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TH E COM M U N ICATION S H U B OF TH E RACI NG POWE RTRAI N WOR LD

                                                                                                                                            PORSCHE:
                                                                                                                                       V4 REVOLUTION
                                                                                                                                                      Secrets of a dominating
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                                                                                                                                                                    Winning in Formula E

                                                                                          race engine
                                                                                          components
                                                                                                        IGNITION

                                                                                          Focus on diesel
                                           TH E COM M U N ICATION S H U B OF TH E RACI NG POWE RTRAI N WOR LD

                                                                                                        SOLUTIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                               RACING THE
                                            ENGINE FACILITY

                                                                                                                                                                                               ELECTRIC WAY

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                                                                                                        COMPRESSION
                                            EXTRAORDINAIRE

                                                                                                                                                                       The challenge of Formula E
                                            TRD’s powerhouse

                                            DIGITAL MACHINING

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Inside AER’s V6 Prototype contender
                                            Focus on CAM

                                            FORD’S POCKET
                                            ROCKET

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            TURBO ENDURANCE SECRETS
                                            The M-Sport R5

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Strategy for a new era
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  DAVID MOUNTAIN:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  TH E COM M U N ICATION S H U B OF TH E RACI NG POWE RTRAI N WOR LD
TH E COM M U N ICATION S H U B OF TH E RACI NG POWE RTRAI N WOR LD

                                            JANUARY
                                            MAY 2021 2020

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                                                                                                                                                       TRANSFER
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                                                                                                                                                       HISTORIC POWER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  SNAKE OIL OR NOT?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            NORIO AOKI:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            New motorsport directions for Toyota
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           THE QUEST FOR 280 MPH

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                                                                                                                                                                                                        Nano lubricant technology under investigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             F1H2O 2.5 LITRE TWO-STROKE V6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The Sorceress harnesses 10.5 litres and twin turbos

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Mercury Racing’s outrageous outboard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              CHRIS GILBERT:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Keeping Group C alive

PORSCHE’S                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    24 HOUR PROTOTYPES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             LM P1 and DPi engines 2019
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ELECTROMAGNETISM
Inside a dominant 24-hour e-Drive                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            DISCOVERING
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             THE LIMITS
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                                                                                                                                                                    MARK CRAWFORD:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        V8 for 2021

                                                                                                                                                                    HPD’s IndyCar technology
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Pipo Moteurs’
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           RÉMI TAFFIN:
                                            TH E COM M U N ICATION S H U B OF TH E RACI NG POWE RTRAI N WOR LD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Regaining Renault’s Grand Prix power
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    HYPERCAR!

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                                                                                                                                                                   Developing a new-generation V16
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    HERE COMES

                                            BRACKLEY GOES FORMULA E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             RACE ENGINE

                                                                                                            Tractor Pulling’s strength showdown
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                                            Mercedes’ new green pathway
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              FIRE-BREATHING RY45
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Outkast’s Late Model monster
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             GEM COLLECTION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Lake Speed’s air-cooled Italians

                                            AVERTING COSTLY FAILURE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Focus on non-destructive testing

                                                                                                                                             EXTREME PROGRESSION

                                            Focus on component lifing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         1000 BHP GRAND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              PRIX BATTLES
                                            1000-PLUS BHP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Formula One power
                                            LIGHTNING BOLT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    games in 2019
                                            Hartley Enterprises’
                                                                                                                                                                                                    THE ULTIMATE CONFIGURATION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          DAVID SALTERS:

                                            awesome I4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        GEARING
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     From Formula One to HPD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               LARRY McBRIDE:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              TO BETTER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The secrets of Spiderman

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ACCESSING HIDDEN INFORMATION

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              EFFECT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Race transmissions
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In-depth Focus

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     World of Outlaws
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        on new materials

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The Challenge Of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       SOLUTIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Flat Track contender

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ON THE DIRT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ADVENTURES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       TOMORROW’S

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                                                                                                                                                                                                        Focus on Quality Control

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Inside Gibson’s atmo V8s
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        HARLEY-DAVIDSON V2

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        LE MANS SPECIALISTS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                CHASING PERFECTION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          DAVID DICKER:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Making a dream V10
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Keeping the Cosworth HB alive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    RICHARD ‘DICK’ LANGFORD:

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           TH E COM M U N ICATION S H U B OF TH E RACI NG POWE RTRAI N WOR LD
DAVID SALTERS:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     DAVID MOUNTAIN:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                CHRIS GILBERT:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               From Formula One to HPD                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Strategy for a new era                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Keeping Group C alive

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                                                              TH E COM M U N ICATION S H U B OF TH E RACI NG POWE RTRAI N WOR LD
                                                                                                                                                                                          THE ULTIMATE CONFIGURATION                                                                                                                                                                                                                  TURBO ENDURANCE SECRETS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   THE QUEST FOR 280 MPH

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         TH E COM M U N ICATION S H U B OF TH E RACI NG POWE RTRAI N WOR LD
                                                                                                                                                                                          Developing a new-generation V16                                                                                                                                                                                                             Inside AER’s V6 Prototype contender                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The Sorceress harnesses 10.5 litres and twin turbos

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              PORSCHE:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         V4 REVOLUTION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Secrets of a dominating
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ultra-lean-burn hybrid
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      RACING THE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                SNAKE OIL OR NOT?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Winning in Formula E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           MARK PRESTON:
                                                                                                                                                                                          EXTREME PROGRESSION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Nano lubricant technology under investigation
                                                                                                                                                                                          Tractor Pulling’s strength showdown                                                                                                                                                                                                         ELECTRIC WAY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The challenge of Formula E
                                                                                                                                                                                          FUTURE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                HISTORIC POWER
                                                                                                                                                                                          RACE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        COMPRESSION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               TRANSFER
                                                                                                                                                                                          ENGINE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      IGNITION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Crankshafts for retro

