Most connecting rods in current engines are configured like this aftermarket Crowerod. The little end (A) accepts a high-strength steel wristpin that connects the rod to the piston.

And we have to say that he’s come up with an impressive model. It’s a cutaway of a three-cylinder reciprocating engine, complete with crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, and engine block.

We’ll see here how to correctly assemble the pistons and connecting rods back together and place them in the right cylinders, a very important part if you don’t want you engine to blow up in ...

From overall design, length, and processes, connecting rods these days feature some trick attributes that are in place to handle any revving, high-powered engine.

The company has only developed the rods as drop-in replacements for 5.3- and 6.2-liter LS V8 engines from General Motors thus far. In its own testing, Transcend says it was able to tune the 5.3 to ...

For the benefit of anyone unfamiliar with an engine’s inner workings, the connecting rods are what join the pistons to the crankshaft. Briefly, a fuel/air mixture is ignited when each piston is ...

Scat tells us crankshafts are a series of main and connecting rod journals flanked by large counterweights engineered to “counter” the weight of the connecting rod and piston along with ...

The connecting rod is heated to about 600 degrees to expand the metal. Then it's placed inside the piston and the pin connects the two components. Now, the engine can finally be assembled.

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2015-2020 Acura TLX, 2016-2020 Acura MDX, 2016 and 2018-2019 Pilot, 2017 and 2019 Ridgeline, and 2018-2019 Odyssey vehicles. Due to a ...

Here's a set of Scat 6.125-inch Chevrolet H-beam rods with important balance information written on the box. The large end of each rod weighs 452 grams. The small ends tip the scale at 191 grams ...