Or, you can just run the engine really, really fast, cranking the RPMs up and bumping the power output simply by pushing the ...

Cylinder wall scoring can be caused by a lack of oil or oil contamination. It can be prevented through careful maintenance ...

When installing a performance cam, many owners lose the engine’s cylinder deactivation feature. Here’s why you may want to keep it active. Manufacturers of modern V-8 engines have realized that we don ...

If all those engine goodies don’t result in cylinder pressure, performance is sure to disappoint, and there’s more to the story than you think. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up ...

While there's no knowing for sure how long big-displacement engines and their sky-high horsepower numbers will last, it's been clear for the last few years that cylinder count amongst ...

Today's 4-cylinder cars offer a better combination of performance and efficiency than ever before. Although the engines themselves continue to get smaller in displacement, they're able to make more ...

Some of the best four-cylinder cars have evolved within the past decade. In the recent bid to boost fuel efficiency, car manufacturers are producing vehicles with three- and four-cylinder engines that ...

As big V8-powered cars like the Dodge Charger and Challenger approach the end of their lives as production cars, an altogether different sort of gasoline engine has become increasingly common on ...

Once the Audi TT RS leaves production after this model year, just two cars will come equipped with five-cylinder engines, the Audi RS3 and (not-sold-in-America) RS Q3. Figure those two will be around ...

If there's one bit of car tech that sounds like a contradiction, it's cylinder deactivation. (And no, we're not suggesting filling up some of the cylinders with super glue — that would lead to a ...

A court dismissed a class action over GM brake master cylinders after the automaker showed plaintiffs had free repairs and no ...