Virtually all current production-based cylinder heads incorporate a cross-flow design with intake ports (Photo B) located on one side of the head and exhaust ports (Photo C) on the opposite side. Some ...

Head gasket trouble rarely starts with drama, yet it can end with a four-figure repair bill or a ruined engine. I want to ...

All enthusiasts are basically interested in one thing, getting better performance from their cars. Whether it's better handling, braking, highway cruising, reliability, or simply better straight-line ...

Modern internal combustion engines are under a lot of stress during normal operation. In particular, there's a lot of tension between the cylinder head and the engine block, especially in diesel ...

I worked as a machinist in an automotive machine shop in the early 1980s before my career took me into the aerospace sector. The shop's high volume of mundane engine rebuilds and turning brake drums ...

The Commer TS3 engine was a three-cylinder engine with a single crankshaft and two pistons. This let it have both light weight and competitive strength.