How hard could it to be to build a two-stroke internal combustion engine (ICE) from scratch? This is a challenge that [Camden Bowen] gladly set for himself, while foregoing such obvious wastes of time ...

As PopMech’s autos editor, I obviously consider myself a car guy. But when it comes to two wheels, the capabilities of modern motorcycles astonish me. We now have road-legal bikes that produce over ...

Name a type of terrain, and someone, somewhere, will figure out a way to race on it. From wood-track ovals and countryside rallies to the pure chaos of the Gumball 3000, humans love to pit themselves ...

Detroit Diesel built its well known two stroke engine for decades after getting its start during World War II, so why did it eventually phase it out?

There once was an 18-cyclinder 2-stroke triangle engine that delivered a whopping 2,000 horsepower, but it didn't power a car ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. In response to the item immediately below, which kicked off this Thread, ...

Conventional wisdom suggests that our faithful internal combustion (IC) engines are heading the way of the buggy whip. The lithium-ion battery has arrived, emissions standards are tightening, and ...

Swiss marine power company WinGD will offer the first ethanol-fueled two-stroke marine engine next year, with deliveries for ...