Time was when a valve job was done with some valve-grinding compound and a vacuum cup on a stick. But no more. Today's high performance engines require the same machining precision in the valves that ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- In a playful moment, Ron Goldstein, elegant in his pinstriped suit, is using electronically-controlled engine valves to tap out the familiar beat of "Shave and a Haircut." The ...

Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...

While the engineering community continues to explore the benefits of electric and hybrid vehicles—i.e., the environmental and renewable energy factors—the automotive market is still dependent on ...

General Motors sees a future for engines with overhead valves, a technology most automakers have abandoned in favor of overhead camshafts. GM will introduce a new family of overhead-valve (OHV) V-6s ...

Taking care of your vehicle is vital to ensure it stays in great condition. Your brakes could give you trouble someday, or your suspension could require tinkering, inevitably leading you to an auto ...

The language of import performance can be strange. Sometimes it's a verbal stew of numbers and letters--RX-8, NSX, and MR2, for example--that seem randomly tossed together. At other times it adopts ...