Meet the Birotary, a crazy new and complicated engine that has three cylinders arranged like a star, a rotating block, a ...

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 ...

Here you can see basic piston terminology, including major and minor thrust locations. Of particular note is the fact that piston pin offset can be used to counteract combustion pressures on the ...

In previous installments of our Basic Tech Series, we have discussed the harsh environments that the core components of an internal combustion engine must endure. We have explored connecting rods and ...

Piston ring end gaps matter more than you think because they manage pressure and heat, preventing catastrophic failures ...