Formula 1’s next-generation power units are not even on the grid yet and they are already reshaping the competitive landscape ...

"Too little compression will usually result in unmet performance expectations. On the high side [too much compression] carries greater risk in tuning and potential component failure if appropriately ...

With the combustion chamber being the root of all horsepower, it only makes sense that you start spec'ing an engine build there. One of the key variables in engine building is compression ratio, or ...

What many consider the Holy Grail of combustion technology is one step closer to prime time. In the race to field energy-efficient vehicles, don’t count out internal combustion technology just yet. GM ...

To meet stricter global emissions standards, carmakers are trying to squeeze every last bit of efficiency out of internal-combustion engines. That has led Infiniti to turn to a technology engineers ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 113, Section 4: JOURNAL OF FUELS AND LUBRICANTS (2004), pp. 742-763 (22 pages) This qualitative numerical study examines the effects of internally generated "radicals" on the ...

Infiniti introduced the world's first variable compression-ratio engine, a technology it claims to have been working on for two decades, at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. A variable compression-ratio ...

IRVINE, Calif.—Despite rumors to the contrary, the internal combustion engine is far from dead. Recently we’ve seen several technological advances that will significantly boost the efficiency of ...