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 ...

The compression ratio isn’t just a number: it’s one of the greatest determining factors in engine building. Compression ratio determines the type of fuel, how much boost, and has a significant ...

Unless you rebuilding an engine with little to no budget you're going to upgrade to aluminum forged pistons. Besides being stronger than cast pistons, the lighter aluminum cuts parasitic power loss.

Strictly defined, compression ratio is the total volume above the piston at bottom dead center (BDC), divided by the total volume above the piston at top dead center (TDC). First, let's look at the ...

SAE International Journal of Engines, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2011), pp. 2087-2099 (13 pages) ABSTRACT A successful piston design requires eliminate the following failure modes: structure failure, skirt ...

Let’s take a look at some real-world production engines to see how bore and stroke affect performance, not just in theory but in practice. We start with the square and well-known Honda K20: 86x86 mm, ...