Electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are in the headlines at the moment, but the traditional internal combustion engine isn’t about to burn its last, writes Farah Alkhalisi. We talk to four ...

NOTE: With this issue of HOT ROD, your Shop Series begins a slightly different and more comprehensive approach to the discussion of engine and vehicle basics. In the coming months, you'll find a frank ...

Small, ultra-fast, primary and “afterburner” secondary combustion events promise to deliver brake thermal efficiency as high as 69 percent. A better mousetrap? Even now, as electrification seems ...

Viewer-submitted questions for The Car Doctor: Q: I have a restored 1950 Plymouth with a late-1980’s Chevy 350 engine. It has electronic ignition and a four-barrel carburetor. Most of the time she ...

Rotary engines have an aura of cool. In games of Top Trumps, the V12 might have been king, but a rotary was a joker, a wild card. A lack of mainstream success no doubt contributes; there are reasons ...

Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. company, announced today that America’s only staged combustion liquid rocket booster engine currently in development achieved an important milestone July 12 at NASA’s Stennis ...

Q. I have a 1950 Plymouth restored that has a late1980s Chevy 350 engine. It has electronic ignition and a four-barrel carburetor. Most of the time she just fires up with no hesitation. If she sits ...

Figure 1. New silencer baffles are being hoisted to the duct. Simple cycle power plants are an integral part of our current electrical generating network, as they can be quickly started and stopped to ...

Liquid-fuelled rocket engine design has largely followed a simple template since the development of the German V-2 rocket in the middle of World War 2. Propellant and oxidizer are mixed in a ...

Bruno started at Top Speed in 2022 and now serves as Senior Editor for ICE while also training writers across CarBuzz, HotCars, and TopSpeed. A car and motorcycle enthusiast, he enjoys writing about ...