Four-cylinder engines are usually associated with efficiency and compact packaging, yet a handful of engineers have stretched the format to astonishing sizes. The five engines below represent some of ...

Years ago, the choice was clear: When it came to 2 stroke vs 4 stroke outboard motors, 2 stroke won every time. Two stroke motors offered a better power-to-weight ratio, were cheaper to manufacture, ...

Pontiac premier 4-cylinder drag racing entry is the Rod Shop's G/A Fiero driven by Larry Morgan. It has already won two national events in NHRA's Competition Eliminator. Pontiac's 151-cubic-inch 92-hp ...

Ford Motor Company's 4-cylinder engines have always been popular with the hot rodding set. Even in the days of the flathead, a beefed-up flattie four Ford was a force to be reckoned with. And as the ...

The in-line four-cylinder is the most widely used car engine in the world. But it wasn't always the case. Following the 1970s and 1980s oil crisis, auto manufacturers began downsizing to smaller ...