A connecting rod is the mechanical link between the piston and the crankshaft. By design, connecting rods convert vertical motion into rotary motion, eventually yielding torque at the flywheel. By ...

Sometimes profiling a builder is as simple and natural for us as turning the ignition key on one of our vehicles. Hesco has been building engines for more than 34 years. Why does this interest us?

Utah's Transcend Energy Group claims it has a relatively simple and cheap way to dramatically increase the torque output of combustion engines, simply by replacing the standard connecting rods with ...

Sometimes profiling a builder is as simple and natural for us as turning the ignition key on one of our vehicles. Hesco has been building engines for more than 34 years. Why does this interest us?

The internal combustion engine has been around for a long time. Just when it seems like every part that could be optimized or improved upon has been already, something new comes out. This latest ...

Honda and Acura have announced the recall of a quarter-million vehicles over a problem that could cause the connecting rod bearing to seize, potentially causing the engine to stall or not allowing it ...

A problem with International A26 engines has led Navistar to recall approximately 6,883 model year 2018-2021 International HV, 2018-2020 International HX, 2018-2019 International LT and International ...

After Hyundai announced the recall of 129,000 vehicles over an issue with the connecting rod bearing, Kia has followed suit with many more. No fewer than 294,756 vehicles are under recall stateside, ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 106, Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES (1997), pp. 380-387 (8 pages) The behaviour of connecting rod bearings has been studied using a predictive tool which takes into account the ...

I have a 1999 Camry CE that is maintained on a regular basis. Since I am a senior citizen, the annual mileage is about 3,000 miles per year. Yesterday the car was parked in a garage for about one hour ...

Hyundai and Kia previously received criticism over poorly engineered powerplants, and past mistakes still haunt the larger automaker. Hyundai has recalled no fewer than 95,515 vehicles from the 2017 ...