Mazda’s new SkyActiv-X engine will go against every convention you thought you understood about gasoline engines. It’s supercharged, but for efficiency purposes, not to increase power. It has a ...

Tailored to small gasoline engines, the KX1130 ignition-timing controller emerges as a complete single-chip design for 2- and 4-stroke ignition modules. The controller generates the desired ignition ...

A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...

The Advance CurveAll engines require an ignition curve based both on the requirements of engine rpm and cylinder filling (volumetric efficiency). This means that at 3,000 rpm with the throttle open ...

Compression ignition basically is the term that is used for describing the manner in which diesel engines function. It happens when intake air—which often is combined with recirculating exhaust gas—is ...

If you've been following along, you've seen that during our recent "downtime" we've taken the opportunity to get our 1964 "GMC" back on the road. To be fair, it has quite literally always run. When we ...

Power equipment like snow blowers, power washers, generators and lawnmowers are built to do a specific job and in most cases do it well. But when a piece of equipment doesn’t perform as it should, or ...

Bosch managed to create a timeless design when it introduced spark plugs to the masses. But it would have never come to pass if not for another invention.

In response to stricter global emissions standards, automakers are looking for new ways to wring every last bit of efficiency out of the internal-combustion engine. In this Engineering Explained video ...

While the 5.3L LS4 V8 was the first car engine to feature Active Fuel Management (cylinder deactivation) technology, it was not Flex Fuel capable and did not have variable valve timing. As mentioned, ...