We might be covering ground that's well trampled for many, but the static compression ratio of an engine is simple to understand: it's all the volume of a cylinder above the compression ring at Bottom ...

Pretty simple question actually (or so my ignorant mind thinks): At what compression ratio would an engine benefit from higher octane fuel? The Focus I drive is just over 10:1, and I've heard some say ...

With neck-snapping beasts like the 650-horse C7 Z06 roaming around, factory performance cars have never been faster. Cheers to the Corvette team for cranking out that pump-gas power number, because ...