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One of GM’s most complicated engines had no crankshaft, four pistons, two cylinders, a turbine, and could run on whale oil
Automotive history is full of dead ends that eventually get lost to time. Seventy years ago, the free-piston engine was ...
An engine with no crankshaft, where the pistons float on air? It’s not a dream; it’s a free piston engine and it might be the next major advance in car tech. When we think of automotive technology of ...
1. EcoMotors is developing high-efficiency engines — specifically the unique opoc (Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder) engine — for use in cars, light trucks, marine applications, agricultural vehicles, ...
Monolith Engines has developed a set of dual (Fig. 1) and quad (Fig. 2) opposed piston engines (watch Two and Four Cylinder Single Stroke Opposed Piston Engines on Engineering TV). The engines uses a ...
The crank rebuild with new bearings and connecting rods is now complete and has now been put back the way it should have been ...
Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of each design. The “correct” answer is thus to combine both into a single ...
The increasing number of stroker crankshafts available is giving builders more options when planning a street-performance or race engine combination. The benefits of a stroker crankshaft, however, ...
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