six-cylinder engine

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engine
noun[C]
uk
/ˈen.dʒɪn/us
/ˈen.dʒɪn/
a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to ...
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This reduced sizesix-cylinderenginehad a four-bearing crankshaft an air-cleaner-heater and a fume-consumer head.
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These lighter vehicles were called whiskey sixes by the smugglers because of the vehicle'ssix-cylinderengine.
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The top speed of the car was 59 mph, models with asix-cylinderenginewere built during the 1910s.
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Lago was an excellent engineer who developed the existingsix-cylinderengineinto a high-performance 4-litre one.
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Frazer especially suffered as a luxury make from its ploddingsix-cylinderengine.
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They were fitted with either a 3,104cc four-cylinder engine or a 4,521 ccsix-cylinderengine.
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This gives capacities of 2715cc for the four-cylinder engine and 4072cc for thesix-cylinderengine.
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This car used the -litre side-valve,six-cylinderengine.
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Performance from thesix-cylinderenginewas boosted by the fitting, as standard equipment, of twin carburetters.
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The five-cylinder engine was replaced with the new inlinesix-cylinderengineand the engine was only offered in long-wheelbase.
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A touring car, it is known to have had four-wheel drive, a 30 hpsix-cylinderengineand four-wheel steering.
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In 1914, they decided to build their own truck with a more powerful inlinesix-cylinderengine.
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The operational cycle of the engine is somewhat similar to a conventionalsix-cylinderengine.
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This model was powered by asix-cylinderenginewith a capacity of 5346 cc.
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This had a 3.1-litre,six-cylinderengine, now with removable cylinder head, mated to a four-speed conventional gearbox and four-wheel brakes.
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During its long production run the car underwent a succession of changes, many of which involved enlargement or modification of thesix-cylinderengine.
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It was powered by an air-cooled horizontalsix-cylinderenginemade almost entirely out of aluminum.
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The bigger news, as far as the general public was concerned, involved thesix-cylinderengine.
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