Ferrari has filed a patent for an engine with oval-shaped pistons. The design shortens powertrain length without losing ...

Diesel engines have pistons that look different from the ones you'd see with a gas engine. There's a reason why that's the ...

Ferrari has filed a patent for an engine with pill-shaped pistons, a radical departure from traditional circular piston ...

We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

This creates an airtight seal in the engine's cylinder. The piston is placed into a machine that will marry the connecting rod and piston. Above it, a pin designed to connect the two components is ...

Besides the fact that there are no fuel-air explosions involved, these pistons ... connecting rod. With the basics done, [Brick Technology] could start experimenting with engine arrangements ...

This naturally makes the engine more compact. More radically, Ferrari designed a new connecting rod, which is shared by pistons on opposite banks. There's a multi-link system that splits the ...