"Air cooling" is a bit of a misnomer, since air alone couldn't cool the Porsche 911. A variety of supplementary devices ...

Many modern motorcycles use liquid-cooled engines, but these impressive bikes are keeping old-school tradition alive with air ...

If you are not at least moderately informed about how engines work, you may still be aware that they all require water, or antifreeze, in order to function. It is true that some form of coolant is ...

Refrigeration today is something we can easily take for granted. But in the early 1800s, there was one entirely different ...

Air-cooled engines were once commonplace in the auto and moto industries. The most well-known were the Porsche flat six, VW flat four, Corvair, and numerous motorcycle engines, from BMW to ...

These days, Kawasaki is best known as a manufacturer of motorcycles with a manufacturing presence across the globe. However, its heritage stretches back to 1878, when the company's founder — Shozo ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

As an engineering professor for more than 40 years, my father often told me that the only difference between a difficult problem and an easy one is knowing the correct answer. While that axiom can be ...

The continuous drive for enhanced efficiency and reliability in modern diesel engines has prompted extensive research into the thermal management of critical components such as pistons. The ...