How hard could it to be to build a two-stroke internal combustion engine (ICE) from scratch? This is a challenge that [Camden Bowen] gladly set for himself, while foregoing such obvious wastes of time ...

A two-stroke engine combines intake (“scavenging”) and compression into one stroke, then ignites the charge and exhausts it on the next stroke. Unlike a four-stroke and its every-other-stroke power ...

NOTE: With this issue of HOT ROD, your Shop Series begins a slightly different and more comprehensive approach to the discussion of engine and vehicle basics. In the coming months, you'll find a frank ...

One of the most significant contributions in the history of propulsion technology came from a 19th-century engineer named Rudolf Diesel. While his idea was patented in the 1890s, it wouldn't be until ...

The engine is possibly the greatest invention in the history of mankind. Generally speaking, engines are machines that convert one form of energy into mechanical energy and have revolutionized all ...

Every new internal combustion car and truck sold in America today is equipped with a four-stroke engine, as are the vast majority of motorcycles. Today, if you hear the loud, ringing song of a ...

Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for ...

"No replacement for displacement" was the motto that produced some large powerplants during the exciting muscle car era. Nevertheless, this motto was taken to another dimension in the case of these ...

The Detroit Diesel Corporation originally launched in 1938 as a division of General Motors, and its main purpose was to build a two-stroke engine that would combine power and versatility in a small ...