I’m not sure if any engine built today will still be salvageable 100 years from now. Not to sound like a grump, but so much relies on computers that will surely be obsolete by then. And let’s not get ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1925, Continental, a successful manufacturer of automotive engines, purchased the rights for a Burt-McCollum single ...

Continental, a successful manufacturer of automotive engines, purchased the rights for a Burt-McCollum single-sleeve valve engine design in 1925. Believing this technology might replace poppet valves ...

The Willys-Knight, built by Willys-Overland of Toledo, Ohio, from 1914 to 1932 is remembered for its ultra-quiet Knight sleeve-valve engine. Although it was also used in European luxury cars and the ...

Sleeve Valve Engine The sleeve valve engine is an intriguing alternative to the poppet valve engine, using a rotating or sliding sleeve to control the engine’s intake and exhaust. This design was ...