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 ...

Detroit Diesel built its well known two stroke engine for decades after getting its start during World War II, so why did it eventually phase it out?

Diesel engines can technically run backwards, though there's very little (if any) practical applications for this, especially ...

Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...

A two-stroke engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston in one revolution of the crankshaft. This is in contrast to a four-stroke engine ...

A traditional two-stroke engine has the piston pushing down after firing, moving past an exhaust port and allowing the exhaust gases to leave the chamber. Simultaneously, as the piston travels ...

As PopMech’s autos editor, I obviously consider myself a car guy. But when it comes to two wheels, the capabilities of modern motorcycles astonish me. We now have road-legal bikes that produce over ...

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 ...

The German automaker sees your four-stroke engine and raises you... two more strokes. Ready for some math? Porsche just patented an engine design titled: "Method for a Combustion Machine With Two ...

It's been a long time since the automotive world has bothered with the mixing of oil and gas of the two-stroke combustion cycle — but soon, it may come time to rid ourselves of four-stroke engines, if ...

Porsche has patented a revolutionary six-stroke internal combustion system. Contrast to all modern combustion engines that run the four-stroke Otto cycle that typically features one compression and ...