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PRONUNCIATION OF SIDE-VALVE ENGINE

side-valve engine play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIDE-VALVE ENGINE

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Side-Valve engine is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SIDE-VALVE ENGINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

side-valve engine

Flathead engine

A flathead engine (aka sidevalve engine (SV), flathead, or flatty) is an internal combustion engine with valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine. As the cylinder cross-section has the shape of an upside-down L, other names such as L-block or L-head are also common. The sidevalve's poppet valves are usually sited on one side of the cylinder(s). A recess in the cylinder head creates a corridor connecting the valves and the combustion chamber. The valve gear comprises a camshaft which operates the valves via simple tappets, without any further valvetrain paraphernalia (such as pushrods, rocker arms, overhead valves or overhead camshafts). The sidevalve arrangement was once the most common across all motor industries (automotive, agricultural, marine, aviation, and others), but it has since fallen from favor in most multicylinder applications, such as automotive and aviation, having been displaced by overhead-valve designs.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SIDE-VALVE ENGINE

compression-ignition engine
diesel engine
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internal-combustion engine
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Stirling engine
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Synonyms and antonyms of side-valve engine in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «side-valve engine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIDE-VALVE ENGINE

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The translations of side-valve engine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «side-valve engine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

侧置气门发动机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

motor de válvulas laterales
570 millions of speakers

English

side-valve engine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पक्ष वाल्व इंजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحرك الجانب صمام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сторона -клапанный двигатель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lado do motor da válvula
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাইড-ভালভ ইঞ্জিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moteur à soupapes latérales
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Enjin injap sampingan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seitenventil -Motor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サイドバルブエンジン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사이드 밸브 엔진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mesin katup sisih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

động cơ phụ van
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பக்கவாட்டு இயந்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साइड-वाल्व इंजिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yan vana motoru
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

motore a valvole laterali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zawór boczny silnika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сторона - клапанний двигун
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

motor cu supape laterale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κινητήρα side- βαλβίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

newe- klep enjin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sidoventilsmotor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

side- ventilers motor
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about side-valve engine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIDE-VALVE ENGINE»

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Hillier's Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology
On older engine designs (e.g. a side-valve engine) the term tappet was universally applied to these components, which often contained some form of adjuster to set the working clearance of the valve. In general, however, these components ...
Victor Albert Walter Hillier, Peter Coombes, 2004
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American Motorcyclist
Indian's side- valve Powerplus-based racers were so good they drove the exotic eight-valve works machines into obsolescence, even forcing arch-rival Harley- Davidson to channel its racing budget toward side- valve engine development.
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The Harley-Davidson Reader
Side-valves were obviously a giant step into the future, but it was not until 19 16 that Indian offered a side-valve engine, launching its new Powerplus lineup. It would take Harlcy-Davidson another decade, making the change to side-valves as ...
Arlen (CON) Ness, Michael Dregni, Evel Knievel, Jean (FRW) Davidson, Sonny Barger, Hunter S. (CON) Thompson
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Dyke's automobile and gasoline engine encyclopedia
3, page 90. To grind valves on a side valve engine, the valve caps are removed if head is integral with cylinder as per figs. 7 and 8. If head is detachable as per figure 9, then head is removed but valves are ground in their seats in the cylinders.
Andrew Lee Dyke
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Original Harley-Davidson Knucklehead
The side-valves had a separate camshaft and timing gear for each valve, because the flat valve angle and short pushrods of the side-valve engine prevented the use of angled-in pushrods necessary for a common camshaft. The long pushrods ...
Greg Field
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Internal Combustion Engines
An overhead engine is superior to side valve engine at high compression ratios. Advantages : (i) Reduced pumping losses. (ii) Higher volumetric efficiency (since the larger valves and larger lifts can be accommodated). (Hi) Less prone to ...
R.K. Rajput, 2005
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Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology
14c shows an older type of tappet for a side- valve engine. This type is usually made of steel and is carried in a detachable tappet block attached to the cylinder block by screws. These three types of tappet, and all tappets having a flat base, ...
Victor Albert Walter Hillier, 1991
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American Horsepower
Looking lengthwise inside the cylinder block, the engine's combustion chamber/ bore area was shaped like a T. Competing ideas included the L-head and F- head. Also known as a side-valve engine, the L-head kept all of its valves in the block ...
Mike Mueller
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The Book of the Standard Motor Company
A lot of design work on a new side-valve engine was actually completed, but this, too, was eventually cancelled. Then there was the influence of BMC's two modern baby cars – the Austin A30 and the Morris Minor, which had both come to the ...
Graham Robson, 2011
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Ford Cleveland 335-Series V8 Engine 1970 to 1982
A scaled-down version of the original side-valve engine, to become known as the V8-60, with a capacity of 136ci via a 2.600in bore and a 3.200in stroke, was introduced in 1938, and, although originally designed specifically for the UK market ...
Des Hammill, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIDE-VALVE ENGINE»

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10 British classic cars: which will be voted the best?
Powered by a monster 6.6-litre six-cylinder engine, it produced 180hp and was ... fitted a tiny 40hp 1.2-litre Ford side-valve engine – but even with this engine, ... «Motoring Research, Jun 15»
2
India's Hindustan began life in England
The next body style change resulted in the Landmark, a knockdown A Morris Oxford fitted with a 1,478 cc, side-valve engine that had been used in the Hindustan ... «Driving, Apr 15»
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Collector Classics: Steam wagon maker turned to automobiles
The company's breakthrough year was 1910, with the introduction of a 15-horsepower model powered by a four-cylinder, side-valve engine, with 2,853-cc ... «Driving, Jan 15»
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Midual's remarkable US$185000 Type 1 takes its place among the …
An ingenious retake on the horizontally-opposed motor and chassis .... time, the BMW M2 B15 500 cc side-valve engine was born and sold to numerous German ... «Gizmag, Sep 14»
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Ambassador: looking back at this iconic car's lasting legacy
It had an Isuzu engine, and chasing the chimera of fuel economy, I bought the diesel .... The 1140cc side-valve engine developed 37bhp at 4600rpm, with a top ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 14»
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From Standard to Major - which is the best tractor?
... in fact the Major had the same side-valve engine that first saw the light of day back ... The Ford Motor Co. had a new design on the drawing board, including a ... «Smallholder, Apr 14»
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Fordson tractors were loved beyond U.S. borders
Ford gave it the designation E27N; E for English, 27 for 27 horsepower, and N for tractor. The old four-cylinder, side-valve engine with a 4.125 X 5 inch bore and ... «Farm and Dairy, Aug 13»
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Driving through Switzerland in a Vauxhall 30/98
While no two 30/98s were the same, the E-type was a quick, if fairly old-fashioned, motor car. Its 4.5-litre, side-valve engine gave it at least an 80mph capability, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 13»
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Why it pays to buy a mower with a premium engine
Any mower you buy, even with a side-valve engine, will start easily when you first gas it up. As it ages, however, models with overhead-valve engines are less ... «ConsumerReports.org, May 12»
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A Promising New Motor-Car From William Crapo Durant? [Chevrolet …
The engine behind this breathtaking speed for a road-going vehicle is a 299- cubic-inch side-valve engine creating a respectable forty horse-power. It features a ... «Car and Driver, Oct 11»

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