal combustion engines and ignites fuel by means of an electric spark. Spark plug may also refer to:...
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a spark plug to thunder for a lightning discharge), light, and heat. Spark gaps were used historically in early electrical equipment, such as spark gap...
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the combustion process of the air-fuel mixture is ignited by a spark from a spark plug. This is in contrast to compression-ignition engines, typically...
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the density of the plutonium spark plug. The density of the plutonium fuel rises to such an extent that the spark plug is driven into a supercritical...
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wasted spark system is a type of ignition system used in some four-stroke cycle internal combustion engines. In a wasted spark system, the spark plugs fire...
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dome shape in the head receiving it. The hemi-head design places the spark plug at or near the center of the chamber to promote a strong flame front....
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ACDelco (redirect from AC Spark Plug)
prototypes. Buick at that time was using Rajah spark plugs. Durant thought they could manufacture spark plugs to Champion's design cheaper than buying them...
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used in spark-ignition engines (such as petrol engines). It uses a magneto and a transformer to make pulses of high voltage for the spark plugs. The older...
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on the base of the plug. The voltage for the spark is provided by an ignition coil or magneto that is connected to the spark plug with an insulated wire...
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Ford Modular engine (section Spark plug issues)
difficult-to-remove spark plugs, which can cause part of the spark plug to become seized in the cylinder head. The source of the problem is a unique plug design that...
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Coso artifact (category Spark plugs)
Coso artifact is an object falsely claimed by its discoverers to be a spark plug encased in a geode. Discovered on February 13, 1961, by Wallace Lane,...
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Otto engine (section Spark plug firing)
designs to trigger sparking. The Otto is one of the first engines to use a spark plug, which is a device that produces a small electric spark to ignite the...
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coil output for a short period—enough to arc across the electrodes of a spark plug. The contact breaker is operated by an engine-driven cam. On an engine...
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race was sponsored by Champion Spark Plugs, a sponsorship that dates back to 1975. A day after the Champion Spark Plug 400, the top 35 teams in the standings...
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Autolite or Auto–Lite is an American brand of spark plugs and ignition wire sets headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Autolite products are sold in the United...
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used in spark-ignition engines (such as petrol engines). It uses a magneto and a transformer to make pulses of high voltage for the spark plugs. The older...
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United States from Japan. When he was eight, he was nicknamed Sparky after Spark Plug, a character in the comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. He received...
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injected. This is in contrast to igniting the fuel-air mixture with a spark plug as in the Otto cycle (four-stroke/petrol) engine. Diesel engines are used...
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