The compression ratio isn’t just a number: it’s one of the greatest determining factors in engine building. Compression ratio determines the type of fuel, how much boost, and has a significant ...

This engine has an 8.84:1 compression ratio. When using this formula, make sure to express domed piston cc's as a negative number.

How do you calculate a compression ratio, and what’s the ideal number for your build? Let’s find out.

You’ve heard the term compression ratio before, but have you ever wondered exactly what it means? Well, it’s time to explain exactly what compression ratio is, and why every carmaker is now ...

When overboring an engine, the percentage of gain in compression ratio decreases as you add clearance volume and increases as you remove clearance volume, as we'll describe next.

Increasing an engine’s compression ratio is a proven way of unlocking extra horsepower, but there’s a point of diminishing returns. The team at Garage 54, the Russian mechanics who built a V16 ...

Variable Compression Ratio Engines have been some sort of a Holy Grail, and now Porsche proposes a viable solution for this ...

Why variable compression ratio matters Today's gasoline-engine cars compress the outside air to about a tenth its original volume, a 10:1 ratio, inside each cylinder.

That's because Infiniti is planning to roll out the variable compression ratio engine for its next generation of cars. Your mind may be blown, but pick up the pieces quickly because Engineering ...

In principal, the engine changes compression ratio simply by altering where the cylinder's top dead center is.

Infiniti will showcase its new variable compression ratio engines – the world’s first in series production, it claims – at the 2016 Paris motor show. Badged VC-T (Variable Compression ...