- Industry: Automotive
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Used in a manual transmission, this device connects and disconnects the engine, the transmission and the clutch pedal that the driver uses to operate it.
Industry:Automotive
This device in manual transmission-equipped vehicles prevents the vehicle's starter motor from engaging unless the clutch is depressed. This prevents the vehicle from starting while in gear.
Industry:Automotive
A thick steel wire that has been coiled and heat-treated to form a very strong spring. Commonly used in light truck suspension systems, coil springs are space-efficient and can vary in stiffness, even within the same spring (i.e., stiff at the top and not stiff at the bottom). The coil springs on a given vehicle largely define how that truck's ride and handling will feel.
Industry:Automotive
Area located on the top of the cylinders, where the burning of the engine's air/fuel mixture occurs.
Industry:Automotive
A measurement of how tightly the air-fuel mixture is compressed or squeezed within the cylinder by the piston. This can be determined by taking the total volume of the cylinder when the piston is at its lowest point (Bottom Dead Center, or BDC) and dividing it by the volume when the piston is at its highest point (Top Dead Center, or TDC). In general, higher compression ratios yield greater power.
Industry:Automotive
The area where the tires touch the road. Generally, the wider the contact patch, the greater the stability.
Industry:Automotive
A type of automatic transmission with infinitely variable gear ratios.
Industry:Automotive
A part of the suspension system designed to control wheel movement precisely. It is also known as a wishbone or an A-arm.
Industry:Automotive
The main shaft of the engine that converts the reciprocating motions of the pistons and rods to rotary motion and delivers it to the front and rear of the engine.
Industry:Automotive
