General Motors is scrambling to rectify the engine failures for its 6.2-liter V8 truck engine – one of which bit the dust ...

A modern gas engine most commonly uses pistons and a crankshaft to power the wheels of a car or truck. The piston is basically a round thing on a stick (called a connecting rod) that travels in a ...

Here, the gas ignites and pushes the two components up and down. This causes the connecting rods to spin the crankshaft, turning the linear motion into a rotational motion that will ultimately ...

Owners of the vehicles complained of connecting rod bearing wear, which has led to catastrophic engine damage without any ...

As part of the Blue Oval's continued reaffirmation of its commitment to the enthusiast market, Ford Performance has just ...

In the initial prototypes, the cylinders also acted as connecting rods, tilting back and forth as the crankshaft rotates. After some testing, he discovered he could increase efficiency by ...