#automotive-engineering

A dyno run by Late Model Restoration found Ford’s Mustang GTD putting down as much as 753 wheel horsepower, indicating unusually low drivetrain loss for the track-focused flagship.

BMW says its engineers are working on a way to preserve manual gearboxes in future M models, even as torque limits, supplier pressure, and development costs make the case for a stick shift harder to sustain.

Garage 54 has converted a Subaru boxer-four into an inline-four by cutting, welding, and recombining core engine parts in a project that is technically absurd and mechanically revealing.

The geometry of a piston crown — flat, dished, or domed — fundamentally determines an engine's compression ratio, combustion efficiency, and power characteristics.