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 ...

At one point in automotive history, engineers believed they had found a completely new path for internal combustion. The ...

"No replacement for displacement" was the motto that produced some large powerplants during the exciting muscle car era. Nevertheless, this motto was taken to another dimension in the case of these ...

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

Automotive engineers have invested countless billions trying to improve upon the humble internal combustion engine, but not all those efforts have translated well. In fact, sometimes, things got weird ...

The world is facing a shift toward more sustainable and eco-friendly methods of power. The construction industry has been dealing with alternative options to the diesel engines it knows and loves. But ...

The original concept of combustion engines as we understand them dates as far back as the late 1800s. And while they are more or less a solved science today, they definitely didn't start that way.

With oil reserves projected to exhaust by 2040 and mounting climate concerns, the automotive industry faces an urgent need for alternative fuel sources. Companies like Toyota and Honda have championed ...

Power the future of mobility, defense, and energy with Michigan Tech’s graduate on-campus and online certificate in Internal Combustion Engine Systems. Designed for students and professionals, this ...

A better mousetrap? Even now, as electrification seems poised to end the internal combustion engine’s long run as the transportation motivator of choice, enterprising tinkerers continue to propose ...

From heavy-duty trucks and agricultural machinery to shipping fleets, aviation, and power generation, internal combustion engines STILL remain indispensable to both global infrastructure and mobility.