Porsche switched to water cooling to meet stricter emissions and noise rules, handle more power and heat, improve efficiency, ...

The Pontiac Ram Air V is a mythical engine that could’ve rewritten muscle car history, but to understand how, we must start from the beginning: Pontiac’s legendary Ram Air engine lineage helped keep ...

Air-cooled engines were once commonplace in the auto and moto industries. The most well-known were the Porsche flat six, VW flat four, Corvair, and numerous motorcycle engines, from BMW to ...

In its purest form, an engine is nothing more than an air pump; it takes in air and then returns it, although in a slightly modified form. Maximizing an engine's ability to process air will also ...

Many motorcycle engines might rely on liquid or air cooling. These different styles both have some pros and cons depending on ...

“Replacing these engines with pneumatic ones is a cleaner and more effective option as these engines can also be incorporated into the ferry body to store air either within the structure of the boat ...

When you’ve gone to the trouble of building your own backyard railway, chances are pretty good that at some point, you’re going to want to add a locomotive of some sort. After all, nobody wants to be ...

Researchers say they've developed a method that could replace the two diesel engines currently powering a ferry boat with pneumatic propellers - offering a potentially cleaner, quieter, and more ...

Air engines are a common occurrence here on Hackaday. They’re relatively novel and reasonably easy to 3D print without requiring any fluids or supporting machinery. For example, [Tom Stanton] took a ...

Schematic of the proposed pneumatic propulsion with multi-option for connectivity, be it grid and/or renewable energy connectivity. Scientists say they have created a methodology that could replace ...