Engine components

Engine components

Crankshaft - Bearings - displacement - Firing orders- Glowplugs - Head Gasket

Select any below.

Drivetrain   Electrical & electronic   Engine components   Engines   Induction-extraction   Suspension types   Vehicle Body   Wheels & Brakes

  • Crankshaft

    Registered
    Crankshaft

    Engine Crankshaft explained The crankshaft, sometimes abbreviated to crank, is the part of an engine that translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation. To convert t ...

  • Crankshaft Crossplane

    Registered
    Crankshaft Crossplane

    V8 Crossplane crankshaft The crossplane or cross-plane is a crankshaft design for V8 engines with a 90° angle between the cylinder banks. The crossplane crankshaft is the configur ...

  • Crankshaft deep rolling

    Registered
    Crankshaft deep rolling

    Crankshaft deep rolling Deep rolling is a method of cold work deformation and burnishing of internal combustion engine crankshaft journal fillets to increase durability and design ...

  • Cylinder

    Registered

    Engine Cylinder explained A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged s ...

  • Cylinder bank

    Registered
    Cylinder bank

    Engine Cylinder bank explained Internal combustion piston engines (those with more than one cylinder) are usually arranged so that the cylinders are in lines parallel to the crank ...

  • Cylinder block

    Registered
    Cylinder block

    Engine Cylinder block A cylinder block is an integrated structure comprising the cylinder(s) of a reciprocating engine and often some or all of their associated surrounding struct ...

  • Cylinder Bore & Pitch

    Registered
    Cylinder Bore & Pitch

    Cylinder Bore & Pitch Bore is the diameter measurement of the cylinders in a piston engine. Engine displacement is calculated by: Bore pitch is the distance between the centerline ...

  • Cylinder head

    Registered
    Cylinder head

    Cylinder head In an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head (often informally abbreviated to just head) sits above the cylinders on top of the cylinder block. It closes in t ...

  • Cylinder head porting

    Registered
    Cylinder head porting

    Car Cylinder head porting explained Cylinder head porting refers to the process of modifying the intake and exhaust ports of an internal combustion engine to improve the quality a ...

  • Cylinder head Reverse-flow

    Registered
    Cylinder head Reverse-flow

    Engine Reverse-flow cylinder head In engine technology, a reverse-flow or non-crossflow cylinder head is one that locates the intake and exhaust ports on the same side of the engi ...

  • Desmodromic Valve

    Desmodromic Valve

    Desmodromic valve A desmodromic valve is a reciprocating engine valve that is positively closed by a cam and leverage system, rather than by a more conventional spring. The valves ...

  • Dry Sump

    Registered
    Dry Sump

    Engine Dry Sump A dry sump is a lubricating motor oil management method for four-stroke and large two-stroke piston internal combustion engines that uses external pumps and a seco ...

  • Engine balance

    Registered
    Engine balance

    Engine balance Engine balance refers to the inherent motions of the components of an engine, such as an internal combustion engine, and the engineering solutions used to minimise ...

  • Engine Blueprinting

    Registered
    Engine Blueprinting

    Engine Blueprinting Engine blueprinting means specifically to create an engine that reflects the design intent through the removal of manufacturing tolerances insofar as that is p ...

  • Engine displacement

    Registered
    Engine displacement

    Engine displacement explained One complete cycle of a four-cylinder, four-stroke engine. The volume displaced is marked in red. Engine displacement is the volume swept by all the ...

  • Engine knocking (Pinking)

    Registered
    Engine knocking (Pinking)

    Car Engine knocking (Pinking) explained Knocking (also called knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) in spark-ignition internal combustion engines occurs when combust ...

  • Expansion tank

    Registered
    Expansion tank

    Expansion tank An expansion tank is also used in the cooling system of most internal combustion engines, to allow the antifreeze and air in the system to expand with rising temper ...

  • Firing order

    Firing order

    Engine Firing order The firing order is the sequence of power delivery of each cylinder in a multi-cylinder reciprocating engine. This is achieved by sparking of the spark plugs i ...