For every new twin-turbo V6 or downsized hybrid four that arrives with a big power figure and a smaller displacement, there is an older V8 that quietly keeps doing the job it was built for. On paper, ...

The real thing can weigh upwards of 600 pounds, but the V8 engine Aliaksei Zholner built would barely register on a scale because it’s only slightly larger than a ping-pong ball and made from nothing ...