While the engineering community continues to explore the benefits of electric and hybrid vehicles—i.e., the environmental and renewable energy factors—the automotive market is still dependent on ...

The cross-plane crankshaft typically incorporates a longer stroke than the flat-plane crankshaft. A longer stroke generally ...

The automotive industry is advancing fast, and as it seems, all the major automakers are hell bent on the complexities that come with it: emissions, safety, comfort, and autonomy. While there's ...

There is so much going on with internal combustion engines (ICEs) these days, it can give you a headache just reading about them. That's why we do the research for you and then cram it into bite-size ...

It's very easy to make fun of 1980s Maserati today. Its cars from this time haven't aged well, with styling that's a bit too 1980s and a reputation for less-than-stellar reliability. But at the time, ...

Ford's newest gasoline V-8, the 6.2-liter, is an interesting development. Architecturally it doesn't much resemble other Ford engines once above the head gasket. Its production debut is in trucks and ...

Thunder Power's 4-valve cylinder head conversion for big-block Chevys bolts right onto production iron or aftermarket aluminum cylinder blocks. The heads even have the necessary bosses to add an extra ...

Virtually all current production-based cylinder heads incorporate a cross-flow design with intake ports (Photo B) located on one side of the head and exhaust ports (Photo C) on the opposite side. Some ...