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Automobiles and commercial vehicles originally sported naturally aspirated engines. Back in the 1920s, the Mercedes 6/25 PS and Mercedes 10/40 PS introduced the world of road-going cars to Roots-type ...

While the engineering community continues to explore the benefits of electric and hybrid vehicles—i.e., the environmental and renewable energy factors—the automotive market is still dependent on ...

A hundred years ago, Opel developed it’s first engine utilizing four valves per cylinder for use in the 1913 Grand Prix racing car. Little did they know at the time that this innovative technology ...

The choke valve in an engine's carburetor, whether it's a Holley carburetor or another brand, helps a cold engine start by restricting some of the airflow into it. When the engine is cold, the choke ...

You are probably reading Project Car magazine because you like working on cars. Let’s go one step further and say that some of you are just getting into this crazy world of ours and are reading ...

It's very easy to make fun of 1980s Maserati today. Its cars from this time haven't aged well, with styling that's a bit too 1980s and a reputation for less-than-stellar reliability. But at the time, ...

Set to debut in a new 1.6-liter 4-cylinder Smartstream turbo engine, Hyundai's new valve tech is able to continuously change the duration of valve openings to suit driving conditions, which Hyundai ...

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