When you consider the crazy monkey motion of reciprocating internal combustion engines it is remarkable they work as well as they do. You have eight pistons and connecting rods doing a “do-si-do” ...

Increasing displacement is an easy way to extract additional power from an engine. While enlarging the cylinder bore diameter certainly increases overall size, its effects are usually limited to about ...

Most connecting rods in current engines are configured like this aftermarket Crowerod. The little end (A) accepts a high-strength steel wristpin that connects the rod to the piston. The large end (B) ...