Turbo. It's one of the best words in all of car culture, and also one of the most misunderstood. Everyone knows a turbo makes ...

Any given garage or workshop can house a multitude of different small, diesel engine-powered implements, such as log splitters. The annoying thing about these many small engines is that, much like the ...

How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...

The Carnot heat engine is a thermodynamic device that converts heat into mechanical work by operating between two temperature reservoirs, a hot and cold one. The engine works by taking heat from the ...

Failure of a single-engine aircraft’s lone powerplant is something students train for beginning with their first instructional flight. If they continue to certification, they’ve studied the basics of ...