other benefits from the construction and design translate into greater efficiency and improved performance a number of uses of the engine described are possible for example the engine design can be used in a wide variety of motors compressors water turbines gas turbines jet engines propellers hydraulics and transmission systems for example the design described with reference to the figures can be used in the transmission system of a bicycle the design can also be utilized to reduce damages from vehicle crashes because the design provides an opposite force to slow the vehicle more easily than conventional designs a wide range of adaptations can be made to the design described in the present application for example one adaptation can include two pistons positioned at angles to each other this implementation would have four cylinders providing power yet it would provide significant improvements over conventional four cylinder engines other configurations and variations can also be implemented depending on the needs of the design 39 s use in performance tests conducted by the inventors the design has provided an increase in torque many times greater than conventional systems a person of skill in the art can represent the forces created in formulaic terms such that the performance advantages of the design described herein can be mathematically compared to known systems 0044 fig1 illustrates a portion 50 of an engine having a piston 52 an intake valve 54 an exhaust valve 56 a spark plug 58 a combustion chamber 60.