Your car talks to you. Not in the "please take me to the beach" way, […] ...

In explaining the cost associated with Repairing Japanese vehicles, most mechanics point out that preventative fluid swaps are less expensive than a complete transmission overhaul.

There's more to piston shapes than you might think. Whether it's domed, flat, or dished, all pistons have their fair share of pros and cons when it comes to performance and efficiency. Understand that ...

There's no need to sugarcoat what bad piston rings can do to your engine. Those rather thin cast-iron or steel rings may look small and irrelevant to untrained eyes, but they play a vital part in ...

In this latest episode of The Detroit News' Pistons podcast, "The Engine Room," beat reporter Coty Davis and Detroit News contributor Tarohn Finley take you behind the scenes of Monday's brawl against ...

A loophole in Formula 1’s new technical regulations offers a way around the 16:1 compression ratio cap, introducing controversy before the season even starts. Technical manoeuvring to push regulatory ...

Technical manoeuvring to push regulatory boundaries for the slightest performance edge without actually breaking any rules is a familiar pattern in all forms of motorsport. Engineers treat the rule ...

In this latest episode of The Detroit News' Pistons podcast, The Engine Room, beat reporter Coty Davis and Detroit News contributor Tarohn Finley discuss the possibility of trading for two-time MVP ...

Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...

Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of each design. The “correct” answer is thus to combine both into a single ...

Ferrari is exploring radical oval pistons that could shrink engines, boost efficiency, and reinvent how high-performance gas motors are designed for the next generation. For as long as internal ...