The world's largest piston engine is the Wärtsilä RT-Flex96C inline-14 diesel, which generates 110,000 hp, stands 44 feet ...

A technique rarely taught in schools, this video demonstrates how to create cylinder block honing heads for large piston ...

In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design, from single-cylinder all the way up to radial twelve-cylinder engines.

The S85 V10 delivered F1-inspired thrills, but poor maintenance still sent this 500-hp masterpiece to an early grave.

When it comes to engines, everyone is always looking for more. More horsepower, more torque, more efficiency. One company has ...

The engine you see here has three opposed-piston engines in a chain, forming a triangle. This setup made 3,700 hp when turbocharged. A much simpler bank of six cylinders (12 pistons) could power ...

Despite having four cylinder banks, the INNengine (depending on its configuration) actually has eight pistons. This is because the engine is an opposed-piston motor, meaning that each piston’s ...

Ferrari has filed a patent for an engine with pill-shaped pistons, a radical departure from traditional circular piston designs.While Honda famously experimented with oval pistons in the late ...

The engine is the heart of the car, truck, or SUV. The vehicle’s full function is dependent upon the engine, and if it isn’t running, or running well, it has a massive effect. Inside of almost every ...

As the piston comes back up inside the cylinder, it pushes the combustion’s spent exhaust out of the cylinder via the exhaust valve (or valves) and the process repeats Idle speed is measured in how ...