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Straight-four engine

A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.

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Measurement, Usage in motorcycles & Design

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Design

Usage in production cars

Usage in racing cars

Usage in motorcycles

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Straight-four engine

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples49
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

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Straight-four engine

Top relations

related to Usage of balance shafts · 13
Straight-four engine → Austin-Healey, Citroën DS, Examples, Ford Model, GM Iron Duke, Mitsubishi Astron, Mitsubishi Motors, Not, Silent Shaft, Soviet/Russian GAZ Volga, The, This, UAZ
related to Displacement · 12
Straight-four engine → Asian, Bentley, Diesel, European, Exceptions, Larger, Litre, Mitsubishi, Pajero/Shogun/Montero SUV, Petrol, Porsche, Toyota
related to Usage in racing cars · 10
Straight-four engine → Amongst, Designed, DOHC, Ernest Henry, Indianapolis, Many, Miller, Offenhauser, Peugeot, The Miller
related to Usage in production cars · 6
Straight-four engine → Honda T360, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Pajero, Most, Significant, The
related to Primary and secondary balance · 4
Straight-four engine → As, However, Straight-four, This
related to Design · 2
Straight-four engine → Compared, V4

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engines engine used straight-four one inline-four racing also four-cylinder cars motorcycles cu displacement balance first however layout crankshaft power produced

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the Maserati 4CLinstance of1.5 L supercharged engines found their way into cars0.80text
various English Racing Automobilesinstance of1.5 L supercharged engines found their way into cars0.80text
Straight-four enginerelated to DesignCompared0.60section
Straight-four enginerelated to DesignV40.60section
Straight-four enginerelated to DisplacementPetrol0.60section
Straight-four enginerelated to DisplacementBentley0.60section
Straight-four enginerelated to DisplacementLitre0.60section
Straight-four enginerelated to DisplacementExceptions0.60section
Straight-four enginerelated to DisplacementPorsche0.60section
Straight-four enginerelated to DisplacementDiesel0.60section
Straight-four enginerelated to DisplacementMitsubishi0.60section
Straight-four enginerelated to DisplacementPajero/Shogun/Montero SUV0.60section

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