It's important to keep in mind that the combustion process occurs in a very brief period of time. Due to a variety of conditions that include mixture density, homogeneity, temperature, fuel ...

Gasoline engines usually run on the Otto cycle, the standard four-stroke and two-stroke combustion process that has been powering humanity for a while now. Although engines typically rely on the "suck ...

It's been a long time since the automotive world has bothered with the mixing of oil and gas of the two-stroke combustion cycle — but soon, it may come time to rid ourselves of four-stroke engines, if ...

Just days ago, Porsche patented a revolutionary six-stroke engine that combines the power advantages of a two-stroke engine ...

NOTE: With this issue of HOT ROD, your Shop Series begins a slightly different and more comprehensive approach to the discussion of engine and vehicle basics. In the coming months, you'll find a frank ...

As a hot-rodding legend and inductee into the Drag Racing Hall of Fame, 75-year-old Bruce Crower could have sat back and enjoyed retirement. Not one to let age get in the way of creative thinking, ...

Conventional wisdom suggests that our faithful internal combustion (IC) engines are heading the way of the buggy whip. The lithium-ion battery has arrived, emissions standards are tightening, and ...

An engine's displacement dictates power output based on the bore and stroke, while compression ratio influences how strong ...