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What cylinder arrangement would be most common in a four cylinder front-wheel drive vehicle?
opposed |
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vertical |
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inline |
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V-type |
Cylinder number and arrangement depends on the purpose of the engine. Smaller (four and six cylinder) engines in front-wheel drive vehicles often use an inline design which orients cylinders vertically over the crankshaft and aligns them in a row. Other common orientations are a horizontal/opposed design which places cylinders flat facing each other with the crankshaft between them and a V-type design common in six and eight cylinder engines that features one cylinder head per block of cylinders oriented at a 60 to 90 degree angle to each other with the crankshaft at the bottom of the V.
Exhaust gases from cylinder exhaust valves are collected by the:
muffler |
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exhaust manifolds |
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tail pipe |
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catalytic converter |
The cast iron exhaust manifolds collect engine exhaust gas from multiple cylinder exhaust valves and deliver it to the exhaust pipe. Exhaust manifolds can be generic or specially tuned (header pipes) to the engine. Header pipes deliver higher performance but are more expensive and less durable.
The air-fuel mixture is delivered to the combustion chamber by a(n):
fuel valve |
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intake valve |
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exhaust valve |
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air valve |
The combustion chamber is located in the cylinder head and contains the combustion of the air-fuel mixture. This mixture is delivered by an intake valve and the waste gases from combustion are removed from the combustion chamber by the exhaust valve.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of disc brakes?
newer brake system |
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uses a rotor |
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uses brake shoes |
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uses brake pads |
Both drum brake and disc brake assemblies use friction to stop a car's wheels from turning but each do it in a slightly different way. A drum brake assembly uses a large iron drum attached to the wheel and brake shoes that press against the drum to slow the rotation of the drum and, consequently, the wheel. A disc brake assembly employs friction in the same way as a drum brake but instead uses a rotor, also attached to the wheel, and two brake pads that squeeze against the surface of the rotor.
Ignition timing defines the point in time at the end of the compression stroke that which of the following happens?
the air-fuel mixture enters |
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exhaust valve opens |
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intake valve opens |
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spark plugs fire |
Ignition timing defines the point in time at the end of the compression stroke that the spark plug fires. Measured in number of degrees before top dead center (BTDC), the exact point that the spark plugs initiate combustion varies depending on the speed of the engine. The timing is advanced (the spark plugs fire a few more degrees BTDC) when the engine is running faster and retarded when it's running slower.