February 2, 2006 UK-based RCV Engines is best known globally for its range of model aircraft engines but the unveiling yesterday of a prototype 125cc Rotating Cylinder Valve (RCV) scooter engine could ...

Ask any professional racer or engine builder and you'll hear that cylinder-head airflow is the most important factor in achieving the greatest peak horsepower from any engine. For years Pontiac racers ...

Ferrari was so proud of its five-valve cylinder heads, it changed a naming convention that ran back over 25 years. For its previous mid-engine two-seaters, the three-digit name was derived from ...

A radical Maserati engine aimed to outperform rivals with sheer innovation. Instead, it hit a critical barrier that explains why no one followed.

An internal combustion engine, at its core, is similar to a giant air pump. To produce power, it sucks in fresh air and fuel, compresses that mixture, and then explodes it, before expelling the burnt ...