Compression: An automotive term used by everybody, forever. Let's get into some detail and maybe develop a better understanding. Pressure, and more pressure: It's a must-have to produce power within ...

At first glance, the concept of engine compression is simple enough:It's the ratio of the volume of the combustion chamber and bore when thepiston is at bottom dead center (BDC) versus when it is at ...

Shock absorbers have been around in one form or another since the early 1900s, but those drivers wouldn’t recognize the sophisticated dampers used on street or off-road vehicles today. A shock ...

At the end of the day, an internal combustion engine is just an air pump. Proper airflow in and out of the engine is thus ...

Although most people know what a shock absorber is, there's a lot of confusion about just what a "shock" does, or why it's even needed in the first place. So we'll begin by clearing up a few ...