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General Motors Atlas engine, the Glossary

Atlas is a name for a family of modern inline piston engines for trucks from General Motors, used in the GMT355 and GMT360 platforms.^[1]

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Axle

An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear.

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Baja 1000

The Baja 1000 is an annual Mexican off-road motorsport race held on the Baja California Peninsula.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Erie County.

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Buick Rainier

The Buick Rainier is a mid-size luxury SUV that was manufactured by General Motors and marketed by Buick for the 2004 to 2007 model years.

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Chevrolet Colorado

The Chevrolet Colorado (sharing mechanical commonality with the GMC Canyon), is a series of compact pickup trucks (mid-size since second generation) marketed by American automaker General Motors.

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Chevrolet TrailBlazer (SUV)

The Chevrolet TrailBlazer (also known as Trailblazer) is a mid-size SUV produced by Chevrolet, a division of General Motors.

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The Chevrolet Turbo-Thrift engine is a straight-six produced from 1962 to 2001 by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. General Motors Atlas engine and Chevrolet Turbo-Thrift engine are straight-six engines.

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Cylinder (engine)

In a reciprocating engine, the cylinder is the space in which a piston travels.

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Dynamometer

A dynamometer or "dyno" for short, is a device for simultaneously measuring the torque and rotational speed (RPM) of an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover so that its instantaneous power may be calculated, and usually displayed by the dynamometer itself as kW or bhp.

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Electronic throttle control

Electronic throttle control (ETC) is an automobile technology that uses electronics to replace the traditional mechanical linkages between the driver's input such as a foot pedal to the vehicle's throttle mechanism which regulates speed or acceleration.

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Exhaust gas recirculation

In internal combustion engines, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is a nitrogen oxide emissions reduction technique used in petrol/gasoline, diesel engines and some hydrogen engines.

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Exhaust manifold

In automotive engineering, an exhaust manifold collects the exhaust gases from multiple cylinders into one pipe.

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Flint Engine Operations

Flint Engine Operations (previously, Flint Engine South) is a General Motors automobile engine factory in Flint, Michigan.

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Flint, Michigan

Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States.

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Flywheel

A flywheel is a mechanical device that uses the conservation of angular momentum to store rotational energy, a form of kinetic energy proportional to the product of its moment of inertia and the square of its rotational speed.

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Four-wheel drive

A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously.

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Fuel injection

Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by the means of an injector.

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Gasoline

Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

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General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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General Motors 122 engine

The 122 engine was designed by Chevrolet and was used in a wide array of General Motors vehicles. General Motors Atlas engine and General Motors 122 engine are Gasoline engines by model and straight-four engines.

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GMC Envoy

The GMC Envoy is a mid-size SUV manufactured and marketed by General Motors for the 1998 to 2009 model years over two generations.

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GMT360

GMT 360 is a vehicle platform that was manufactured by General Motors from the 2002 and 2009 model years.

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Hummer H3

The Hummer H3 is an off-road vehicle that was produced from 2005 to 2010 by General Motors.

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Ignition coil

An ignition coil is used in the ignition system of a spark-ignition engine to transform the battery voltage to the much higher voltages required to operate the spark plug(s).

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Isuzu Ascender

The Isuzu Ascender is a mid-size SUV built by General Motors for Isuzu.

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Moraine, Ohio

Moraine is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.

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Oldsmobile Bravada

The Oldsmobile Bravada is a mid-size luxury SUV that was sold by Oldsmobile from 1991 to 2004.

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Overhead camshaft engine

An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine in which the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.

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Pickup truck

A pickup truck or pickup is a light or medium duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (this cargo bed back end sometimes consists of a tailgate and removable covering).

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Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA.

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Radiator (engine cooling)

Radiators are heat exchangers used for cooling internal combustion engines, mainly in automobiles but also in piston-engined aircraft, railway locomotives, motorcycles, stationary generating plants or any similar use of such an engine.

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Reciprocating engine

A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature and high pressure into a rotating motion.

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Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or r⋅min−1) is a unit of rotational speed (or rotational frequency) for rotating machines.

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Saab 9-7X

The Saab 9-7X is a mid-size luxury SUV that was built by General Motors for the American market and sold under the Saab marque.

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SAE J300

SAE J300 is a standard that defines the viscometric properties of mono- and multigrade engine oils, maintained by SAE International.

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Straight engine

The straight engine (also called inline engine) is a configuration of multi-cylinder piston engine where all of the cylinders are arranged in a single row, rather than radially or in two or more cylinder banks.

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Straight-five engine

The straight-five engine (also referred to as an inline-five engine; abbreviated I5 or L5) is a piston engine with five cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankshaft. General Motors Atlas engine and straight-five engine are straight-five engines.

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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. General Motors Atlas engine and straight-four engine are straight-four engines.

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Straight-six engine

The straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft. General Motors Atlas engine and straight-six engine are straight-six engines.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Atlas_engine

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