There are several different ways that automakers classify the engines that they make. In many cases, they just give the engines cool names, such as Ford with its Coyote and Voodoo engines. However, ...

This engine has a transparent cylinder so that combustion can be observed. Two components of cylinder volume are important: (a) The "Displacement volume" is the volume displaced by the piston as it ...

In order to understand how delivering ever more power and mpg at the same time is possible, here's a refresher course on how a gasoline engine works. A gas engine is both fundamentally simplistic and ...

SINCE the power output of an engine is practically proportional to the weight of the charge, the object has been to increase the weight of the charge burned. The weight of charge inducted by an ...