Taking an engine compression test is sort of like checking your car's blood pressure. It's a quick and painless procedure ...

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 ...

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 ...

As we begin the last article in this series on the basics of the internal combustion engine, let's stop to review what we've covered during the last five articles. We began last May by detailIing the ...

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 ...