Ferrari has submitted a patent for an innovative engine design featuring pill-shaped pistons and a unique connecting rod ...

The crankshaft is installed with precise clearance checks using Plastigage. Connecting rods are fitted and the shortblock is ...

Utah's Transcend Energy Group claims it has a relatively simple and cheap way to dramatically increase the torque output of combustion engines, simply by replacing the standard connecting rods with ...

The internal combustion engine has been around for a long time. Just when it seems like every part that could be optimized or improved upon has been already, something new comes out. This latest ...

Big-End—The rod journal end of the rod that rides on the crankshaft's rod journal. Big-ends are resized for proper dimensions and roundness in a honing device after the rodcapshave been ground ...

The annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas always brings fans of the automotive aftermarket loads of new hardware to check out. Transcend Energy Group made waves this week by unveiling the industry’s first two ...

Most of the time, it's hard to know why an uncrashed car ended up at the junkyard. With this Mini Cooper S, we know why. Street car engines mostly don't blow up in such spectacular fashion, perhaps ...

JB Weld is a particularly popular brand of epoxy, and features in many legends. “My cousin’s neighbour’s dog trainer’s grandpa once repaired a Sherman tank barrel in France with that stuff!” they’ll ...

Sebastian's spare time is spent watching Formula 1, fiddling with his friends' cars (usually German money pits), and soaking up as much architectural amazement and engineering excellence as he can ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking into 414 reports of connecting-rod bearing failures in Honda and Acura vehicles with the automaker's 3.5-liter V-6 engine. The ...

When you consider the crazy monkey motion of reciprocating internal combustion engines it is remarkable they work as well as they do. You have eight pistons and connecting rods doing a “do-si-do” ...