Engine building is technically a science, but the truth is that there is just as much art as there is science. Where most might think that the “art” part of engine building is in the design and ...

There are engine assemblers, and then there are engine builders. It's one thing to merely bolt a bunch of parts together. It’s quite another thing to carefully assemble machined components to precise ...

This is a magnified illustration of Childs & Albert's Zero Gap Second (ZGS) ring. As you can see, the step design creates a more difficult path for cylinder pressure to escape past. The inner boot is ...