Automotive history is full of dead ends that eventually get lost to time. Seventy years ago, the free-piston engine was ...

Two of the most critical components that help power your car's internal combustion engine are the crankshaft and the camshaft(s). The two parts are vital for sending power to various areas of your ...

The Free-Piston Engine The most basic definition of a free-piston engine is that it’s a piston engine where the pistons aren’t married to the rotation of a crankshaft. The pistons in these engines ...

You're looking at one very clever piece of engineering. It's an Adams-Farwell air-cooled, piston-driven, rotary engine. The crankshaft stays put, connected to the frame of the car, while the crankcase ...

'The performance world is full of cool stroker engine combinations these days that fill more pages in crankshaft catalogs than ever before. We're talkin' about long-arm 460 Fords, wild Cleveland ...

Honda has issued a recall for almost a quarter of a million Acura and Honda vehicles whose engines are at risk of damaging themselves. Some have improperly manufactured crankshafts that could spin a ...

Drop cap initial letterLet's get one thing straight: The variable-valve-timing, direct-injection, turbo-wonderful powerplant in your new car is not cutting-edge. Despite the complexity of the modern ...

Normally, you wouldn’t need to take out a Toyota VVTi engine’s crankshaft if you are not performing a major repair job after something went wrong. The job is very complex and you will have to ...

Engine power is a product of its overall displacement, but two similarly-sized engines with different bore and stroke ...

GMC Sierra owner David Tidwell ditches his 3.0L Duramax for a 2026 Ram 1500 after "imploding" engines and thrust bearing ...

The new rev-happy 5.2-liter V-8 in the Mustang Shelby GT350 is one of the most compelling reasons to visit a Ford dealership in 2016. Code-named Voodoo and sharing its basic architecture with the ...