Across the Globe: What It’s Like To Be A 20-Year-Old Engine Builder In The Netherlands
When we heard from Bas Willems, a 20-year-old from the Netherlands, was building a Volkswagen VR6 engine for a 1988 Volkswagen Golf MK2, we had to get the whole story.
Valves & Seats: There’s More Than Meets The Eye
The valves and seats in an internal combustion engine play a central role in engine breathing, compression, performance and longevity. It doesn’t matter if an engine has two, three, four or even five valves per cylinder or if the engine is gas or diesel because the valves all do the same thing: they open and close to allow air into the cylinders and exhaust to exit the cylinders.
