One way to improve diesel engine performance and to reduce emissions is improving power density and combustion cycle efficiency. It can be done by increasing combustion pressure and engine speed ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT In this paper, a simultaneous design and development work for a diesel engine valvetrain system is presented. The rocker arm is one ...

Ever hear the saying "ignorance is bliss"? When it comes to the valvetrain on my Real Street pushrod engine, it might be true. For about a year, we've been looking for an opportunity to look at our ...

Late-model engines have spoiled us. The LS-series engines are so well engineered that many car crafters consider them indestructible, which isn't exactly the case. But there is something to be said ...

Engines such as automobiles and airplanes, vehicles and machines around the world are equipped with engines that generate power. Ever since the first steam engine was invented in the mid 1600's, ...

In the pre-LS era, a typical small-block-powered street car would rev willingly to around 5,000 rpm. You could assemble a cam package for it—even using heavy components—and you probably wouldn't have ...