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  2. Component parts of internal combustion engines - Wikipedia

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    There’s only so far you can go with an air-throttled engine on 91-octane gasoline. In other words, it is the fuel, gasoline, that has become the limiting factor. ... While turbocharging has been applied to both gasoline and diesel engines, only limited boost can be added to a gasoline engine before the fuel octane level again becomes a problem.

  3. Husqvarna Group - Wikipedia

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    Husqvarna's first titles in Motocross World Championship came in 1959 and 1960. The operation was divested in 1987 and since 2013 is part of the KTM family. 1919 – Lawn mowers When Husqvarna acquired Norrahammars Bruk in 1918, the product range expanded to heating boilers and lawn mowers. The first test with a lawn mower powered by an engine ...

  4. Chainsaw - Wikipedia

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    A chainsaw cutting a small wooden board. A chainsaw (or chain saw [1]) is a portable handheld power saw that cuts with a set of teeth attached to a rotating chain driven along a guide bar.

  5. Oldsmobile V8 engine - Wikipedia

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    An early (1968) red-painted Rocket 455 in a Delmont 88. The 425's stroke was lengthened to 4.25 in (108 mm) to achieve 454.6 cu in (7.4 L; 7,450 cc) to create the Rocket 455 for 1968. It kept the retired 425's 4.126 in (104.8 mm) bore to produce between 275 and 400 hp (205 and 298 kW). Initially the paint was red, except for metallic blue in ...

  6. Malcolm Smith (motorcyclist) - Wikipedia

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    Later, he was associated with Husqvarna motorcycles. His renown grew as he won races in the 1960s and 1970s. Smith won eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trial. The International Six Day Trials, a form of off-road motorcycle Olympics, is the oldest annual competition sanctioned by the FIM dating back to 1913. [3]

  7. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Soon, the same problems that had emerged at many of his institutions cropped up again, according to HuffPost’s review of state facility reports. In December 2003, a month before Slattery’s firm formally took over Thompson, state monitors noted that the company had yet to fill any of the direct-care staff positions , the guards who work most ...

  8. Ranch-style house - Wikipedia

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    Ranch (also known as American ranch, California ranch, rambler, or rancher) is a domestic architectural style that originated in the United States. The ranch-style house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout.

  9. Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 - Wikipedia

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    LeO 455 High-altitude version with turbo-supercharged Gnome-Rhône 14R engines producing 1,375 hp (1025 kW) each, 400 ordered, one prototype built. The aircraft flew on 12 March 1939 but was later destroyed on the ground. LeO 455Ph Post-war photo-reconnaissance variant, powered by two 1,600 hp (1195 kW) SNECMA 14R engines.