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  1. #1 How a Car Engine Works... for dummies. 
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    Quote Originally Posted by AmericanSoldier View Post
    ...not scanning/monitoring your motor is like bangin a hooker and you just HOPE your not infected.
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    I like the colors.
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    Its like a story book for adults. "Pictures That Move" I believe is the expression

    Quote Originally Posted by AmericanSoldier View Post
    ...not scanning/monitoring your motor is like bangin a hooker and you just HOPE your not infected.
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    But what about wasted spark? Some car uses waste spark (ignites on exhaust stroke) mainly because it's cheaper to have one coil handling 2 spark plugs at the same time than to have 2 smaller coils for each plugs.
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    umm this is forgetting about the W12 or the W16 engines.
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    Yaaaaay: Suck, squeeze, bang, blow.

    Quote Originally Posted by genki View Post
    But what about wasted spark? Some car uses waste spark (ignites on exhaust stroke) mainly because it's cheaper to have one coil handling 2 spark plugs at the same time than to have 2 smaller coils for each plugs.
    Fires on the exhaust and power IIRC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ericspecullaas View Post
    umm this is forgetting about the W12 or the W16 engines.
    And the straight 5,6, and 8 cylinders
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    Dirty hookers always find things to complain about. A simple that's cool and thanks Mr. Sheff would have sufficed, but no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by matt5112 View Post
    Suck, squeeze, bang, blow.
    sounds like my last gf. wonder how she knows you.......
    im a cookie again yay me
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    Too bad there isn't something like this for transmissions, that'd be awesome.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Booba5185 View Post
    Too bad there isn't something like this for transmissions, that'd be awesome.
    HowStuffWorks "Continuously Variable Transmissions"

    Not quite as good, and is 5 pages long, but has some neat illustrations that you can actually play with
    (moving shift lever changes gear placement on page 4)

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    Thanks! I meant more for showing my friends and such how they work, this GIF does that easily, lol.
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    Yeah, it would be nice if there was one for trannies but I haven't been able to find one like it yet. That link was the closest I could get.

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    How my engine works(civic)
    "Last night I didn't get much sleep so in the morning I made my coffee with red bull instead of water, I got half way to work before I realized I forgot my car."
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    Lol! well I don't know how to make videos attach...just the link. But yea that was much better.
    "Last night I didn't get much sleep so in the morning I made my coffee with red bull instead of water, I got half way to work before I realized I forgot my car."
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    where is the like button when i need it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Palm View Post
    where is the like button when i need it
    What the **** happened to my like button. I know I left it here when I went out of town. So I try to share and be nice and you ass holes just stab me in the back
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    Quote Originally Posted by AmericanSoldier View Post
    ...not scanning/monitoring your motor is like bangin a hooker and you just HOPE your not infected.
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