                                                                                                                                   ELECTROMAGNETISM
                                                                                                                                                                                          FUELS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 race engines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    DIGITAL MACHINING
                                                                                                                                                      Inside a dominant 24-hour e-Drive
                                                                                                                                                                                          Alternatives
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SOLUTIONS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   EXTRAORDINAIRE

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 TRD’s powerhouse

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The M-Sport R5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Focus on CAM

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The ‘Absolutely Nuts’ Super Farm tractor is the one previously
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        campaigned by Ryan Salenbien as ‘Never Satisfied’; it is now in
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       That way, you can run really low rpm; if you                 DATASHEET
           World of Outlaws veteran Ron Shaver gives Mike Magda an insight                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             had a slipper clutch, it would start falling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       out and slipping at 2100 rpm. Once you let
          into how to build a winning Sprint Car engine for this dirt track series

               Dishing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Salenbien DT466
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       your foot off this clutch it stays locked. That’s

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cosworth’s V8 rethink
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       crucial for the Super Farm class.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Mountune has reclaimed this BDT-E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          “When I was on the seat, at the green flag                   I6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   following serious damage in action

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       I would hold the clutch pedal down and start                    4.875 x 5.75 in = 643.96 cu in (10,553 cc)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       slowly building rpm, which would slowly                         Turbodiesel with single turbo
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       build boost. When I got to about 90% throttle,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Iron block and head
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       I would start to give it a bit of clutch [bite] so              Cast iron liners

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the boost would come on stronger.                               Seven main bearings, plain                                                                         n the late 1980s, Formula One transitioned from allowing        Langford Performance Engineering now has all the rights to the Cosworth HB

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          “So when I hit the stop, which is wide-open                  Steel crankshaft, six pins                                                                         either naturally aspirated 3.0 litre or turbo-supercharged

               the dirt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       throttle, I was already starting to let off on the              Steel con rods                                                                                 1.5 litre engines to permitting for 1989 only naturally
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Light alloy pistons; three rings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       clutch. You need to put some resistance on a                                                                                                                   aspirated 3.5 litre engines. Before the turbos had swamped
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Pushrod; gear drive single camshaft
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       diesel motor to build some boost; if you don’t                  Two valves/cylinder                                                                            the 3.0 litre atmos in the early ’80s, Cosworth had continued
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       it will over-rev.                                               Upright valves                                                                                 to keep its DFV V8 competitive, and for the transitional years
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          “Having it wide open and slipping the clutch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       will give up to 70-80 lb of manifold pressure,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       2.25 in intake valve, 1.00 in exhaust
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mechanical fuel injection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of 1987 and 1988 it developed from that the 3.5 litre DFZ,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and then the enhanced DFR version.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      War of tugs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       and normally you’ll reach around 5000 rpm.                                                                                                                         Cosworth’s brand new 3.5 litre V8 for 1989 was known as
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       13:1 compression ratio
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Then, as soon as you let out the clutch fully, it’ll            Maximum rpm, 5000                                                                              the HB. There were 22 years between the first appearance
                                                                                                                                                                                                Side view of the Ford FPS 410 engine (Courtesy of Ron Shaver)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          plant and the rpm will drop dramatically. If it                                                                                                                of the DFV and that of the HB, which meant the latter was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       hooks up really hard it’ll go down from 5000 to                 SOME KEY SUPPLIERS TO THIS ENGINE                                                              a complete rethink by Cosworth of a naturally aspirated
                                                                                                                                                                                                off-road trucks and Dirt Modifieds/Late Models. He still dabbles              speed in the turns – which in turn generates drag on the engine                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2400 rpm [peak power speed].                                                                                                                 V8 Formula One engine. In the meantime, design had progressed
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                                                                                                                                                                                                in drag racing, and takes on vintage restoration projects such as a           down the straightaway.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      “But if it doesn’t plant, if your tyres break                                                                                             from drawing boards alone to embrace computer assistance, while

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                                                                                                        dentifying the primary challenge confronting engine builders in                         unique Chevrolet with the intake and exhaust ports on the same side             Fortunately for the engine builder, WoO rules are fairly lenient                                                                                                                                                                                                                       loose, your rpm might only drop 500. That’s                                                                                                  materials science had also advanced.
        A Ford 410 engine is prepped for dyno testing (Courtesy of Ron Shaver)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Sleeves: Powerbore
                                                                                                        the World of Outlaws (WoO) series often leads to the direct-drive                       and a very rare SOHC Oldsmobile engine.                                       compared with many other racing venues. In the early days there                                                                                                                                                                                                                          not so good.                                                    Oil pan: in-house                                                                    The HB, which eschewed the traditional 90º bank angle for a
                                                                                                        configuration of the winged Sprint Car. “It’s such a different type
                                                                                                        of racing because the cars have one gear and 925-930 bhp,”
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Still, WoO is the main focus at his 12,000 sq ft facility in Torrance,
                                                                                                                                                                                                California, where he builds some 200 engines a year. Run at night
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              were hardly any rules, except those that addressed safety.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                “We’re probably one of the last group of guys who can do
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          “If it’s a good run, you start with 5000 rpm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       and within a fraction of a second you’ve
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Crankshaft: Bryant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Crankshaft: Southern Illinois
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    packaging-advantageous 75º, also benefited from a reduction in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    clutch diameter from 7.25 to 5.5 in. It retained wet liners but was                 from 1991 through to the end of 1994. Those were all wire-spring
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                                                                                                   explains Ron Shaver, who started building Sprint Car engines in                              on dirt ovals that range from a quarter to half a mile in length, WoO         anything they want to the engine, apart from putting nitromethane                                                                                                                                                                                                                        dropped to about 2400. Then it’ll climb back                                                                                                 much lighter and more compact than its predecessor, despite the                     engines. After that, Formula One switched to 3.0 litre engines once
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Timing drive: Navistar International
                                                                                                   1978 – the same year WoO was formed. Since then, he has built                                racing is very demanding due to an intense, fast-paced format and a           in them, although we used to do that,” confesses Shaver. “Not                                                                                                                                                                                                                            up – it’ll gain another 1000 rpm by mid-track.                                                                                               move from 3.0 to 3.5 litres. That included a bore increase from the                 again and new PVRS-equipped ‘EC’ and ‘ED’ V8s replaced the HB.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ian Bamsey finds out what goes into preparing an engine for the closely-                                                                                                                                                                                         Lifters: Navistar International

