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    An internal combustion engine converts the energy from burning gasoline into mechanical torque. Pistons inside cylinders connected to a crankshaft are used to transform the up and down motion of the pistons into a spinning motion that can power the wheels. Gasoline is injected into the cylinders and ignited, using the resulting combustion to push the pistons down and turn the crankshaft. This spinning motion is transferred to the wheels to propel the vehicle forward.

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    An internal combustion engine converts the energy from burning gasoline into mechanical torque. Pistons inside cylinders connected to a crankshaft are used to transform the up and down motion of the pistons into a spinning motion that can power the wheels. Gasoline is injected into the cylinders and ignited, using the resulting combustion to push the pistons down and turn the crankshaft. This spinning motion is transferred to the wheels to propel the vehicle forward.

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    An internal combustion engine converts the energy from burning gasoline into mechanical torque. Pistons inside cylinders connected to a crankshaft are used to transform the up and down motion of the pistons into a spinning motion that can power the wheels. Gasoline is injected into the cylinders and ignited, using the resulting combustion to push the pistons down and turn the crankshaft. This spinning motion is transferred to the wheels to propel the vehicle forward.

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    An internal combustion engine converts the energy from burning gasoline into mechanical torque. Pistons inside cylinders connected to a crankshaft are used to transform the up and down motion of the pistons into a spinning motion that can power the wheels. Gasoline is injected into the cylinders and ignited, using the resulting combustion to push the pistons down and turn the crankshaft. This spinning motion is transferred to the wheels to propel the vehicle forward.

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    Specifically, an internal-combustion engine is a

    heat engine in that it converts energy from the


    heat of burning gasoline into mechanical work,
    or torque. That torque is applied to the wheels
    to make the car move. And unless you are
    driving an ancient two-stroke Saab (which
    sounds like an old chain saw and belches oily
    smoke out its exhaust), your engine works on
    the same basic principles whether you're
    wheeling a Ford or a Ferrari.

    Engines have pistons that move up and down


    inside metal tubes called cylinders. Imagine
    riding a bicycle: Your legs move up and down to
    turn the pedals. Pistons are connected via rods
    (they're like your shins) to a crankshaft, and
    they move up and down to spin the engine's
    crankshaft, the same way your legs spin the
    bike's—which in turn powers the bike's drive
    wheel or car's drive wheels. Depending on the
    vehicle, there are typically between two and 12
    cylinders in its engine, with a piston moving up
    and down in each.

    Specifically, an internal-combustion engine is a


    heat engine in that it converts energy from the
    heat of burning gasoline into mechanical work,
    or torque. That torque is applied to the wheels
    to make the car move. And unless you are
    driving an ancient two-stroke Saab (which
    sounds like an old chain saw and belches oily
    smoke out its exhaust), your engine works on
    the same basic principles whether you're
    wheeling a Ford or a Ferrari.
    Engines have pistons that move up and down
    inside metal tubes called cylinders. Imagine
    riding a bicycle: Your legs move up and down to
    turn the pedals. Pistons are connected via rods
    (they're like your shins) to a crankshaft, and
    they move up and down to spin the engine's
    crankshaft, the same way your legs spin the
    bike's—which in turn powers the bike's drive
    wheel or car's drive wheels. Depending on the
    vehicle, there are typically between two and 12
    cylinders in its engine, with a piston moving up
    and down in each.
    In today's most modern engines, gasoline is injected directly into the cylinders near the top of the
    compression stroke. (Other engines premix the air and fuel during the intake stroke.) In either case, just
    before the piston reaches the top of its travel, known as top dead center, spark plugs ignite the air and
    fuel mixture.

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    The resulting expansion of hot, burning gases pushes the piston in the opposite direction (down) during
    the combustion stroke. This is the stroke that gets the wheels on your car rolling, just like when you
    push down on the pedals of a bike. When the combustion stroke reaches bottom dead center, exhaust
    valves open to allow the combustion gases to get pumped out of the engine (like a syringe expelling air)
    as the piston comes up again. When the exhaust is expelled—it continues through the car's exhaust
    system before exiting the back of the vehicle—the exhaust valves close at top dead center, and the
    whole process starts over again.

    This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you
    may be able to find more information, at their web site.

    In a multicylinder car engine, the individual cylinders' cycles are offset from each other and evenly
    spaced so that the combustion strokes do not occur simultaneously and so that the engine is as
    balanced and smooth as possible.

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