How exactly does the gasoline engine work and what potential does it have? The combustion engine only has a future through intensive research and further development. With the large engine construction book, hobby tinkerers can discover and understand what works under the hood of a car, how it works and how it can be optimized. 64 richly illustrated pages convey the basic knowledge and lead through exciting experiments to interesting and practical applications of the combustion engine. Thanks to the easy-to-understand information and instructions, the reader is able to assemble and screw together the included engine model themselves - without soldering or gluing. The assembly time is around two and a half hours. Many experiments can be carried out on the finished model straight away.