Have you ever heard of the Silent Knight? It was a unique engine that ditched noisy valves for a weirder, quieter, and more ...
The Autopian on MSN
One of GM’s most complicated engines had no crankshaft, four pistons, two cylinders, a turbine, and could run on whale oil
Automotive history is full of dead ends that eventually get lost to time. Seventy years ago, the free-piston engine was ...
Engineering Explained on MSN
How do some engines rev to 9,000 RPM?
The Honda S2000, the Mazda RX-8, the Ferrari 458, the Porsche GT3. What all of these cars have in common is that in stock form they'll rev all the way to 9,000 RPM, if not faster. But what allows for ...
The true VW Beetle saw its final curtain in 1979, and a celebration special edition was issued for the US market, with just ...
Click to open image viewer. Dr. Hugo Junkers started development of his Diesel aircraft engines in a small factory at Dessau, Germany in 1911. His early engines functioned on the two-stroke cycle ...
The Detroit Pistons head into Thursday's home game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 55-21 record and only six games remaining in the regular season.
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)’s T1 class is famous for many reasons: being enormous, being a duplex, possibly having beaten Mallard’s speed record while no one was looking… and being in production ...
Fans yearned for a 911 engine in the Porsche Cayman ever since it launched in 2005. The standard flat-six offering was good, but it was clear that the chassis was capable of managing more. And while ...
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