Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Flathead engine

Index Flathead engine

A flathead engine, otherwise sidevalve engine,American Rodder, 6/94, pp.45 & 93. [1]

65 relations: Aeronca E-107, Aircraft, Aircraft engine, American LaFrance, Cadillac, Cam-in-block, Car, Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Company, Crossflow cylinder head, Cultivator, Custom car, Cylinder head, D-Motor, D-Motor LF26, D-Motor LF39, Dead centre (engineering), Dual ignition, Economy car, Engine knocking, Fire engine, Flat twin engine, Flat-four engine, Flat-six engine, Ford flathead V8 engine, Ford Model T engine, Ford Sidevalve engine, Harley-Davidson, Harry Ricardo, Heron cylinder head, History of BMW motorcycles, Hot rod, Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company, Intensive farming, Internal combustion engine, IOE engine, Jeep, Land Rover, Laser ignition, Lawn mower, Luxury vehicle, Off-road vehicle, Overhead camshaft, Overhead valve engine, Poppet valve, Road transport, Rolls-Royce Limited, Rover Company, Single-cylinder engine, Small engine, Sport bike, ..., Sports car, Squish (piston engine), Straight-twin engine, Stroke ratio, Stutz Motor Company, Subsistence agriculture, T-head engine, Tappet, Thermal shock, Turbulence, Two-wheel tractor, Valve, Valvetrain, Willys MB, World War II. Expand index (15 more) »

Aeronca E-107

The Aeronca E-107 was one of the first low-cost reliable engines of the post-World War I era.

New!!: Flathead engine and Aeronca E-107 · See more »

Aircraft

An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.

New!!: Flathead engine and Aircraft · See more »

Aircraft engine

An aircraft engine is the component of the propulsion system for an aircraft that generates mechanical power.

New!!: Flathead engine and Aircraft engine · See more »

American LaFrance

American LaFrance (ALF) was an American vehicle manufacturer which focused primarily on the production of fire engines, fire aerials, and emergency apparatus such as ambulance and rescue vehicles.

New!!: Flathead engine and American LaFrance · See more »

Cadillac

Cadillac, formally the Cadillac Motor Car Division, is a division of the U.S.-based General Motors (GM) that markets luxury vehicles worldwide.

New!!: Flathead engine and Cadillac · See more »

Cam-in-block

The cam-in-block valvetrain layout of piston engines is one where the camshaft is placed within the cylinder block, usually beside and slightly above the crankshaft in a straight engine or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a V engine.

New!!: Flathead engine and Cam-in-block · See more »

Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

New!!: Flathead engine and Car · See more »

Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Company

The Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Company, sometimes called Cleveland Motorcycle, was a motorcycle manufacturer in Cleveland, Ohio from 1902 to 1905 and again from 1915 to 1929.

New!!: Flathead engine and Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Company · See more »

Crossflow cylinder head

A crossflow cylinder head is a cylinder head that features the intake and exhaust ports on opposite sides.

New!!: Flathead engine and Crossflow cylinder head · See more »

Cultivator

A cultivator is any of several types of farm implement used for secondary tillage.

New!!: Flathead engine and Cultivator · See more »

Custom car

A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been substantially altered to improve its performance, often by altering or replacing the engine and transmission; made into a personal "styling" statement, using paintjobs and aftermarket accessories to make the car look unlike any car as delivered from the factory; or some combination of performance modifying and appearance changes.

New!!: Flathead engine and Custom car · See more »

Cylinder head

In an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head (often informally abbreviated to just head) sits above the cylinders on top of the cylinder block.

New!!: Flathead engine and Cylinder head · See more »

D-Motor

D-Motor is a Belgian aircraft engine manufacturer based in Deerlijk.

New!!: Flathead engine and D-Motor · See more »

D-Motor LF26

The D-Motor LF26 is a lightweight liquid cooled side-valve four-stroke flat four, 2.7 litre petrol aircraft engine, produced by D-Motor in Deerlijk, Belgium.

New!!: Flathead engine and D-Motor LF26 · See more »

D-Motor LF39

The D-Motor LF39 is a lightweight liquid cooled side-valve four-stroke flat six 4 litre petrol aircraft engine, produced by D-Motor in Deerlijk, Belgium.

New!!: Flathead engine and D-Motor LF39 · See more »

Dead centre (engineering)

In a reciprocating engine, the dead centre is the position of a piston in which it is farthest from, or nearest to, the crankshaft.

New!!: Flathead engine and Dead centre (engineering) · See more »

Dual ignition

Dual Ignition is a system for spark-ignition engines, whereby critical ignition components, such as spark plugs and magnetos, are duplicated.

