You might have heard about high compression ratios, but what exactly are they, and what kind of effect do they have on an ...
At first glance, the concept of engine compression is simple enough:It's the ratio of the volume of the combustion chamber and bore when thepiston is at bottom dead center (BDC) versus when it is at ...
Pop the hood on a classic Mazda RX-7 or RX-8 and the engine bay looks […] ...
Last month we began a new series on the basic operation of the internal combustion engine. We realize that many of our readers may be new to the high-performance scene and do not fully understand the ...