What’s the voodoo behind the horizontally opposed cylinder setup only found in Subarus and Porsches? And what sets them apart ...

They're slim rings of metal that hug the outer edge of the piston, responsible for sealing the combustion pressure inside the cylinder and keeping oil out of the combustion chamber. The science ...

In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design, from single-cylinder all the way up to radial twelve-cylinder engines.

The brake master cylinder is the first component in a vehicle’s braking system, activated by depressing the brake pedal. The pedal pushes a piston through this cylinder, forcing brake fluid ...

The metal shavings are cleaned off, and the block is sent to the cylinder hone. Here, a CNC machine cuts the cylinders to fit the pistons. After, a worker inspects each cylinder for crosshatches.

The Piston Simulation function models the circular motion of a piston within a cylinder. It involves a chain of nonlinear functions. The response C is cycle time (the time it takes to complete one ...