Formula 1 has always been a sport where the rulebook is treated less like a […] ...

There's a new acronym floating around the performance industry—GDI—and it stands for gasoline direct injection. Among domestic production engines that have jumped heavily into the GDI segment are the ...

Pistons play the ultimate role in an engine, but despite that, it's still hard to fully wrap your head around all the forces involved. There are plenty of moving parts in an internal combustion engine ...

The Dornier Do-335 used a push-pull engine arrangement to reduce drag and eliminate asymmetric thrust. Flight testing showed ...

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 ...

Free-piston engine generators and linear machines represent an innovative departure from conventional rotary systems, offering high thermal efficiency and operational flexibility by eliminating the ...

The opposed-piston engine has been around for over 100 years and is more efficient in almost every way. The engine has no traditional valves, cams, or camshafts, and no head, so it’s simpler and ...

While there have been many unusual engine designs over the years, there haven't been many advancements involving the inner workings of the piston engine, except for higher-quality components, since ...