New!!: Flathead engine and Dual ignition · See more »

Economy car

An economy car is an automobile that is designed for low-cost purchase and operation.

New!!: Flathead engine and Economy car · See more »

Engine knocking

Knocking (also knock,, spark knock, pinging or pinking) in spark-ignition internal combustion engines occurs when combustion of some of the air/fuel mixture in the cylinder does not result from propagation of the flame front ignited by the spark plug, but one or more pockets of air/fuel mixture explode outside the envelope of the normal combustion front.

New!!: Flathead engine and Engine knocking · See more »

Fire engine

A fire engine (also known in some territories as a fire truck or fire appliance) is a vehicle designed primarily for firefighting operations.

New!!: Flathead engine and Fire engine · See more »

Flat twin engine

A flat-twin is a two-cylinder internal combustion engine with the cylinders on opposite sides of the crankshaft.

New!!: Flathead engine and Flat twin engine · See more »

Flat-four engine

A flat-four or horizontally opposed-four is a flat engine with four cylinders arranged in two horizontal banks of two, each bank lying opposite the other, a crankcase between them.

New!!: Flathead engine and Flat-four engine · See more »

Flat-six engine

A flat-six or horizontally opposed-six is a flat engine with six cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of three cylinders on each side of a central crankcase.

New!!: Flathead engine and Flat-six engine · See more »

Ford flathead V8 engine

The Ford flathead V8 (often called simply the Ford flathead, flathead Ford, or flatty when the context is implicit, such as in hot-rodding) is a V8 engine of the valve-in-block type designed by the Ford Motor Company and built by Ford and various licensees.

New!!: Flathead engine and Ford flathead V8 engine · See more »

Ford Model T engine

The Ford Model T used a inline 4-cylinder engine.

New!!: Flathead engine and Ford Model T engine · See more »

Ford Sidevalve engine

The Ford Sidevalve is a side valve (flathead engine) from the British arm of the Ford Motor Company.

New!!: Flathead engine and Ford Sidevalve engine · See more »

Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D), or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer, founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1903.

New!!: Flathead engine and Harley-Davidson · See more »

Harry Ricardo

Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo (26 January 1885 – 18 May 1974) was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine.

New!!: Flathead engine and Harry Ricardo · See more »

Heron cylinder head

A Heron cylinder head, or simply Heron head, is a design for the combustion chambers of the cylinder head on an internal combustion piston engine.

New!!: Flathead engine and Heron cylinder head · See more »

History of BMW motorcycles

BMW's motorcycle history began in 1921 when the company commenced manufacturing engines for other companies.

New!!: Flathead engine and History of BMW motorcycles · See more »

Hot rod

Hot rods are typically old, classic American cars with large engines modified for linear speed.

New!!: Flathead engine and Hot rod · See more »

Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company

Indian is an American brand of motorcycles Spelling as per, 1929-31 originally produced from 1901 to 1953 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.

New!!: Flathead engine and Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company · See more »

Intensive farming

Intensive farming involves various types of agriculture with higher levels of input and output per cubic unit of agricultural land area.

New!!: Flathead engine and Intensive farming · See more »

Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

New!!: Flathead engine and Internal combustion engine · See more »

IOE engine

The intake/inlet over exhaust, or "IOE" engine, known in the US as F-head, is a four-stroke internal combustion engine whose valvetrain comprises OHV inlet valves within the cylinder head and exhaust side-valves within the engine block.

New!!: Flathead engine and IOE engine · See more »

Jeep

Jeep is a brand of American automobiles that is a division of FCA US LLC (formerly Chrysler Group, LLC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

New!!: Flathead engine and Jeep · See more »

Land Rover

Land Rover is a car brand that specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles, owned by British multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, which has been owned by India's Tata Motors since 2008.

New!!: Flathead engine and Land Rover · See more »

Laser ignition

Laser ignition is an alternative method for igniting mixtures of fuel and oxidiser.

New!!: Flathead engine and Laser ignition · See more »

Lawn mower

A lawn mower (mower) is a machine utilizing one or more revolving blades to cut a grass surface to an even height.

New!!: Flathead engine and Lawn mower · See more »

Luxury vehicle

Luxury vehicle is a marketing term for a vehicle that provides luxury—pleasant or desirable features beyond strict necessity—at increased expense.

New!!: Flathead engine and Luxury vehicle · See more »

Off-road vehicle

An off-road vehicle is considered to be any type of vehicle which is capable of driving on and off paved or gravel surface.

