Cylinder, motorbike engine
Top view of an aluminium cylinder with piston The cylinder head is flat the combustion chamber is in the piston crown The cylinder has a Nikasil coating wich is a nickel coating with silicon carbide particles embedded No cast iron liner is required giving good heat transfer and a weight saving
Size: 5492px × 3661px
Location: australia
Photo credit: © metalpix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: aircooled, aluminium, bore, carbide, carbon, centre, chamber, coating, combustion, crown, cylinder, dead, engine, flathead, head, heat, internal, motorbike, motorcycle, nickel, nikasil, petrol, piston, silicon, technology, top