There are three things a gasoline engine needs: air, fuel and spark. The spark plug ignites the air/fuel mixture, producing the combustion that powers the engine. Despite the fact that spark plugs ...

Diesel engines ignite the air/fuel mixture with heat generated by friction and compression, while gasoline engines use the heat caused by a spark from a spark plug. That's why diesel engines are ...

Most small internal-combustion engines commonly used in the model-building world use glow plugs for starting. Unfortunately, glow plugs have an operating voltage of 1.5 V, while fuel pumps, starter ...

When the C8 Corvette came out, it fulfilled one of the two big, longtime Corvette dreams: a mid-engined 'Vette. That other dream, I think we'd all agree, is the dream of a smoky, slow, diesel Corvette ...