Last month's "How It Works" story gave you the basics of the four-stroke cycle, describing the motion of the intake and exhaust valves in relation to the piston moving up and down in the cylinder.

Ti-VCT stands for twin independent-variable camshaft timing and is a key aspect of making Ford's EcoBoost engines work the way they do. Like variable valve timing, Ti-VCT optimizes engine valve timing ...

Do you know what a timing belt or a timing chain is and what they do? Could you find them on your vehicle's engine if you had to? If you answered no, don't sweat it. Both are buried behind a lot of ...