A connecting rod is the mechanical link between the piston and the crankshaft. By design, connecting rods convert vertical motion into rotary motion, eventually yielding torque at the flywheel. By ...

A rider may not give much thought to their motorcycle’s connecting rod—until one of two things happen: the rider is interested in improving the performance of their engine or is the unfortunate victim ...

Ferrari has submitted a patent for an innovative engine design featuring pill-shaped pistons and a unique connecting rod ...

Utah's Transcend Energy Group claims it has a relatively simple and cheap way to dramatically increase the torque output of combustion engines, simply by replacing the standard connecting rods with ...

The internal combustion engine has been around for a long time. Just when it seems like every part that could be optimized or improved upon has been already, something new comes out. This latest ...

Big-End—The rod journal end of the rod that rides on the crankshaft's rod journal. Big-ends are resized for proper dimensions and roundness in a honing device after the rodcapshave been ground ...

Lamborghini recently inaugurated a research and development center in Seattle, Washington that aims to drive advances in carbon fiber technology. We’ve just learned that one of the projects it’s ...

Most of the time, it's hard to know why an uncrashed car ended up at the junkyard. With this Mini Cooper S, we know why. Street car engines mostly don't blow up in such spectacular fashion, perhaps ...

The annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas always brings fans of the automotive aftermarket loads of new hardware to check out. Transcend Energy Group made waves this week by unveiling the industry’s first two ...

We rebuild connecting rods for a vintage Ford 172 cubic inch engine, fitting new wrist pin bushings to a clearance ten times tighter than a single human hair. The process requires pressing, swedging, ...

What Does A Brake Servo Actually Do? I Bought A Load Of Temu Car Parts: You Can Probably Guess How That Went Thanks to this fascinating video, in which a small petrol engine from a lawnmower has part ...