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         MOUNTUNE-PREPARED COSWORTH BDT-E I4 TURBO
                                                                                                   both Ford and Chevrolet championship engines for this popular                                strenuous 80-plus event schedule each year. Also, track and atmospheric       anymore though, they have so much power now. When we go to                                                                                                                                                                                                         “On a good run you’ve got the throttle wide open all the way. The                     Pushrods: Trend                                                              DFV’s original 85.67 mm to 94 mm, commensurate with an increase                       Langford recalls, “In June 1999 Cosworth approached us [now                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    n 1986, Ford was participating in the World Rally                   pretending to be a modified Mustang street car engine. However, by                    There was a 2.0 litre version of the BDA, the BDG (RET 129,              Harris runs in that category.
                                                                                                   touring series.                                                                              conditions can change quickly from when practice is staged in the late        the racetrack, we go with full power and then we spend all night                                                                                                                                                                                                 only time you would ever want to start lifting off the throttle is if your              Rockers: Hypermax                                                            in target operating speed of a five- rather than four-figure number.                called Langford Performance Engineering – LPE] and asked if we                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Championship (WRC) and the IMSA GT Championship                     1986 it was not considered to be ideal. Terry Hoyle was therefore                  February 2021) which had a 90.4 mm bore, but as Mountain puts it,             Harris has been campaigning the car for a few years, and
                                                                                                      “No gearbox means you have no torque multiplier,” he continues.                           afternoon through to the feature race that starts in the late evening.        figuring out how to hook up the tyres or turn back the power. It                          fought Super Farm Tractor class in this extreme form of motorsport                                                                                                     tyres are slipping and you’re going nowhere; you’d want to back off                     Pistons: Diamond                                                                     The HBs provided for customer use all had steel wire valve return           would be interested in buying the rights to the HB project. We said                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (IGC), in both instances at the top level, respectively Group B         commissioned by Ford to produce a de-stroked, 2.1 litre Cosworth                   “The cylinders were then wafer thin.” The BDA had a 96 mm bore              approached Mountune Classic when the engine failed. Mountain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              never used to be that way.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Rings: Total Seal

