Engine Hydrolock – How Water Can Damage or Destroy Your Engine
19 Dec 2014, 16:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / H2O and the internal combustion engines never make a good mix, especially when the water makes its way inside a working engine
Elio Motors Unveiling New 3-Cylinder Engine Prototype in February
16 Jan 2015, 10:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Finally, we have some news from Elio Motors, the startup company that promised to build an affordable 84 mpg three-wheeler commuter. They just announced to unveil their new engine prototype next mon...
Honda VTEC Turbo Just Kicked In Yo’, New Forced-Fed Engines to Be Assembled in the US
14 Jan 2015, 16:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you are a petrolhead, then you have no excuse to not know about the “VTEC just kicked in, yo!” line. If you don’t, consider it as 4chan rambling for sudden-velocity situations a...
Land Rover Adding Two Luxury Diesels at 2015 NAIAS · Live Photos
12 Jan 2015, 13:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The gas prices might be low now, but Land Rover is one step ahead and prepares for their ascension by adding two diesel Range Rovers in North America, which deliver 32 percent increased combined fue...
Someone Is Building a V8 Toyota Prius Ultimate Sleeper
9 Jan 2015, 10:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We saw a Prius powered by a Harley Davidson v-twin engine a while ago, so I guess the only possibility left to try out was a V8. How do you stick an eight-cylinder engine in a front-wheel-drive hybr...
GM and Tula’s Dynamic Skip Fire System to Improve Engine Efficiency
6 Jan 2015, 15:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Cylinder deactivation is not quite new around the block, but General Motors said their new technology is much better and when it will reach production vehicles it will decrease their fuel consumptio...
Audi V8 Swapped Toyota MR2 for Sale - Pocket Rally Car
30 Dec 2014, 09:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota MR2 is quite a thrill to drive even in stock form, if you get the turbocharged version, of course. It’s small, the engine sits right behind the seats and sends power to the back. If...
Want To Drive a Jet Train?
23 Dec 2014, 16:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As crazy as it may sound, you can try out a jet-powered rail car. Don’t think you can do that in reality, but at least you can feel a bit of the outlandish experience in a simulator. We end...
This V8-Powered Sleigh is What Santa Needs to Screw Christmas Up
23 Dec 2014, 10:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You better start praying Santa Claus doesn’t start with the Northern countries and get his hands on this sleigh or else he’ll never reach your chimney this year. Not that this sleigh can...
Renault Two-Stroke, Two-Cylinder Supercharged and Turbo Diesel Showcased
12 Dec 2014, 12:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember when Fiat introduced the 875 cc Twin Air two-cylinder turbocharged engine? Despite the moderately enough 85 hp and 155 Nm (114 lb-ft ) of torque it’s capable of, both the 500 and Pand...
Volvo 1.5 Drive-E 3-Cylinder Teased, to Produce Up To 180 HP on CMA Platform Cars
11 Dec 2014, 10:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Earlier this year, we reported that Derek Crabb, the Swedish manufacturer’s global powertrain numero uno, confirmed there’s a 1.5-liter three-pot turbo in development. Derek suggested th...
28.4-Liter Four-pot Fiat S76 Is Alive and Will Race 2015 Goodwood
3 Dec 2014, 14:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Thought a 540 HEMI (8.8-liter) crate engine is big and loud? Well, Fiat had an even more badass engine long before MOPAR badges made their way on some of its cars. It’s the 1910 Fiat S76 and i...
Eco-Motive Patents Twin Vertical Bank Hybrid Engine; Complicate Much?
27 Nov 2014, 11:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A hybrid vehicle denotes a car capable to alternatively run on at least two fuel types. The most common hybrid powertrain today is gasoline-electric but before that we had (and still have in some pl...
SoundRacer VX Kickstarter Project Puts Racing Sounds in Your Car
25 Nov 2014, 11:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Some of the new sporty cars you can get now already come with fake engine noise blasting through the stereo to make you think what a beast of a car you bought. Some will simply enhance the car&rsquo...
LiquidPiston X Mini Engine Could Be the Smallest Range Extender
20 Nov 2014, 16:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Until we’ll benefit from the promised future batteries that are three times better than what we use now, we’re still going to optionally rely on range extenders for those longer electric...
Toyota-Powered Nissan Pulls a 5th Gear Burnout in the Shed
3 Nov 2014, 10:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yeah, nothing from the title above seems right, but believe us, the video bellow will prove it in about two minutes or so. That chopped dark purple car you’ll see is an old Nissan Silvia S1...
BMW X6 Gets New Engines: xDrive35i and xDrive40d Join European Range
31 Oct 2014, 07:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Initially, the 2015 BMW F16 X6 was launched with only a couple of engine choices that depended mostly on where you live. In the US, for example, you could (and still can) order an xDrive35i, sDrive3...
Man Builds Jet Powered School Bus, Says It Will Keep Kids Off Drugs
30 Oct 2014, 11:02 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / An Indiana petrol head with a great heart and a big desire to make vehicles move fast has turned a school bus into a jet powered beast that can travel up to 367 mph (590 km/h). He claims the bus is ...
Lexus NX Chief Engineer Wants an F Version Compact Crossover
29 Oct 2014, 09:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The sharpest Lexus NX you can buy now is the 200t F Sport version, powered by the all new 2-liter turbocharged unit which cranks 235 hp. Comparing it to it’s main rival, the BMW X3, that&rsquo...
BMW 4.4-liter N63 Engine Experiencing Frequent Reliability Problems
28 Oct 2014, 14:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / This weekend, my car needed some maintenance, to get ready for the winter that is rapidly approaching. Therefore, as I was waiting for my car to get ready, I started talking to the mechanic about a ...