You might have heard about high compression ratios, but what exactly are they, and what kind of effect do they have on an ...

Increasing an engine’s compression ratio is a proven way of unlocking extra horsepower, but there’s a point of diminishing returns. The team at Garage 54, the Russian mechanics who built a V16 using ...

Even if you don't plan on ever owning a car with a diesel engine, you may still want to know how they compare to gas engines in terms of costs and maintenance.

Family-owned concrete supplier Ozinga Bros. faced a major decision last year. It hadn’t bought new trucks in six years, and it was time to make some purchases. Tim Ozinga, the company’s director of ...

Combustion engines with an odd number of cylinders are not unheard of but are not particularly common, either. Honda‘s just trotted out an interesting one: A V3, so, two pistons on one side and one on ...