How it Works: V8 Engine Model In today's video, I want to show you how to assemble a fully working model of the V8 engine with an accelerator pedal from basic materials and powered by an electric ...

A detailed build and assembly of the StirlingKit Rocking Whale mini steam engine, showing how it works and how each component ...

The primary job of an engine bearing is to establish a low-friction interface for a rotating shaft. Most bearings today are half-round assemblies used around crankshafts, for example. While you might ...

Last month's "How It Works" story gave you the basics of the four-stroke cycle, describing the motion of the intake and exhaust valves in relation to the piston moving up and down in the cylinder.

The original concept of combustion engines as we understand them dates as far back as the late 1800s. And while they are more or less a solved science today, they definitely didn't start that way.