The original Volkswagen flat-4 air-cooled engine was in production for decades due to its low manufacturing cost and features that made its cars easy to own. The engine's simplicity makes them ...

In the annals of promised super car performance, few announcements were as dead wrong as this one, but a few did sneak out ...

The fuel comes in the form of gasoline or diesel; the oxygen comes from the air we breathe all day. As you drive, your car's engine sucks up oxygen from the atmosphere, and it enters the engine ...

Just like your car needs clean air to breathe, so does its engine. Your car's air filter traps dust, dirt, and other debris before they can enter the engine, protecting it from wear and tear. But how ...

For decades, the massively popular Volkswagen Type-1 Beetle and the Type-2 VW Microbus or Transporter were powered by a unique air-cooled boxer engine. The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is ...

Any engine that develops its power from burning fuel depends on vast amounts of air for the combustion process and efficient operation. Running under typical circumstances, your car’s engine ...

[Tom Stanton] has designed and made a couple of air-powered 3D printed engines but always struggled with the problem of air leaking past the 3D-printed pistons. Instead of trying to make an air ...

the warm air blowing into the cabin when the heat is turned on comes courtesy of the car’s cooling system that keeps the engine from overheating. The engine produces a lot of heat when it’s ...

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 ...