Piston rings are small engine parts with a big job. They seal combustion pressure, control oil on the cylinder wall, help ...

For how basic it is, a car engine's four cycles of combustion are truly fascinating. A perfectly timed valvetrain ensures that the air/fuel mixture enters, compresses, and then exits without piston-to ...

Here you can see basic piston terminology, including major and minor thrust locations. Of particular note is the fact that piston pin offset can be used to counteract combustion pressures on the ...

When I first started working for HOT ROD magazine more than 30 years ago, nearly all American domestic production cars used a thick, 5/64-5/64-3/16-inch piston-ring package. The top, usually ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Last week, crews working on MSG Sphere at The Venetian hotel-casino completed the heaviest lift of the entire project. They raised a 170-ton steel compression ring that will serve ...

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Co. construction crews used a Demag CC-8800 crane, the world’s fourth-largest crawler crane (according to Las Vegas Review-Journal), to lift a 170-ton steel ...

If asked what you wanted for piston rings in your engine build, would you know how to answer? Piston rings have the most important job in your engine. We will get arguments on this one because there ...

There are several types of engine compression testers. Be sure to use the correct type for your specific engine, otherwise ...