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  • 6 years ago
Piston-cooling oil jets are showing up with greater frequency in production engines. In this Honda CBR600RR, for example, a jet of oil shoots up through the cylinder to the underside of the piston dome, splashes across to the other side, and falls back into the crankcase.

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