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How V8 Engines Work (In 60 Seconds)

V8 engines are universally praised by car enthusiasts. The idea is simple: two banks of four cylinders join together in a "V" to form a V8. Each cylinder is working to pull in air & fuel and ...
There are all kinds of different internal-combustion engine configurations, from mass-produced inline-fours to V-twins used in motorcycles, quirky three- and five-cylinder designs to V4s, inline-sixes ...
Classic V8 engines have a very distinct sound that modern engines seem to have lost over the years, mostly because old V8s ...
The V8 is famous for that low, gravelly rumble it has, announcing its presence to all the lesser engines nearby as soon as the ignition hits. In most versions of the engine – such as those found in ...
If you have gone car shopping lately, chances are that most of the cars offered to you are powered by turbocharged four-cylinder engines. This is the trend these days, but at one time, dealer lots ...
The Corvette’s 5.5-liter V8 is a barnburner in every sense of the word. It’s a flat-plane crank engine with the largest ...
The 3UZ-FE is known for reliability, but one engine teardown proves that a single event is enough to destroy Toyota’s ...