Ti-VCT stands for twin independent-variable camshaft timing and is a key aspect of making Ford's EcoBoost engines work the way they do. Like variable valve timing, Ti-VCT optimizes engine valve timing ...

Reaction Engines Limited (REL), based at Culham in Oxfordshire, is working on a turbine that combines both jet and rocket technologies. The Sabre engine works by burning atmospheric air in combustion ...

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How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...

After almost a century with only incremental change, is it time to rethink how we power cars? Pull up your modern sedan alongside a Model T Ford and the two will hardly seem related. Yes, there are ...