Virtually all current production-based cylinder heads incorporate a cross-flow design with intake ports (Photo B) located on one side of the head and exhaust ports (Photo C) on the opposite side. Some ...

There is so much going on with internal combustion engines (ICEs) these days, it can give you a headache just reading about them. That's why we do the research for you and then cram it into bite-size ...

Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...

Modern internal combustion engines — including those that run on diesel fuel — require a lot of special parts and systems to prevent dumping excess emissions into the atmosphere. Not only are those ...

The Buick Division of General Motors never had it so good. After hammering at the door of the “Big Three” for 17 years, the door suddenly opened and even Buick personnel were amazed to find that their ...