# How Does an Engine Work?

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**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [March 8, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-does-an-engine-work/80671 "2004-03-08T07:48:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![suds240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@suds240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suds240)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-does-an-engine-work/80671/1 "2004-03-08T07:48:29Z")

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For those of you who have not taken any automotive courses, or are just unaware of what happens to make you move in a car 🙂 .

> **[How Car Engines Work](https://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm)**
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> Internal combustion converts gasoline into motion. Learn about the process of internal combustion and how it takes place inside your car engine.

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**Author:** ![nismo\_92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/76d3ee/32.png) [@nismo\_92](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nismo_92)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-does-an-engine-work/80671/2 "2004-03-08T09:20:41Z")

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Good stuff, theres also other very usefull information on that site on how things work, power steering, brake system, turbochargers, cooling, as well as alot of non car related stuff.

Just type it in and learn, thats how i learned about cars

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**Author:** ![thepepperman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@thepepperman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thepepperman)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-does-an-engine-work/80671/3 "2004-03-08T10:11:02Z")

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[http://www.revetec.com/website/index.html](http://www.revetec.com/website/index.html)

Dunno who’s seen this before, but an interesting alternative on how to build an internal combustion engine. Great graphics to explain how it runs!

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**Author:** ![Dtown240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dtown240/32/5482_2.png) [@Dtown240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dtown240)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-does-an-engine-work/80671/4 "2004-03-08T22:40:09Z")

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How an internal combustion engine works; Cliff notes = Suck, squish, bang, blow…repeat