Cummins engines have earned a bit of a cult following over the decades — and for good reason. In the U.S., they're the iron workhorses found in everything from pickup trucks to massive semis, and they ...

What is the knocking sound coming from my engine? What is engine knock? Why is my engine making a knocking noise? Engine knock, or pinging, occurs when a separate pocket of air-fuel mixture ignites ...

V8 fans often argue about soundtracks and spec sheets, but the character of a V8 starts deep in the block with the crankshaft. Whether an engine uses a cross-plane or flat-plane crank changes the way ...

For budding car enthusiasts, it's a badge of honor to correctly identify the number of cylinders in an engine just by its exhaust note. The number of cylinders plays a vital role in how an engine ...

The Wankel rotary engine offers one of the most unique sounds of any ICE. Most famously used in various legendary Mazdas like the RX-7 and the supposedly banned Le ...

BMW reveals that it recorded engine sounds from three iconic M cars to give the electric M3 character and a sense of connection. The cars sampled were the E63 M6, F82 M4 and the E90 M3. The prototype ...