Wait! Don't say anything. Okay—they're gone. I didn't want those guys to hear what we were saying about them. Who? The people who flipped past this article without reading it, of course! You see, ...

There are two basic differences between 2 stroke and 4 stroke motors. One has to do with how many strokes it takes a piston to complete an engine cycle (more on that below). The other has to do with ...

Most modern gasoline and diesel-powered engines found in the cars and trucks seen on today's roadways rely on the four-cycle-engine principles developed in the late 1800s by Nikolaus Otto, Gottlieb ...

Porsche was issued a patent for its six-stroke combustion engine on October 22, 2024. The company describes the new engine as having a "working cycle" of three complete crankshaft revolutions with two ...

I can never resist a good oddball engine, and this one’s pedigree is impressive. See if you can bend your mind around it. Most of you reading this probably have at least a basic understanding of how ...