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Page 159
... flat - twins for 30 years . The original prototype for the 2 CV from 1935 was powered by a water - cooled flat - twin , but during the war , the engine was redesigned as ... flat - twin . 159 Citroen The Visa-Simplifications to the Flat Twin.
... flat - twins for 30 years . The original prototype for the 2 CV from 1935 was powered by a water - cooled flat - twin , but during the war , the engine was redesigned as ... flat - twin . 159 Citroen The Visa-Simplifications to the Flat Twin.
Page 298
... flat - twin in 1890 and built a test unit in 1892 , and by 1907 he was granted a patent on it . The 1895 Delahaye was a flat - twin . Henri Brasier patented a design for a flat - twin car engine in 1896 . Two years later , Benz began ...
... flat - twin in 1890 and built a test unit in 1892 , and by 1907 he was granted a patent on it . The 1895 Delahaye was a flat - twin . Henri Brasier patented a design for a flat - twin car engine in 1896 . Two years later , Benz began ...
Page 330
... flat - twin and flat - four engines were popular at the turn of the century but lost out to the vertical in - line type of construction . Advances in vehicle architecture made in the 1930s and ' 40s led to a revival of the horizontally ...
... flat - twin and flat - four engines were popular at the turn of the century but lost out to the vertical in - line type of construction . Advances in vehicle architecture made in the 1930s and ' 40s led to a revival of the horizontally ...
Contents
Preface | 6 |
Power Train Philosophy | 21 |
Filling the Cylinders | 35 |
Copyright | |
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