The bearings inside an engine are critical for taking the massive forces that actually drive a car forward. The crankshaft turns the reciprocating motion of the pistons into rotational motion that ...

When people first started naming the parts of engines, they named most of them for exactly what they did: head, block, connecting rod and (especially) bearings. There are many places in a car where ...

It is generally acknowledged that connecting rod geometry, particularly center-to-center length, can have a material influence on a variety of engine conditions. These include specific relationships ...