Internal combustion engines are a relatively new development in terms of human history. A lot of people still alive today ...

Because they are installed on the side of the crankshaft, they allow the engine to run at very high speed while keeping vibration levels down to about what you'd get in a 90-degree V-Twin.

Some engines use a spark to ignite their fuel, and others rely on compression. What does all of that mean? And how do the two ...

The 1.6cc M16 four-stroke engine has a single-cylinder fed by a carburetor and is designed to run on 95 RON gasoline. ... the combustion inside the engine can readily be visualized.

Wright Aeronautical originally designed the Wright R-975 Whirlwind, which was a series of nine-cylinder, 975-cubic-inch radial aircraft engines, all manufactured between 1929 and the 1950s.

The engine has one cylinder with a nearly vertical orientation. In a more horizontal position sits a foreshortened con-rod This is attached to the crank journal that the single piston is. There’s also ...

And so it is the case with Ducati's newest engine, the Superquadro Mono, a 656-cc single-cylinder that can make up to 85 horsepower. That's more power per cylinder than the Aston Martin Valkyrie's ...