High-tech coatings for engine and driveline parts have been around for decades, but they have had a voodoo mystique about them that scares off the typical hot rodder. It's kind of like the stigma ...

January 28, 2006 The internal combustion engine by another name is a heat pump and the hotter it gets in said engine’s combustion chamber, the more efficient and powerful the little sucker becomes. As ...

Interference engines allow the piston to go further into the combustion chamber to increase compression, and the valves to go deeper so they open wider and for longer. Both pistons and valves move in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A two-dimensional finite element program has been developed to analyze the transient heat flow paths in low-heat-rejection engine combustion ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 113, Section 4: JOURNAL OF FUELS AND LUBRICANTS (2004), pp. 742-763 (22 pages) This qualitative numerical study examines the effects of internally generated "radicals" on the ...