ASSIGNMENT 1

What is the function on the following four stroke gasoline engine parts?

Intake Valves
Exhaust Valves
Valve cover
Intake Port
Head
Coolant
Engine Block
Oil Pump
Oil Pan
Oil Sump
Camshaft
Rocker Arm & Spring
Spark Plug
Exhaust Port
Piston
Connecting Rod
Camshaft
Overhead camshaft
Crankshaft

Assignment 2 - Engine Concepts

1. What is the four stroke compression cycle?

2. What happens during each of the engine of the engines four strokes?

3. What is combustion?

4. What is required to have combustion? (It has to do with the fire triangle)

5. What happens when you compress a gas like air or the air fuel mixture in a cylinder?

6. What is displacement in terms of an internal combustion engine?

7. What difference does displacement make in an internal combustion engine?

8. What are three advantages and disadvantages to having an eight cylinder engine when compared to a four cylinder engine?

9. What is an internal combustion engine supposed to do?

10. Where does the majority of the energy from the fuel go when an internal combustion engine is running?

ASSIGNMENT 3 Engine Systems

1. What are the major parts of the gasoline engines ignition system and what do they do?

2. What are the major parts of the gasoline engines cooling system and what do they do?

3. What are the major parts of the gasoline engines exhaust system and what do they do?

4. How does a turbocharger work and why would we use one?

5. How does a supercharger work and why would we use one?

6. How does diesel differ from gasoline?

7. What are the major differences in a four-stroke gasoline engine and a four-stroke diesel engine?

8. How does a two-stroke engine work?

9. Why does a two- stroke diesel need a supercharger?

10. What is direct injection?

ASSIGNMENT - 4 Transmissions

1. What are three advantages of a manual transmission over an automatic transmission?

2. Why would you want to have an automatic transmission?

3. Are there any reasons that an automatic transmission would be used if the only efficiency and performance were considered?

4. What does a torque converter do and how does it affect efficiency?

5. How does a manual transmissions clutch work and how does this effect the transmissions efficiency compared to an automatic transmission?

6. What is the basic idea behind all the possible Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVT)?

7. Why is a CVT that works correctly and lasts a long time the best transmission for the vast majority of drivers in the world?

8. What is a dual clutch transmission?

9. What is a differential?

10. Why do cars have differential gears in them?

ASSIGNMENT 5

1. How do brakes work?

2. What are the parts of a power brake system?

3. How do disk brakes work?

4. How do drum brakes work?

5. Where does the energy go when a vehicle is stopped by disk brakes?

6. What are anti-lock brakes and how do they work?

7. What are the elements of an automobile suspension alignment?

8. What is power steering and how does it work?

9. What is Stability control, how does it work, and what are its other names?

10. How does electrically assisted power steering work?