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Vroom Vroom: The symphony of high-performance engines

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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What's the RPM of an Internal Combustion Engine?

Internal combustion engine means things are combusting internally in the engine. So you have gasoline in your tank and then a pump will take that gasoline and turn it into vapor. One explosion in one cylinder causes another one to move and then the whole sequence starts again. Once all six pistons inside of that explode, that's one revolution.

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