Inline and V engines dominate modern combustion vehicle design. Each layout offers unique advantages in packaging, smoothness, cost, and performance. Here is how the two configurations differ and why ...

From its modest beginnings in 1860 as a single-cylinder, coal gas-powered machine capable of just two horsepower, to the high-revving, 1,000-horsepower V6 powerplants used in F1 cars today, the ...

For decades, Chrysler has had something of a stranglehold on the market when it comes to hemispherical engines. These are engines where the combustion chamber is shaped like a hemisphere, though the ...

In the early 1970s, Edelbrock introduced a small-block Chevrolet intake manifold design that was unlike any previous concept for a V-type engine. They called it the "Tarantula" and it amounted to a ...