The kits are compromised of either Voodoo or Signature Series components, and include a crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, rings, and bearings. A cam, timing set, and lifters can be added as ...

Either the connecting rod length must be shortened or the pin height on the piston must be shortened to compensate for the added length of the crankshaft arm. Engine builders don't like short rods ...

Once the crank stroke has been chosen, the combination of rod length and piston compression height must be determined. If you intend to use stock-length connecting rods, the piston pin must be ...

New Two-Stroke Engine Design Connecting rods are simple pieces of tech, just arms that connect the crankshaft to the pistons, nothing more. Transcend's new two-piece unit, dubbed the Thunder Rod ...

Since Michigan has a stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus, I've been partaking in what I am now officially dubbing Wrenchfest 2020—an all-out repair assault on my various broken cars.

You may have heard your car has a four-stroke engine, but you're not sure what that means. Why are there four? And what is a stroke, anyway? A modern gas engine most commonly uses pistons and a ...

Ferrari took it further by fusing two connecting rods into one ... making the crankshaft shorter and stronger, with no rocking couple. This, combined with pill pistons, results in a shorter ...

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They maintain the connection between the piston connecting rods and the crankshaft, allowing the pistons to move up and down ...

Internal combustion engines are commonly referred to by their displacements whether its old-school cubic inches or more modern CC and liter nomenclature. If you love cars, you've no doubt heard of ...

Unlike Honda’s oval pistons, which were positioned longitudinally—with their long side parallel to the crankshaft and used two connecting rods per piston—Ferrari has flipped this orientation ...