If you've watched a car movie like the "Fast and the Furious" franchise in recent years, you might've noticed them pressing a button and the car suddenly getting a massive boost in engine power. When ...

The internal combustion engines that power most modern cars generate huge amounts of heat as they run. While it's normal for your vehicle's engine to become quite hot while driving, too much heat can ...

Across more than a century of automotive history, a handful of engines have earned reputations for surviving abuse, neglect, ...

Positive Crankcase Ventilation—three dirty words, but do they really need to be perceived that way? In general, the PCV system has two main functions: vapor relief and liquid separation. PCV systems ...

The unique demands of car racing have spurred various developments in automobile manufacturing. Whether in Formula 1, Le Mans ...

INDIANAPOLIS — On the second floor of an upscale steakhouse downtown, just days before their engines would be put to the test against each other in the Indianapolis 500, engineers from Chevrolet and ...

When most people think of diesel engines, they often picture heavy-duty trucks and locomotives — or they might recall Volkswagen's Dieselgate scandal – but diesel power actually made its passenger car ...

When Red Bull unveiled its upcoming RB17 hypercar at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the engine specifications were almost beyond belief. A 4.5-liter V-10 that screams to a redline of 15,000 ...

What if you wanted to get more power than possible from a four-cylinder engine, but with a motor that wasn't as heavy and thirsty for fuel as a six-cylinder mill? The obvious solution for ...