In the automotive industry, combustion engines are still assembled mostly manually. Researchers from Germany are developing procedures and methods to automate assembly processes to continuously ...

The theory behind one man (or woman) being the caretaker of a single engine as it rolls down the assembly line is not new. Other performance-machine makers, such as Ducati, have experimented with it ...

When we left Project Groundhog at the end ofPART 1, we had just finished assembling the short-block. To briefly sum up the scope of the build, we started with a down-in-the-dirt (literally) Gen III ...

[MacGyver] [Lou Wozniak] is on a mission to build an internal combustion engine using only hardware store parts. What you see above is his third attempt at it. Depending on your hardware store this ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan - It is a surprisingly low-tech finale for such a high-tech process. In a sealed, soundproofed and temperature-controlled room at Mazda's engine plant No. 2 here, parts that elsewhere ...

Toyota's new AE86 engine parts have been machined to greater precision with better materials than their original '80s counterparts. In this case, AE86 owners who need new cylinder head and block ...

They say Rome wasn't built in a day. The same should be said for any well-built Porsche 911 motor. They both took some time to be designed. So, hot-rodding my own 911 engine proved to be a maddeningly ...

While doing your own engine work often requires some specialized tools and hard work, you don't necessarily have to rely on ...

Lilium has begun assembly of the propulsion system for its electric vertical take-off and landing Lilium Jet. In the initial phase, rotating parts – including the shaft, magnets and titanium ...

In a move that will aid further localisation, Volkswagen India has inaugurated its first engine assembly plant in Chakan, Pune, within the carmaker's existing premises. Inaugurated by the Maharashtra ...