In this fascinating video, we journey through the intricate process of building a rotary valve engine from scratch. Watch as ...

How hard could it to be to build a two-stroke internal combustion engine (ICE) from scratch? This is a challenge that [Camden Bowen] gladly set for himself, while foregoing such obvious wastes of time ...

Last fall, eight engineering students from the University of Toronto crowded around a small leaf-blower engine and argued whether it could power the world’s most fuel-efficient vehicle. Then they ...

LEWISTON — Down a narrow flight of steps into a low-clearance dugout basement lies one man’s testament to the engineering feats of the past. Amidst shelves of old coffee cans filled with tools and ...

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