The engine in your car and the one in a small plane have more in common than you might think, but there are plenty of ...

Tom writes: Our 1998 Mercedes-Benz C230 has an electrical issue that sometimes causes the windows to open overnight, the ...

We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

The piston aircraft market experienced a significant consolidation from its mid-20th century "golden era" due to product liability and profitability challenges, leading to the discontinuation of ...

An engine with no crankshaft, where the pistons float on air? It’s not a dream; it’s a free piston engine and it might be the next major advance in car tech. When we think of automotive technology of ...

You're at the point in your project where it's time to start building the engine for your car. You're looking online to see what pistons and rebuild kits are available, but the first thing you find ...

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 ...

In today's automotive world, 1,000hp still turns heads. Only a few short years ago, that sort of grunt was unheard of in a street car, and reversed for the absolute top-tier racing tech found at the ...