In this month's Enginology setion CIRCLE TRACK contributor Jim McFarland discusses the science behind connecting rods and how their ... crankshaft assembly, reducing the weight of pistons and rods ...

03As mentioned when we covered the bottom end build, we sourced the entire Eagle rotating assembly from Summit Racing, including the Mahle forged pistons, rings, and Eagle ESP H-beam rods.Piston ...

When you consider the crazy monkey motion of reciprocating internal combustion engines it is remarkable they work as well as they do. You have eight pistons and connecting rods doing a “do-si-do ...

Bushed or Pressed. Research connecting rods and you will find that there are two basic ways pistons are mounted to them. A bushed rod features a bronze bushing in the small end that the wristpin ...

As the piston moves up and down, the connecting rod is moving with it. The rod is attached with a pin (the wrist pin) so it ...

We’ll see here how to correctly assemble the pistons and connecting rods back together and place them in the right cylinders, a very important part if you don’t want you engine to blow up in ...