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                                                                                                   “The car has to have a lot of torque down low and still run upstairs.                           The cars are made from chromoly steel tubing in a ‘downtube’                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the throttle a little bit, get it to hook up and then go again. But that’s                                                                                           coil springs, whereas the final 1993 works engines gained a pneumatic               we were, so we agreed a price and bought it. We thus ended up with                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           and GTP (writes Ian Bamsey).                                            DFX (IndyCar V8 turbo) for the IGC; the Ford Mustang GTP car raced                 spacing, and structurally a 90.4 mm bore was considered too much            reports “The engine had blown up in a pretty big way; it dropped a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Piston pins: Trend
                                                                                                   We try to make the power curve as wide as we can. When I say                                 or ‘high-bar’ design, in which two tubes run from the top of the                                                                                                              ulling is an exceptional motorsport discipline in so far as                           my dyno. As you pull them down the torque just keeps rising. Who           like one out of 50 chances.”                                                                                                                                         valve return system (PVRS) and the capability to run well into the                  everything HB that Cosworth had, including drawings, patterns and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The 1986 Group B Ford was the mid-engined four-wheel-               that engine towards the end of 1986.                                               of a risk given the cylinder pressures associated with turbocharging.       valve and that made a hell of a mess. We had known him for some
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Con rods: Lemke Manufacturing
                                                                                                   wide, I am saying around 4500 to 8500 rpm.”                                                  rollcage down to the front of the chassis. The wheelbase between the          Series rules                                                                                    time is irrelevant. All that counts is the distance a tractor or                      knows, they might make peak torque at 1800 rpm; they might make              So, we asked, throttle response is not a factor? “No. The load                        Con rods: Riverside Engines                                                  13,000 rpm zone. And where the DFV had used mechanical injection                    castings. So all the HB hardware became ours, and since then we’ve                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           drive RS200, designed by Tony Southgate as a pure rally                    It is possible that the 2.1 litre BDT-E produced by Brian Hart in               As such, the BDT had an 86 mm bore, which was married to a                  years and after the failure he said he’d like us to fix it.
                                                                                                      A diverse set of driving styles also complicates matters for the                          two solid axles is around 83 to 90 in, and the suspension generally           There are a few notable rules that engine builders have to address                              a truck can attain in overcoming an increasing burden (see                            3800 lb-ft [5152 Nm] before they stall.”                                   on the engine is what determines your power level; you have to                          Big-end bearings: Mahle                                                      and a distributor, from the outset the HB was fully electronic and was              managed to keep the project going.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           car. Campaigned since 1984, it was powered by a turbo-                  1986 could have been used in the 1987 Mustang, but Ford abruptly                   77.6 mm stroke for 1803 cc.                                                   “So we pulled it apart. The block was absolutely wrecked and the
                                                                                                   engine builder. “Every driver is different, and championship drivers                         consists of torsion bars and shock absorbers.                                 though. First is a 410 cu in displacement limit, and the architecture                           sidebar: The game). There is a bewildering array of vehicle                              Before looking in detail at this engine, let’s consider its             have the throttle at 100% all the time in order for this thing to run                   Main bearings: Mahle                                                         operated by an integrated engine management system.                                   Since LPE took over the HB it has been used in British                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     supercharged 1.8 litre I4 derived from the Cosworth-designed            decided to pull out of GTP at the end of the 1986 season. At the                      The BDT-E block had its bore spacing increased to 106 mm,                cylinder head was completely destroyed – it was just like a hand
                                                                                                   will notice every change you make,” he says. “But the biggest thing                             Massive rear tyres are needed to hook up the power to the slippery         is limited to US production-style 90º V8s with a single cam in the                    classes (see sidebar: The rules) for each of which the burden in the                            deployment in the field.                                                   like it’s supposed to. You can’t run down the track at 80%, it just                     Camshaft bearings: Riverside Engines                                                 The DFV had been developed to produce 520 bhp at 11,000 rpm                 Hillclimbing and historic Formula One, including the BOSS GP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 BDA and known as the BDT.                                               same time, the FIA shelved Group B. By that stage it is understood                 which allowed for a 90 mm bore with structural integrity considered         grenade had gone off in one chamber.
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                                                                                                   to overcome is the absence of a gearbox. I see different guys getting                        dirt track. Significant stagger is also required, so the right rear tyre      block. Maximum bore size is 4.165 in. Only two valves and one                         form of a weighted sled is tuned to make it an exception for any                                                                                                           doesn’t work.”                                                                                                                                                       while the one-sixth larger displacement DFZ gave 565 bhp at the                     series in Europe and its equivalent in the US. It has also been used in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Group B permitted engines up to 2500 cc naturally                   that Hart had produced two batches of BDT-E engines for a total                    commensurate with the anticipated level of boost. That was married            “I don’t know who did the original block and head castings
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                                                                                                   into the sport and all the things they are doing wrong. It’s because                         could be 18 in wide with a circumference of 104-106 in on a                   spark plug per cylinder are permitted in the cylinder head, and the                   competitor to complete the 320 ft off-road straight course.                                     The pull                                                                     So, presumably the driveability of the engine is also not a factor?                   Valve guides: Northwoods Engineering                                         same engine speed. Then the DFR was developed to produce 595                        historic Group C since the Jaguar XJR14 of 1991 used the engine.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             aspirated or 1785 cc if blown, with the car then running at a           of 50. The only place left for them to go was Rallycross, powering                 to an 84 mm stroke for 2137.5 cc.                                           for Brian but they were nice castings, and I know Brian sent the
                                                                                                   they do not yet understand what the cars are doing. Fortunately, I                           massive 18 x 15 in wheel. The left rear tyre is not only a few inches         valves must be positioned in a traditional inline pattern with all                      Here we consider the example of Super Farm Tractor. This is                                   Pullers run one at a time. The 9300 lb Super Farm Tractor is shod          “Exactly.”                                                                              Valve springs: Northwoods Engineering                                        bhp at 10,500 rpm. By contrast, the HB in 1991 works guise was                        By way of example, in 2019 (before the global pandemic) LPE was                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            minimum of 890 kg and also permitted 3000 cc/2142.8 cc                  RS200-Evolutions.                                                                     It was another aluminium alloy engine, and Mountain remarks,             [linerless] block to Mahle to have the cylinders Nikasil-coated.
                                                                                                   grew up around car guys, so when I went to the races I learned what                          narrower but may have a stagger difference of between 8 and 15 in             valves at an equal included angle – no staggered valve locations or                   one of the largest classes in National Tractor Pullers Association                              with 24.5 x 32.5 in rear tyres and uses a modified stock chassis.            What sort of speed is attained? “For a Super Farm tractor the                         Fuel injectors: various                                                      giving around 670 bhp at 12,700 rpm, with 13,600 rpm available for                  supplying HB engines for seven Formula One cars and two Jaguars                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              at 960 kg. For 1987, Ford planned an evolution of the RS200                                                                                                “The BDT-E was a longer engine, so Brian had to do his own block            You can’t just go and get a new block, so I went to Capricorn, had
                                                                                                   to do with the car.”                                                                         in circumference, depending on track conditions and the amount                canted or splayed valve angles. Steel con rods must have a centre-to-                 (NTPA) competition. Ryan Salenbien is a former class champion,                                  Its production-derived engine drives through a Crower four-disc            highest ground speed is typically 30-34 mph; that is moving on a                        Oil pump: Aviaid                                                             use in qualifying.                                                                  competing in various series. Currently the very strong FIA Masters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           with the single turbo engine using a new block and head,                BDT to BDT-E                                                                       and head, cam carrier, the whole thing. It was a completely different       a meeting with them and we de
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                                                                                                      Shaver has been around cars since the 1950s, when his family’s                            of track banking. The front tyres are equal size, at about 8 in wide          centre distance of no more than 6.000 in.                                             and these days he prepares engines for some of the most successful                              clutch, 12.5 in in diameter and pedal-operated. There is a four-speed      track that is only 320 ft! That isn’t the wheel speed, as you have                                                                                                           By 1993, exploiting PVRS and special fuel, the ultimate works               Historic Formula One Championship has a cut-off date of 1985                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 paving the way to exploit the permitted 2142.8 cc.                      Mountune is expert in Ford engines and in Rallycross, and has a                    engine from the BDT: for instance, it’s got four-bolt main bearing
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                                                                                                   machine shop was located close to Drake Engineering, where Offy                              and a circumference of 83-84 in. Tyre pressure is also low: around              Methanol race fuel and mechanical fuel injection are allowed,                       contenders in it.                                                                               gearbox simply for ratio selection according to course requirement –       some slippage; depending on what gear you’re in, wheel speed                            Exhaust: Navistar International                                              HB was giving as much as 730 bhp at 13,000 rpm. At 13,000 rpm                       but plans are afoot for a sister series for later cars, up to 1999 and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The IGC had comparable weight breaks to the WRC.                    newly created Classic division within its Racing department. As                    fixing. Since he made only 50 they are rare nowadays, and RS200-
                                                                                                   and Sampson Sprint Car engines were built. He then started drag                              4-6 psi in the rear and 10-12 psi up front to maintain a significant          and with a maximum of 16 fuel nozzles – two per cylinder, with one                      A Salenbien Performance Super Farm engine is an I6 turbodiesel                                no gear changing is involved in a pull.                                    might be 40-50 mph.”                                                                    Fluid lines: Aeroquip                                                        the HB’s 94 mm bore gave it a mean piston speed of 27.2 m/s and a                   thus embracing the HB. Langford says, “They’re hoping to run some                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The 1986 Ford GTP was a radial front-engined ‘Mustang’                  Mountune managing director David Mountain says, “Most BDT-Es                       Evolutions are valuable – I am told the car we have been working on