New!!: Flathead engine and Off-road vehicle · See more »

Overhead camshaft

Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, is a valvetrain configuration which places the camshaft of an internal combustion engine of the reciprocating type within the cylinder heads ("above" the pistons and combustion chambers) and drives the valves or lifters in a more direct manner compared with overhead valves (OHV) and pushrods.

New!!: Flathead engine and Overhead camshaft · See more »

Overhead valve engine

An overhead valve engine (OHV engine), or "pushrod engine", is a reciprocating piston engine whose poppet valves are sited in the cylinder head.

New!!: Flathead engine and Overhead valve engine · See more »

Poppet valve

A poppet valve (also called mushroom valve) is a valve typically used to control the timing and quantity of gas or vapour flow into an engine.

New!!: Flathead engine and Poppet valve · See more »

Road transport

Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport by using roads.

New!!: Flathead engine and Road transport · See more »

Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero engine manufacturing business established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

New!!: Flathead engine and Rolls-Royce Limited · See more »

Rover Company

The Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company that operated from its base in Solihull in Warwickshire.

New!!: Flathead engine and Rover Company · See more »

Single-cylinder engine

A single-cylinder engine is a basic piston engine configuration of an internal combustion engine.

New!!: Flathead engine and Single-cylinder engine · See more »

Small engine

A small engine is the general term for a wide range of small-displacement, low-powered internal combustion engines used to power lawn mowers, generators, concrete mixers and many other machines that require independent power sources.

New!!: Flathead engine and Small engine · See more »

Sport bike

A sportbike, or sports bike, is a motorcycle optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on paved roads, typically at the expense of comfort and fuel economy by comparison with other motorcycles.

New!!: Flathead engine and Sport bike · See more »

Sports car

A sports car, or sportscar, is a small, usually two-seater, two-door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling.

New!!: Flathead engine and Sports car · See more »

Squish (piston engine)

Squish is an effect in internal combustion engines which creates sudden turbulence of the fuel/air mixture as the piston approaches top dead centre (TDC).

New!!: Flathead engine and Squish (piston engine) · See more »

Straight-twin engine

A straight-twin engine, also known as straight-two, inline-twin, vertical-twin, or parallel-twin is a two-cylinder piston engine which has its cylinders arranged side by side and its pistons connected to a common crankshaft.

New!!: Flathead engine and Straight-twin engine · See more »

Stroke ratio

In a reciprocating piston engine, the stroke ratio, defined by either bore/stroke ratio or stroke/bore ratio, is a term to describe the ratio between cylinder bore diameter and piston stroke.

New!!: Flathead engine and Stroke ratio · See more »

Stutz Motor Company

The Stutz Motor Company was an American producer of luxury cars based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

New!!: Flathead engine and Stutz Motor Company · See more »

Subsistence agriculture

Subsistence agriculture is a self-sufficiency farming system in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their entire families.

New!!: Flathead engine and Subsistence agriculture · See more »

T-head engine

A T-head engine is an early type of internal combustion engine that became obsolete after World War I. It is a sidevalve engine that is distinguished from the much more common L-head by its placement of the valves.

New!!: Flathead engine and T-head engine · See more »

Tappet

A tappet is a projection that imparts a linear motion to some other component within a mechanism.

New!!: Flathead engine and Tappet · See more »

Thermal shock

Thermal shock occurs when a thermal gradient causes different parts of an object to expand by different amounts.

New!!: Flathead engine and Thermal shock · See more »

Turbulence

In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is any pattern of fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity.

New!!: Flathead engine and Turbulence · See more »

Two-wheel tractor

Two-wheel tractor or walking tractor motoculteur Einachsschlepper oder Bodenfräse are generic terms understood in the USA and in parts of Europe to represent a single-axle tractor, which is a tractor with one axle, self-powered and self-propelled, which can pull and power various farm implements such as a trailer, cultivator or harrow, a plough, or various seeders and harvesters.

New!!: Flathead engine and Two-wheel tractor · See more »

Valve

A valve is a device that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways.

New!!: Flathead engine and Valve · See more »

Valvetrain

A valvetrain or valvetrain is a mechanical system that controls operation of the valves in an internal combustion engine, whereby a sequence of components transmits motion throughout the assembly.

New!!: Flathead engine and Valvetrain · See more »

Willys MB

The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4, Command Reconnaissance, commonly known as Jeep or jeep, and sometimes referred to as '''G503''' According to its U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalog designation — a group number for ordering parts, based on a standard nomenclature list.

New!!: Flathead engine and Willys MB · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Flathead engine and World War II · See more »

Redirects here:

L-head, L-head engine, SV engine, Side Valves, Side valve, Side valves, Side-valve, Side-valve engine, Sidevalve, Sidevalve engine.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flathead_engine

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »