In an engine, the relationship between the valves and the pistons is a precarious one. If there is too little space, they can collide. If this happens, the resulting carnage require replacing one of ...

High performance engine building is the art of attention to detail. Top engine builders don't take anything for granted. John Bouchard, engine builder at Boost Addicts in Madison, Tennessee showed us ...

ABSTRACT A new piston secondary motion analysis has been developed that accurately predicts piston strength and the slap noise that occurs when the engine is running. For this secondary motion ...