The majority of personal aircraft are powered by air-cooled piston engines, which are favored for their lighter weight and simpler design compared to liquid-cooled systems. Pilots manage engine heat ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

The company's Commercial Power group recently introduced a range of Vanguard V-Twin Big Block air- and liquid-cooled engines with horsepower ratings from 25 to 35. Innovations include an advanced ...

There was a time, long ago, when passenger vehicles used to be much simpler than they are today. There were many downsides of this era, safety chief among them, but there were some perks as well. They ...

Air-cooled engines were once commonplace in the auto and moto industries. The most well-known were the Porsche flat six, VW flat four, Corvair, and numerous motorcycle engines, from BMW to ...

Porsche fans are probably aware that the 993 generation (1994 to 1998) was the last of the air-cooled 911s. What may come as a surprise is that vintage Porsche 911s are not exclusively air-cooled. In ...

One of the most hotly debated topics among Porsche enthusiasts is which is better: the air-cooled or water-cooled 911. The sports automaker had used an air-cooled engine across multiple generations of ...

Cooling fins are an iconic feature of motorcycle design. These blades made their mark early, with their parallel lines encircling the cylinders of classic bikes from day one. Whether on the striking V ...

If you are not at least moderately informed about how engines work, you may still be aware that they all require water, or antifreeze, in order to function. It is true that some form of coolant is ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

One of the biggest turning points in the Porsche 911's long history came in 1998. That's when the last air-cooled 911 rolled off the assembly line, effectively splitting the 911 hierarchy into two ...

When one thinks of air-cooled motorcycles, vintage cruisers such as Harley-Davidson come to mind. However, Honda's wildly successful CB750 was also air-cooled. By comparison, liquid-cooled bikes came ...