                                                                                                   racing around southern California the following decade. In the mid-                          contact patch with the dirt surface.                                          located in the cylinder head and the other in the intake manifold.                    displacing 644 cu in (10.5 litres) and with a single turbo-                                        At the start of a pull, since there is no time element, there is no       Approximately how long would such a pull last? “Anywhere from                         Fuel: in-house (BioPower Max)                                                maximum piston acceleration of 7367 g. To put that into context, a                  demonstrations this year with the series, hopefully launching in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Prototype that was introduced in 1984 using a 1.7 litre                 ended up in Rallycross cars but Ford wouldn’t have commissioned                    is worth about £500,000!”
                                                                                                   1970s, Tommy Hunt – son of legendary magneto guru Joe Hunt –                                    The trademark of a WoO Sprint Car is its distinctive 25 sq ft              Individual throttle bore measured at the butterfly is limited to                      supercharger creating a manifold pressure of at least 80 psi (5.5 bar                           starting signal for the driver to try to anticipate. Salenbien says,       12 to 15 seconds. The weight of the sled is progressive, starting off                   Oil: Lucas Oil                                                               3.0 litre V10 with the same 94 mm bore and running to 19,000 rpm                    2022. That will give the HB another lease of life.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Zakspeed I4 turbo. It ran a 2.1 litre Zakspeed I4 turbo in              the engine as a Rallycross engine.                                                    The car in question is the RS200-Evolution of Steve Harris. This is
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                                                                                                   convinced Shaver to start building engines to go Sprint Car racing.                          aluminium wing on top of the rollcage. While the wing is an iconic            between 2.625 and 3.000 in.                                                           absolute) offering peak power of 1700 bhp at 2400 rpm. Salenbien                                “When you’re hooked to the sled, you put tension on the chain and          from basically nothing. As you’re running down the track it gets                                                                                                     some 10 years later saw respective figures of 27.3 m/s and 10,794 g.                  LPE has also supplied HB engines to projects to restore Grand Prix                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         1985 and 1986, exploiting IMSA’s 2.1 litre weight break.                   “Brian Hart had been commissioned to produce the BDT-E, because                 a genuine Evolution that has been outfitted to resemble the example
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                                                                                                      Since then, Shaver engines have won numerous WoO                                          image and offers plenty of real estate to help sell sponsorships, it can        Shaver currently works with both the Chevrolet and Ford platforms                   explains, “Maximum power will stay pretty flat above and below                                  watch the flag men just in front of you. When they give you the            heavier and heavier, which puts a strain on the engine.                                 Differential: Engler Machine                                                         As recounted in the ‘In Conversation’ with Richard (Dick)                   cars for demonstration use, a couple of those having PVRS. “We’re                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Norbert Kreyer designed this before he designed the 1.5 litre           the standard BDT was an 1800 – it was almost a BDA with a turbo                    with which Mark Rennison won British Rallycross titles in 1987 and
                                                                                                   championships and scored victories at the Knoxville Nationals, the                           also torment the engine builder. Combined with large side plates,             that are approved for WoO racing. The Small Block Chevrolet                           2400 rpm.                                                                                       green flag it’s up to you when you go.                                       “When you’re at around half-distance there’s still not a whole                        Dynos: Land and Sea                                                          Langford on page 12, his company, then called Langford & Peck,                      doing a new air-spring engine at the moment,” reports Langford. “That                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I4 turbo for the Zakspeed Formula One car.                              bolted onto it. Most RS200s had the standard BDT; the Evolution cars               1988. Today’s British Rallycross Championship has classes for what
                                                                                                   premier event on the schedule. He’s also built winning engines for                           these adjustable wings provide considerable downforce to improve              (SBC) V8 has been the dominant player for most of the Outlaws’                          “I don’t pull these engines down any further than 2300 rpm on                                    “Basically you drive it like a farm tractor using the clutch pedal.     lot [of resistance] from that sled, so your rpm is high and you are                                                                                                  was exclusively contracted to look after the customer HB engines,                   is for a customer who’s purchased a Benetton that ran an air-spring                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The 2.1 litre Zakspeed unit was a pure race engine                  had the BDT-E engine, one of which we’ve just rebuilt.”                            are termed Retro Rallycross cars, including 1980s Group B cars, and
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under the spotlight a wide range of motorsport                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Dakar motorcycle, Tractor pulling, Offshore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     at how power plants from the past are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                engineering can benefit retro engines without
disciplines, ranging from varieties of powerboat                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               powerboat racing and a host of other                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            being used on track today. It takes specific                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         detracting from the spirit in which a unit was
and airplane racing through all forms of car                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   disciplines. Some have been mainstream,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         examples and investigates how each is kept in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        deployed in its day. Making such engines more
and motorcycle racing, on and off road. In                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     others somewhat obscure but always the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          competition today. In some instances modern                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          reliable helps keep grids full, saves money
each case the article investigates in depth                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    way the specific challenge has been tackled                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     techniques allow problems to be overcome                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             for owners and keeps race organisers and
how a prominent engine designer/developer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      creates fascinating insight into the processes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  in a manner unthinkable back in the day. In                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          spectators happy. Interest in reviving engines
addresses the requirements of the particular                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   of designing and developing a particular                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        others, modern technology allows an engine to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        from the 20th century has never been higher
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                                                                                                                                                                                                   Mercedes’ Formula E team is based at Brackley, England,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     57 Chevrolet and Buick) can deduct 50 lb from their minimum weight.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Dowden’s Davrian Mk6 contests the Welsh Sports and Saloon Car Championship (Photo: Neil Jennings)                              finished 14th overall in the 1957                                                                                                                                                                                                                   motor and we don’t have to weigh as much. We haven’t taken full                 SOME KEY SUPPLIERS
                                                                                                                                                                                                alongside the Formula One team. Its Formula E powertrain is                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Rules parity between engine combinations is a tricky tightrope to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      24-hour race, bagging the Index of                                                                                                                                                                                                                  advantage of that now with a big, heavy aluminium body but that will
                                                                                                                                                                                                designed and developed at Mercedes AMG High Performance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        walk for the NHRA, as the cars are at a point in performance where                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Performance trophy in the process.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  end up being carbon fibre to knock some weight off.”
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                                                                                                                                                                                                Powertrains in Brixworth, also in England, in the same factory as                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              giving teams who are at a disadvantage more power is not generally                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Hassan subsequently developed                                                                                                                                                                                                                      We asked Sorokin: what is the Small Block like to drive? “When
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                                                                                                                                                                                                its Formula One power units are built. Ola Kallenius, the present                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the desired option. The cars have already achieved elapsed times                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         a new unit of only 653 cc, which                                                                                                                                                                                                                    everything in the car is set up right – meaning the clutch is right,              Liners: Advanced Sleeve                   Gaskets: SCE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The Imp engine installed behind the rear axle of Dowden’s Davrian
                                                                                                                                                                                                chairman of Daimler and Mercedes-Benz, used to be the managing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (ETs) for the quarter-mile in the low 5.60s and terminal speeds of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       was shorter and 45 kg lighter than                                                                                                                                                                                                                  the mag is right, the right percentage of nitro, we have the right tyre           Cylinder heads: AJPE                      Magneto: System One
                                                                                                                                                                                                director at Brixworth, and the team principal of the Mercedes EQ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               more than 260 mph, so with safety concerns at the forefront it is                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        the original FW and was called                                                                                                                                                                                                                      pressures and so on – it is fairly easy to get down the track,” he replies.       Oil pan: Olson Motorsports                Fuel system components:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                Formula E team is a former senior manager at Brixworth. There are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              more prudent to try to slow down the combinations that seem to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           the FWM, as it was intended for                                                                                                                                                                                                                       “The challenge with a front-engined Top Fuel car is that you are
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                                                                                                                                                                                                thus many reciprocal links between the motorsport and the larger                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               have an advantage.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       marine use. For 1958, Lotus used a                                                                                                                                                                                                                  trying to put 3000-3500 bhp through very small tyres, and everything              Supercharger:                             Electronic components:
                                                                                                                                                                                                Mercedes organisation, as well as between the company’s Formula                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  This can be done in many ways: for the supercharged (both                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              745 cc version of this at Le Mans,                                                                                                                                                                                                                  is [mounted] in front of you so you can’t see anything right in front. So         The Blower Shop                           RCD Engineering

