Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these ...

The story of how Honda developed an oval-piston race engine that ultimately failed but still made history along the way.

Piston-driven aircraft are significantly more affordable to purchase than turboprops, with models generally ranging from $100,000 to $1 million. Training and certification for piston planes are less ...

Ferrari is exploring a groundbreaking approach to the internal combustion engine, as revealed by a recent European patent filing. Departing from the industry-standard round pistons, this new design ...

Ferrari has signaled a willingness to challenge one of the most fundamental assumptions in engine design by filing a European ...

Engine cylinders can misfire due to problems with the ignition system, the fuel system, air and compression, or sensors and ...

Q:I have a 327 in my '31 Ford that features nearly the same cam and components as the one you referenced recently in Pit Stop (Nov. '12). Since a 1.6:1-ratio rocker arm will push the valve a little ...

Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of each design. The “correct” answer is thus to combine both ...

Ferrari continues to explore hydrogen-powered drivetrain solutions, patent documents discovered by AutoGuide.com indicate Ferrari is looking at a two-stroke 3- or 6-cylinder opposed piston engine ...

Just because LEGO Technic is technically a toy doesn’t mean that you cannot do solid engineering with it, like building ...