From the Ford 427 Side-Oiler that conquered Le Mans to the Bugatti W16 redefining hypercar performance, legendary large-displacement engines have left an indelible mark on automotive history. These ...
In the world of cars people have said for a time that “there’s no replacement for displacement”. This means that a big engine ...
The V8 engine configuration has long been favored for its inherently favorable qualities of being well-balanced, relatively compact, and with a high capacity for power output. Shortly after the turn ...
From left: Wolfram Rossegger (Managing Director KS Engineers), Jörg Fettes (Senior Vice President Business Unit Large Engines at Bosch), Stephan Laiminger (Chief Technologist at Innio), Thomas Jauk ...
Picture a stereotypical car from each major division: American, European, and Asian. What sort of engine does each have? What about in the 1990s, the 1970s, 1950s, and before? Leaving aside more ...
The B-52 Stratofortress carries eight engines for one simple reason: the technology of the 1940s, when it was designed, wasn't capable of powering it with anything less. Engineers didn't have much ...