Forced induction is the only way to get a 1.5L four-cylinder engine to wheeze out as much air as and behave more like a V8 twice its size. Out of the multiple types of forced induction, (supercharging ...

As car manufacturers continue to trend away from investments in new internal combustion platforms, so too do motorcycle manufacturers. That makes Honda's recent announcement of a brand-new V-3 ...

A naturally aspirated (read that as carbureted) engine relies on the combustion cycle's intake stroke and the scavenging effect of the exhaust as a means to draw air and atomized fuel through the ...

Honda has come up with a electronic forced-induction V3 motor that we’re probably going to see in a future sportbike. Honda revives the rare V3 engine layout with a modern, four-stroke, ...

How many times have we seen a bikemaker unveil an ambitious concept at EICMA, only to quietly abandon it later as if it never happened? Not Honda this time around. At last year’s EICMA, the Japanese ...

In an era when forced induction was mandatory to be successful in motorsport, Lancia and Abarth created a monstrous 1,000-hp inline-four that eliminated the drawbacks of the turbocharger and the ...

Does anyone still remember Oldsmobile? This defunct American automaker ceased operations over two decades ago and faded from the collective consciousness. Yet, at its peak in the 1960s, they were ...

Honda has revealed the first V-3 engine ever with force induction, and an electric one at that. Not only is it a looker, but the water-cooled engine arranges three pistons in a 75-degree vee—two ...