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                                                                                                                                                                                                One and Formula E efforts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Roots and centrifugal) combinations for example, a reduction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             dubbed the FWMA. Although that                                                                   n 1958, Jim McLennan’s Champion                                                                                                                    you are basically pointing the injector hat [towards the finish line] and         Crankshaft: Crower                        Data acquisition: Racepak
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                                                                                                                                                                                                   Mercedes is a winning constructor in Formula E. After partnering                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            in supercharger speed is the obvious choice. Turbocharged                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                engine didn’t achieve Le Mans                                                                    Speed Shop (CSS) started campaigning                                                                                                               using your peripheral vision to stay in the middle of the track.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                with Venturi for the 2018-19 season, it was an entrant in its own                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              combinations are required to run a boost limiter, so a reduction in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      success it was selected as the ideal                                                         a front-engined Chassis Research                                                                                                                         “But the beauty is that you are sitting over the rear end, so the
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                                                                                                                                                                                                right for the 2019-20 season, and as Ian James, team principal at                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              maximum boost pressure is one way to slow those cars down.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               basis of the Imp engine.                                                                     dragster powered by a pair of gasoline-                                                                                                                moment the car starts to move, you can feel the rotation and the yaw –            Con Rods: MGP                             Machining:
                                                                                                                                                                                                Mercedes-Benz Formula E, points out after a series of competition as                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Nitrous cars are a bit of a wildcard. At various times in the past                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Former Vanwall Grand Prix                                                                 fuelled Chevrolet Small Block V8s.                                                                                                                     you can feel the right things as a driver and make those connections.”            Piston pins:                              Moore Performance
                                                                                                                                                                                                an OEM, “We can’t use the excuse of being a rookie.” To back up its                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            they have been out in front in terms of performance, and their                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           engine designer Leo Kuzmicki                                                                 In 1962, the Hall of Fame inductee                                                                                                                                                                                                       Precision Products                        Block repair: Carl Ryalls
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                                                                                                                                                                                                engineering effort at the track and factory, Mercedes has the driving                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          weight has been adjusted in an attempt to achieve parity, but the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   headed the Imp engine design team, with Hassan consulting. This                                                                   replaced that with another dragster, a                                                                                                                 Inside the Small Block Top Fuel engine                                            Pistons: Venolia                          Safety shut-off:
                                                                                                                                                                                                talent of Dutch duo Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       general trend over the past 10 years is that they have been a little                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Rootes (Hillman’s brand owner) interpretation of the FWMA had a                                                                   Top Fuel car with only a single ‘Mouse’                                                                                                                The forged billet aluminium block used by CSS is made by CN Blocks                Piston rings:                             Electrimotion
                                                                                                                                                                                                   I spoke to Tony Ross, chief race engineer of the Mercedes EQ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                behind the other combinations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      bore of 68 mm and a stroke of 60.375 mm for 877 cc and, designed                                                                  motor but running on nitromethane.                                                                                                                     and has cross-bolted billet aluminium main caps. CN Blocks says its               Akerly & Childs                           Engine restraint:
                                                                                                                                                                                                Formula E team, about the intense activity at the track during                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   To an outsider it would seem obvious to reduce the minimum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        for road use durability requirements, it offered 39 bhp at 5000 rpm.                                                              With Sammy Hale behind the wheel, it                                                                                                                   productions have 36% higher tensile strength, and more than 66%                   Camshafts: Bullet                         Taylor Motorsports Products
                                                                                                                                                                                                a Formula E event, and noted some of the significant contrasts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 weight of the nitrous cars, but it has become increasingly difficult                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The Imp’s performance brief had been to achieve 60 mph at                                                                      became the first Chevrolet to attain                                                                                                                   higher yield strength compared to the equivalent cast aluminium
                                                                                                                                                                                                between Formula E and Formula One. Ross is well-qualified                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      to get them down to the minimum weight, given the sheer amount                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      60 mpg. However, pre-production cars were found to be too fast,                                                                   180 mph at the end of the quarter-mile.                                                                                                                block while being more than 20 lb lighter. It adds that the upshot            the quarter-mile was 5.63 s, and its best finish line speed was 248 mph.
                                                                                 Mercedes EQ Formula E car in the streets of Monaco this year (Images courtesy of Mercedes EQ Formula E Team)                                                                                                                                                                         The Mike Janis-entered Camaro at the second annual CTECH Doorslammers. Driver JR Gray took the car to a semi-final result (Photo: Anne Proffit)
                                                                                                                                                                                                to make such comparisons: to further underline Mercedes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        of equipment they need to run. In the past three years therefore, the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               affecting insurance costs versus the Mini so the engine was detuned.                                                                  Alas, in 1964 McLennan fell out                                                                                                                    is maintaining truer cylinder bores for enhanced ring seal, which               Are there any reliability issues with the engine? “It can be a bit

