Ferrari has signaled a willingness to challenge one of the most fundamental assumptions in engine design by filing a European ...

A piston is anything but a slug. It's asked to withstand the cylinder pressures generated by 200,000,000 power strokes (in its 100,000-mile lifetime), slide in bores with a minimal amount of ...

Engines have remained fairly true to form over the years without a lot of unusual changes, but a new Ferrari design could change everything.

Here you can see basic piston terminology, including major and minor thrust locations. Of particular note is the fact that piston pin offset can be used to counteract combustion pressures on the ...

Toyota is famous for its 2JZ engine. Mazda has the Wankel rotary. Subaru gets the "boxer." These engines have earned our respect and admiration, even with their shortcomings. Honda has its own ...