A. Objects of the long axis type mounted on parallel supports. The heavy spot, as denoted here by the black dot, causes the object to be both statically and dynamically unbalanced. B. Heavy spot added ...

When you consider the crazy monkey motion of reciprocating internal combustion engines it is remarkable they work as well as they do. You have eight pistons and connecting rods doing a “do-si-do” ...

V-shaped engines like the V6 and V8 power lots of cars, but you probably never think about what, exactly, that V angle is.

When it is powering a race car--with all the rumbling, vibrations,beating, and banging going on--it can sometimes be easy to forget thatthe engine is a precision piece of equipment. In the hands of ...