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                                                                                                                                                                                                commitment to staffing its Formula E effort with proven people,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                NHRA has allowed the use of lock-up torque convertors and larger                       car (This and following photos courtesy of Mike Janis Jr)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    There was a reversion from double to single valve springs, and                                                                    with Hale and the adventure ended.                                                                                                                     manifests itself in measurably superior crankcase vacuum readings.            finicky sometimes,” Sorokin says. “Our SB2-style head is a bit freer-
                                                                                                                                                                                                Ross came to the team directly from being race engineer in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     engine combinations (up to 960 cu in of displacement, albeit at a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the carburettor choke size was reduced. The valve sizes were also                                                                 In the 1980s, McLennan’s son Bobby                                                                                                                       The block is equipped with ductile iron sleeves, and its base               breathing than the conventional Small Block head. But one thing that
                                                                                                                                                                                                the Mercedes Formula One team for Valtteri Bottas and World                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    50 lb heavier minimum weight than the previous maximum engine                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       reduced but were enlarged again for a Mk2 engine.                                     became part of a project to resurrect the                                                                                                                                                          is closed by a bespoke oil pan. Designed by Alan Johnson and                  is a challenge for this engine is to keep it lit all the way down the
                                                                                                                                                                                                Championship winner Nico Rosberg.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              size in an effort not to make the ‘smaller’ engines obsolete).                       This impeller speed is achieved by the combination of gearsets, a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 From the outset, the pioneering use of an all-aluminium structure                  Chassis Research car, albeit using a single                                                                                                                                                        manufactured by his company, AJPE, the SB2-type splayed valve billet          track. After halfway down the track we can sometimes go fat – or dead
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mercedes has a pair of very talented
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Formula E drivers. This is Stoffel Vandoorne
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 All these parity adjustments have implications. When you slow                    transmission within the supercharger and a gear drive that provides                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              called for exceptionally close cooperation between Rootes’ planning                   Chevrolet Small Block running on nitro.                                                                                                                                                            aluminium head features evenly spaced intake and exhaust ports. The           rich – and then you start losing cylinders.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Hectic schedules                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Roots superchargers down, it means the supercharger manufacturers                  the connection to the engine’s crankshaft. The transmission in the                                                                                                                                                                                     Dowden’s B1 monobloc has been converted to wet liners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   and engineering departments, the former being charged with                            That project continues, with Bobby and Tony                                                 The Champion Speed Shop crew attend to their                                                           canted valves are 2.25 in intake and 1.65 in exhaust (with 344 cc               “When you lose cylinders and it picks up on one cylinder on one
                                                                                                                                                                                                We initially talked about the ‘routine’ of Formula E compared with                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             have to re-evaluate the flow characteristics of the supercharger to                F-3X-140 has a step-up ratio of 5.63:1, which is an integral part of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             producing a new plant, including foundries*.                                          Bernardini tuning the Mouse motor and with                                                  unique Chevrolet Small Block Top Fuel motor                                                            intake ports). A 4.00 in bore and 3.75 in stroke provide a displacement       side, then all the air goes to the other side, which gets lean and you

