Time was when a valve job was done with some valve-grinding compound and a vacuum cup on a stick. But no more. Today's high performance engines require the same machining precision in the valves that ...

Watch video of new engine seal seating machine, which integrates advanced Rexroth IndraLogic PLC automation controls. Chrysler recently upgraded manufacturing at its Saltillo, Mexico engine assembly ...

Vehicle engine designers are beset by conflicting demands. On the one hand, they must reduce costs as intense international competition is driving the need to cut product prices so that companies can ...

The first thing everybody frets about with such systems (or with an old car overdue for a new timing belt) is what happens if the valves go out of sync and try to stay open when the piston is rising.