Engine building is technically a science, but the truth is that there is just as much art as there is science. Where most ...

Piston rings are small, but they play an essential role in the performance of internal combustion engines, and their engineering is nothing short of brilliant. These cleverly designed components may ...

How much can the profile of your piston rings affect the amount of heat your engine generates? What we found might surprise you.

Small engine repair should be pretty easy, as the engines are generally low tech.<BR><BR>The hard part is probably finding the tools. Stuff for cars is pretty easy.

That's why really high-horsepower engines O-ring the blocks and heads. Those same microscopic peaks and valleys exist on the cylinder walls, piston rings, and piston-ring grooves.

Check out this tech article called Piston Head Clearance Guide, brought to you by the experts at Chevy High Performance Magazine.

Presumably that you want to replace the worn out piston rings of a Toyota VVTi engine, you’ll need to know how to correctly put the new ones in place.

Diesel engines have pistons that look different from the ones you'd see with a gas engine. There's a reason why that's the case, and it's all about performance.

Each ring has gap, which serves two purposes - it enables you to take them out or put them back in their niches on the piston, as well as allowing you to measure how much worn they are.

Beyond being small, lightweight and easy to transport, Aquarius' engine design is very simple and low-maintenance, employing just 20 total parts, of which only the single piston moves.