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    single exhaust port, at about 62% of the bore diameter for reasonable piston ring life. Beyond this, the piston rings bulge into the exhaust port and wear quickly...
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    opposed-piston engine is a piston engine in which each cylinder has a piston at both ends, and no cylinder head. Petrol and diesel opposed-piston engines...
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    A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors, hydraulic cylinders and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar...
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  • Thumbnail for Suzuki TS series
    (28 kg) heavier than the 185. The larger TS series, 125 and over had piston port engines while the smaller TS series-90 and 100 had rotary valve induction...
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    harnessed through either a port in the barrel or a trap at the muzzle. This high-pressure gas impinges on a surface such as a piston head to provide motion...
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    motorcycle produced by Yamaha from 1973 to 1975. It evolved directly from the piston port (pre-reed valve intake tract), front drum-braked, five-speed Yamaha 350...
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    Napier Deltic (category Piston ported engines)
    piston would lead its inlet piston by 20° of crankshaft rotation was adopted. This allowed the exhaust port to be opened well before the inlet port,...
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  • considerably. Very wide ports allow the ring to bulge out into the port, exacerbating the problem. Piston skirt durability: The piston must also contact the...
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    from 1968 to 1980. The engines were air-cooled, three-cylinder, piston-controlled inlet port two-strokes with two exhaust pipes exiting on the right side...
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    A piston ring is a metallic split ring that is attached to the outer diameter of a piston in an internal combustion engine or steam engine. The main functions...
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    exhaust port cut into it. These are opened, as the piston moves downwards past them; with the higher exhaust port opening earlier as the piston descends;...
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    stroke but the exhaust port is still open, an unavoidable problem with the two stroke piston port design. To help prevent the piston pushing fresh mixture...
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    horizontal, single cylinder, water-cooled, two-stroke engine that uses piston port injection. It has an inner diameter x stroke = 39.0x41.4 (mm), with a...
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    semi-circular ports that allow inlet of the operating fluid and exhaust of the outlet fluid respectively. Protruding pistons. The pumping pistons protrude...
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  • Fairbanks Morse 38 8-1/8 diesel engine (category Piston ported engines)
    Because the exhaust port was located near the lower pistons, the engines suffered excessive lower-piston temperatures which led to piston failure, which could...
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    directly out of the exhaust port prior to the piston rising far enough to close the port, early engines used a high domed piston to slow down the flow of...
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  • Michel engine (category Piston ported engines)
    and contained three pistons. The two upper pistons controlled the inlet ports, with the one lower piston controlling the exhaust ports. Having two inlet...
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    Yamaha KT100 (category Air-cooled aircraft piston engines)
    aircraft use. The KT100 is a simple and rugged air-cooled engine that uses piston-ported intake induction with a Walbro WB-3A carburetor. The KT100 is a popular...
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    motion of the piston. For timing and dimensioning of slide or piston valves where the valve opens and closes the steam and exhaust ports, a consideration...
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    (180 kg), 1980 - 407 lb (185 kg), 1981-1984 - 430 lb (200 kg) Engine: Piston port two-stroke single Bore: 70 mm (2.8 in), 78.5 mm (3.09 in) Stroke: 64...
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  • Thumbnail for Kawasaki S2 Mach II
    two-stroke, piston port Bore / stroke 53.0 mm × 52.3 mm (2.1 in × 2.1 in) Compression ratio 7.3:1 measured from upper side of exhaust port crankpins at...
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    Wankel engine (category Piston ported engines)
    fewer moving parts than piston engines of equivalent power output. Valves or complex valve trains are eliminated by using simple ports cut into the walls of...
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  • Thumbnail for Yamaha DS7
    Each piston has two rings. The 5-speed, transmission uses a direct left foot gear change. The DS7 includes oil injection, directly into the intake port. The...
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    is the height of simplicity; a four-speed air-cooled two-stroke with piston porting and a simple carburetor. A full chain guard and simple drum brakes keep...
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    Four-stroke engine (category Internal combustion piston engines)
    engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder...
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  • the lack of pumping action from the piston to force the exhaust out of the cylinder. However, since the exhaust port necessarily remains open for a time...
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    from a port in the barrel through a gas tube, directly to a chamber inside the bolt carrier. The bolt within the bolt carrier is fitted with piston rings...
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    motorcycle right off the drawing board, as its two-stroke, piston-port single with five ports provided the good lowend grunt that play-bikers wanted. Motorcycle...
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  • exhausts through ports at the centre. Uniflow diesel engine, a two-stroke diesel engine with inlet through piston-ported fixed ports in the lower part...
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    Split-single engine (category Piston engine configurations)
    350 model, each piston has its own connection rod. 1939-1943 the model BD 250 with asymmetric port timing was produced. Each piston had its own connection...
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