The Heartbeat of Harley
88-B "Fathead"
(88 Cubic Inches ~ Balanced)
Suck ... Squeeze ... Bang ... Blow
Today, cars, trucks, motorcycles, construction machinery and many others most commonly use a "four-stroke" cycle internal combustion engine (ICE). The four strokes refer to intake, compression, combustion and exhaust strokes that occur during two crankshaft rotations per working cycle of the engine. The four steps in this cycle are often informally referred to as "suck ... squeeze ... bang ... blow."
Now, next time you attend a boring cocktail hour, or finger-tapping, eye-brow raising corporate meeting, you can break the ice and impress your friends and associates with your knowledge of the internal combustion engine ... and the creative terminology you've come up with to describe it.
So, without further ado, let's take a close look at what is going on inside your vehicle's engine ... (Read Discussion)
Uploaded on September 06, 2008