Five-cylinder engines occupy a strange sweet spot in automotive history, sitting between the balance of a straight-six and the compact packaging of a four-cylinder. They have powered everything from ...

Or, you can just run the engine really, really fast, cranking the RPMs up and bumping the power output simply by pushing the ...

Engines with odd numbers of cylinders aren’t very common. The only configurations that normally see used in automobiles are inline-three cylinder engines and inline-fives. Needless to say, an ...

Motorcycle engines come in all shapes and sizes. Single-cylinder thumpers, parallel twins, inline-threes, high-revving fours, burly V4s and V-twins, even the occasional flat-eight. But one layout ...

A V8 Ford Mustang is as American as a baseball player's mother eating a slice of apple pie. If you see a classic Ford Mustang, especially a model from the 1960s, there will almost always be a ...

Boxer and inline engine layouts are among the best power plants used in automobiles and motorcycles, each presenting pros and cons to consider. Boxer engines most often use four- or six-cylinder ...

In a world of four-, six-, and eight-cylinder engines, the number seven sticks out like an awkward middle child. It may be a lucky number in Vegas, but it's practically taboo in engine bays. Not ...