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- noun Plural form of
crankcase .
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Examples
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Back when bikers controlled the trade, legislators tried to restrict supplies of the core ingredient they were using to make crank, so nicknamed because they would hide meth in their motorcycles 'crankcases.
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Similar shops had been created for master links and rods, crankcases, crankshafts, pistons, rocker shafts and valve guides, and cams.
Lean Thinking James P. Womack 2003
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Both the six - and four-cylinder engines have aluminium crankcases helping to significantly reduce the weight of these engines.
Autoblog Green Sam Abuelsamid 2010
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Brand new crankcases for the 696, which are an impressive 1. 2kg (2. 6lb) lighter and, furthermore, the user-friendliness of the controls has been improved with 4-point adjustable clutch and brake levers to suit all hand sizes.
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The 1100 sports the same V-Twin 1078cc engine used in the Hypermotard and Multistrada with a little tweaking of the crankcases.
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Both the six - and four-cylinder engines have aluminium crankcases helping to significantly reduce the weight of these engines.
Autoblog Green Sam Abuelsamid 2010
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The power I never got a chance to savor (thanks to extreme wintry conditions) comes from Porsche's traditional flat six engines, but now they feature direct fuel injection, new two-piece crankcases, revised intake and exhaust systems and more.
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Stormwater run-off, laden with motor oil from engine crankcases in the parking lots and gasoline spilled at the convenience store, will pose a threat to nearby wetlands, Eight Mile Creek, the tributaries of Lake Hartwell and other sources of our drinking water.
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"Supermen" of the Bush Nazis continues in Beijing, I would like to point out that the roads of this town are crumbling because the Bush Nazis felt that they were fulfilling prophecy by puncturing crankcases so that thousands of gallons of leaking oil destroyed the pavement.
Indymedia Ireland 2008
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No modifications to the crankcases are allowed except as provided for above.
Roadracingworld.com 2008
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