Engineers have a lot to think about when designing new engines, and one of the biggest considerations is the shape of the ...

Piston rings are the seals in your cylinders, giving you better compression and power, but what happens if they wear or break ...

Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...

The internal combustion engine, for all its mechanical sophistication, still runs on a 19th-century mechanical idea: pistons rising and falling, a crankshaft spinning, a steam-age architecture ...

Every car engine has quite a few details, ranging from cylinder count to compression ratios. How does changing the compression ratio affect the engine?

The Automotive Piston Companies Quadrant delivers an in-depth analysis of the global automotive piston market, spotlighting major players, technological advances, and emerging trends. With 102 ...

When we here in the modern age think of an “engine,” we are usually thinking of a four-stroke, four-cylinder, gasoline-fed, internal-combustion engine with the valves on the top. But why must that be ...

Piston planes are an economical choice for new pilots and enthusiasts, offering significantly lower purchase costs, reduced fuel consumption, and less expensive maintenance compared to turboprops.

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...

One of the Volkswagen Group’s most widely used engines is at the center of a new class action lawsuit in the United States.

So often, 3D printer owners buy their machines with the promise of freeing themselves from the shackles of commercial manufactured items, and making all sorts of wonderful and useful things to improve ...