On the wall of most any auto shop classroom hangs a chart depicting the four elements of the four-stroke-cycle internal combustion engine: intake, compression, power and exhaust. From the 19th-century ...

Cars' engines have to resist tremendous pressure and heat up to 3,000 degrees. So what in the world is a soft, explosive ...

From a gearhead's viewpoint—take that back, anybody's informed perspective—there's one guy who stands out as a catalyst in the art of automotive as we know it. Not talking about the caveman who ...

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 ...

Despite sounding like a thoroughly entertaining evening out, it is actually a description for one of the most important processes in the majority of engines. Known as the four-cycle, it is the process ...

The roar of an engine coming alive is a result of a process that creates thousands of explosions every minute. There are four steps that create these explosions: intake, compression, power and exhaust ...