You've probably heard racers talking about leakdown testing as a method of verifying engine condition. Being a hot rodder, you've probably performed a similar function by using a compression tester to ...

Because diesel vehicles do not use spark plugs, they must rely on higher compression ratios to ignite the diesel fuel without ...

Increasing an engine’s compression ratio is a proven way of unlocking extra horsepower, but there’s a point of diminishing returns. The team at Garage 54, the Russian mechanics who built a V16 using ...

A fundamental difference between gasoline and diesel engines is that a gasoline engine uses spark ignition while a diesel engine uses compression ignition. Before we delve deeper, let's understand how ...