Q. What is a Hemi? A. The design of the combustion chamber influences how well an engine breathes–how efficiently the air/fuel mixture enters and the exhaust gases depart. The combustion chamber also ...

Georgia Tech researchers have created a new combustor (combustion chamber where fuel is burned to power an engine or gas turbine) designed to burn fuel in a wide range of devices with next to no ...

The Chrysler Hemi motor is a 90-degree pushrod V8, ranging in capacity from 3.9L to 6.4L, and with either natural aspiration or supercharging. The name “Hemi” has been applied to this family of ...

The intricacies of airflow dynamics through a cylinder head are some of the most difficult concepts to grasp in all of hot rodding. That made it the perfect topic to discuss in the inaugural ...

You might think that after all these years the pushrod V-8 has been in existence, cylinder head design would have been perfected. Think again. When it comes to cutting ports and combustion chambers ...

Aside from a large camshaft, cubic inches, and lots of fuel, compression is the element that allows power to be formed. It’s the massive amount of squeeze being placed on the fuel and air, which in ...

Flame of a jet-stabilised combustion chamber system in the HBK-S high-pressure combustion chamber test rig Even under the changed framework conditions of the energy transition, combustion remains an ...

It's only natural for minds to run to Chrysler when the word "hemi" comes up in conversation. While Chrysler didn't invent the hemispherical combustion chamber engine, with that honor going to Allie ...

Pre-chamber technology was generally utilized in the good old diesel engines until the 1980s. The reason why such pre-chamber technology was favored was due to the noise reduction aspect as well as ...