Just considering these two peripherals of piston movement, we can immediately see that any changes to a piston's rate of travel may affect net cylinder pressure and power. Connecting rod length ...

A short-block is comprised of major components such as the cylinder block, the crankshaft, connecting rods, and pistons. These are just the big components you can’t fit down your pants.

Rods are among an engine's most highly stressed partsࢤhere's why By Jim McFarland (Photography: Jim McFarland) A connecting rod is the mechanical link between t ...

The piston is basically a round thing on a stick (called a connecting rod) that travels in a close-fitting, round cylinder.

The company has only developed the rods as drop-in replacements for 5.3- and 6.2-liter LS V8 engines from General Motors thus far. In its own testing, Transcend says it was able to tune the 5.3 to ...

This one is a single-cylinder that fires like a conventional engine in that the combustion explosion pushes down on a piston. But then it gets unique. Instead of a single connecting rod, it has ...

In the initial prototypes, the cylinders also acted as connecting rods, tilting back and forth as the crankshaft rotates. ... 16 thoughts on “ Exploring Piston Engine Design With LEGO ” ...

The affected engines—GM’s naturally aspirated 2.5-liter four-cylinder and 2.0-liter turbo four—are used in in the 2013 and 2014 Chevrolet Malibu, the 2014 Chevrolet Impala, the 2014 Buick ...

This means the piston travels in a purely vertical motion, without any forces pushing it towards the cylinder wall. The two-piece rod has numerous benefits over a standard connecting rod ...

Ferrari has filed a patent for an engine with pill-shaped pistons, a radical departure from traditional circular piston designs.While Honda famously experimented with oval pistons in the late ...