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241:; however, use of this design was mostly limited to high-performance cars for many decades. OHC engines slowly became more common from the 1950s to the 1990s, and by the start of the 21st century, the majority of automotive engines (except for some North American V8 engines) used an OHC design.
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173:, therefore becoming the first OHV engines. In 1896, U.S. patent 563,140 was taken out by William F. Davis for an OHV engine with liquid coolant used to cool the cylinder head, but no working model was built.
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1470:Scottish inventions
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424:"Part I: V-engines"
201:. The engine was a
183:Walter Lorenzo Marr
101:intake-over-exhaust
1465:Motorcycle engines
1396:Knocking / pinging
988:Combustion chamber
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535:on 28 August 2017
485:978-3-642-64949-3
460:978-3-642-64940-0
152:Daimler Reitwagen
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1130:Distributor
1082:Fuel filter
1060:Fuel system
1041:Intercooler
1008:Timing belt
998:Head gasket
928:Piston ring
764:19 December
739:31 December
434:13 December
367:valve float
329:timing belt
215:. In 1911,
171:rocker arms
141:Otto engine
99:Some early
86:rocker arms
1449:Categories
1401:Power band
1361:Oil filter
1335:Thermostat
1280:EGT sensor
1242:MAF sensor
1237:MAP sensor
1222:Air filter
1186:Alternator
1145:Spark plug
1077:Carburetor
1003:Rocker arm
943:Valvetrain
874:Crankshaft
818:Automobile
704:2011-09-07
641:"Maudslay"
510:2017-06-07
409:2011-09-07
381:References
363:valvetrain
337:tensioners
61:above the
36:valvetrain
1135:Glow plug
1097:Fuel tank
1092:Fuel pump
859:Crankcase
639:(1982) .
325:camshafts
281:V8 engine
217:Chevrolet
203:flat-twin
157:The 1894
1434:Category
1379:Dry sump
1375:Wet sump
1366:Oil pump
1330:Radiator
1247:Throttle
1107:Ignition
978:Camshaft
903:Flywheel
884:Cylinder
869:Crankpin
733:Archived
667:81-71857
504:Archived
348:trunnion
327:using a
321:camshaft
221:flathead
167:pushrods
163:camshaft
94:Opel CIH
90:Ford CVH
82:pushrods
1406:Redline
1290:Muffler
1191:Battery
1115:Magneto
244:At the
107:History
53:, is a
1429:Portal
1217:Airbox
1196:Dynamo
923:Piston
913:Stroke
892:layout
820:series
665:
655:
482:
457:
272:Design
1389:Other
1013:Valve
983:Chest
681:Honda
539:8 May
346:end,
333:chain
187:Buick
1371:Sump
888:bank
849:Bore
766:2019
741:2014
663:LCCN
653:ISBN
541:2018
480:ISBN
455:ISBN
436:2019
331:, a
294:The
239:Marr
169:and
92:and
1356:Oil
945:and
830:and
649:407
323:or
317:OHC
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41:An
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