Opposed piston engines are getting to be the rage and this one, the CoAxe, from a company in Australia, looks like another interesting entry. It's initially being developed as a 100 horsepower unit for use in unmanned aerial vehicles. The unit is relatively small, lightweight and low maintenance. It's also extremely low vibration since all moving parts have their opposite … [Read more...]

Ecomotors announced yesterday a joint venture with a subsidiary of Chinese auto maker FAW Group, outlining plans to begin producing the opposed piston engines in 2015: The joint venture will build a plant in China's northern Shanxi province with the capacity to make 100,000 engines a year. The factory is expected to begin operating in the second half of next year. This is … [Read more...]

Formula 1 racing is changing the rules for next year, there are radical body work changes of no particular interest to any of us outside of the sport, but the engine changes should be interesting to all of us, whether you follow F1 or not. In fact, using the term "engine" isn't quite right, there are so many additional bits of technology adding power, it's more accurate to use … [Read more...]

Way back in late 2011, we showed you a series of patent drawings for a supercharged engine from Kawasaki. The patent was pretty straightforward, a compact blower was tucked in behind the cylinders, but other than those drawings, nothing. At the Tokyo Motor Show just completed, Kawasaki had an exhibit of a supercharged engine that looked just like the patent drawings, though … [Read more...]

As mentioned in the progress report on Russell Sutton's 9 cylinder radial engine, he's already begun work on his next project. This one's going to be a real beauty, a 14 cylinder radial in two rows of 7 cylinders each. The top ends for each cylinder will be from a Yamaha XV1700 Warrior. The complete engine will displace 11.7 liters, 835cc per cylinder. We've seen some … [Read more...]

What could be better than a 9 cylinder radial engine? Why, a home built 9 cylinder radial, of course! Russell Sutton continues to work on his engine projects, (yes, I said projects, because he's already beginning his next engine) and we just received the latest updates on the radial build many of you have been following which began many years ago using 9 cylinders and heads … [Read more...]