Mihai has even branched beyond the usual confines of an automotive writer from time to time, however, his heart is still close to anything car-related. He's most at home retelling the story of some ...

Every aspect of an engine is a compromise: torque for horsepower, efficiency for emissions, performance for fuel economy, compression for octane tolerance. During the evolution of the internal ...

Hyundai figured out continuously variable valve duration in a production vehicle (or at least one about to hit production). increase in performance of 4 percent with 5 percent better efficiency, along ...

The hunt for efficient engine valve technology can be a never-ending journey into cam timing, various combustion cycles, and lift and duration adjustments. For that reason, some companies believe ...

Mercedes-Benz has been granted a patent for an internal combustion engine that includes a crankshaft, camshaft, cylinder, piston, gas exchange valve, valve clearance compensation device, and a control ...

March 8, 2009 Fiat Group used the Geneva Auto Show to launch a new engine technology which could ultimately be as important as the common rail diesel technology it invented 15 years ago. Dubbed ...

Well, prepare to be blown away, because they have unveiled a production specification engine that has no camshafts. If the 1980’s had VTEC as the top technology for valve control, and the 1990s turned ...

We had no idea that what’s needed to convert an internal combustion engine to steam power is actually rather trivial. [David Nash] shows us how it’s done by performing the alterations on the engine of ...

Conventional wisdom suggests that our faithful internal combustion (IC) engines are heading the way of the buggy whip. The lithium-ion battery has arrived, emissions standards are tightening, and ...