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                                                                                                                                                                                                Formula One, and the first point to note is the very hectic and               at 5.30am, and staff need to be on hand to move cars back to                                                                                                                                                                                                     bring the peak efficiency range within the new peak supercharger                   the supercharger’s design and cannot be changed. The mandated                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Where the Coventry Climax engine had been sand cast, the initial                   the car running under the revived CSS banner.                                                                                                                                                      of 376.99 cu in/6178 cc.                                                      start burning pistons up. So as with all these engines, it is really about

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                                                                                                                                                                                                compressed race event schedule. In terms of timed track activity,             team garages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    speed. At different times in the past 10 years the overdrive ratio for             gear drive designs had a step-up ratio of 1.4:1 in the 2020 NHRA                                                                                                                                                                                     for having a single overhead camshaft chain driven from the front.                          plan for the Rootes engine was to use high-pressure diecasting,                       Since 1995 it has had a streamlined body that incorporates a bulbous                                                   rate of 20 gallons per minute versus around 100 now, Sorokin adds.            Sorokin reports that he “usually gets into the lights at 9600-9800          stopping the metal from melting.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Formula E is a one-day event comprising two free practice sessions,             Recall that the teams might have finished at the track only seven-                                                                                                                                                                                             Roots superchargers has been 20%, 16.5% and 14.5%.                                 rules, but that was amended following the Gatornationals in March                                                                                                                                                                                    The latter operated, through inverted bucket tappets, parallel valves,                      but ultimately a low-pressure method was chosen for its technical                     cockpit canopy enclosing its driver.                                                                                      The 377 cu in CSS Small Block runs to the edge of 10,000 rpm, as         rpm”. The car will be running anything from “90 to 98% nitro – it               “We blow superchargers off the top of the motor fairly often owing
                   Wayne Ward is given an insight by Mercedes into how the                                                                                                                      qualifying and a race in one day.                                             and-a-half hours previously. The day is extremely compressed in terms                                                                                                                                                                                              These changes often require modifications to the inlet and outlet                this year to 1.2:1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  two per cylinder inclined at 20º from vertical serving a wedge-                             and economic flexibility, including the use of a less expensive and                                         CSS contests the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series, and won the                                       it is not subject to the current NHRA Top Fuel rev limit of 8400 rpm.       depends on conditions and how much we want to win the race!” At               to an over-boost situation that we are trying to calm down a bit. We are
                                                                                                                                                                                                   The team arrive at the track on a Thursday and the freight                 of the schedule and intense in terms of human effort – Ross describes                                                                                                                                                                                            of the supercharger. Supercharger manufacturers will often use                       With the original NHRA rules set, peak supercharger speed was                                                                                                                                                                                      shaped combustion chamber.                                                                  more readily machinable die material. The move to a low-pressure                      Nostalgia Top Fuel Points title in 2010 and then in 2012, with Adam,                                                   With only two or three clutch plates versus five or six, and only 12 in     the time of writing, the quickest the CSS Small Block Chevrolet had run       getting better there. When you add up the cost of all those parts it gets
                engineering precepts differ between Formula E and Formula One                                                                                                                   containers are opened at 8am, leaving them the rest of the day to             it succinctly as “full-on”. Track time typically begins at 8am with first                                                                                                                                                                                        replaceable ‘shoes’ in the top and bottom of the supercharger                      achieved at 9135 rpm crankshaft speed, but now with the 1.2:1                                                                                                                                                                                          The inlet and exhaust ports were on the same side, with the                               approach necessitated certain increases in machining allowances*.                     son of Mike Sorokin of 1960s The Surfers Top Fuel team fame, at                                                        rear tyres, no timers controlling the clutch or ignition or injection,                                                                                                       pretty expensive. A supercharger is $7000-8000; a

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                                                                                                                                                                                                unpack, build the garage, install the equipment and do an initial             practice, which is a 45-minute session, but at some venues this has                                                                                                                                                                                              in order to give flexibility in the inlet and outlet designs without               gearset it occurs at 10,657 rpm. That is above the upper end of the                                                                                                                                                                                  ports arranged alternately to even out temperature distribution and                            RET contributor Paul Weighell reports that his late father Cyril                   the controls. It should be noted though that, fundamentally, today’s                                                   and about 3500 bhp (estimated) versus over 10,000 bhp, NTF cars are                                                                                                          head is $10,000.”

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             ormula E is now an established and thriving series, running                           popularity of the series that it is now recognised as an official FIA                        rebuild on the car. In comparison to race series held at permanent            been earlier (7.20am for example at Valencia). With very quiet cars,                                                                                                                                                                                             rendering the main case of the supercharger scrap.                                 rpm range for a modern Hemi Pro Mod engine (10,300 is where                                               ioneer of the motorsport engineering degree, and now          The Imp had been designed from a clean sheet of paper in the late            minimise distortion. Interestingly, the use of a chain-driven overhead                      designed the car’s production facility. As engineering and production                 Nostalgia Top Fuel (NTF) cars have little in common with their Sixties                                                 nevertheless “only a second slower to 1000 ft”, remarks Sorokin.                                                                                                               Sorokin says that between laps, “all eight rods and
             independently of other events. Owing to it being locally                              World Championship.                                                                          circuits, Formula E holds them where there is no pit complex, and the         there are few restrictions on running compared with IC-engined racing.                                                                                                                                                                                             The inlet design must also interface and flow correctly with                     problems really start to occur), so this rule change will no doubt                                        retired from academia, Roger Dowden continues to            1950s as a small family car that would come to rival the Mini (the             camshaft was seen as advantageous compared with pushrod valve                               director for Rootes, he oversaw the creation of a suitable factory at                 forerunners aside from engine location, rear tyre size and general                                                        CSS is unique in running a Chevrolet Small Block in NTF. The                                                                                                              pistons come out of the motor, the pan will come
             emissions-free, the organisers are able to run races in cities and                       The automotive OEMs taking part are DS, Audi, BMW, Mahindra,                              improvised paddock sees teams housed in large temporary garages.                Second practice starts between 70 and 90 minutes after the end                                                Luke Robinson reports on how one NHRA Pro Mod                                                                                                    the ‘injector hat’. This is a throttle body that sits on top of the                have the desired effect of slowing that combination down. Note that                                 campaign a 1973 Davrian Mk6 in the Welsh Sports and               latter launched in 1959, the former in 1963). Where the Mini had a             operation, not only for the inherently greater precision of direct                          Linwood, near Glasgow in Scotland. Weighell notes that the engine                     appearance. Where factory blocks and heads were used in the Sixties,                                                   opposition includes Chevrolet Big Blocks and Chrysler Hemis, with                                                                                                            down, the supercharger will come off and new set of
             other populated areas that would not be able to accommodate                           Porsche, NIO, Nissan, Jaguar and Mercedes. To a greater or lesser                               Friday involves getting the cars scrutineered, a final rebuild and         of the first one. This is little enough time to ready the car for the                                                                                                                                                                                            supercharger and which also acts as a base for fuel injection; Roots               the ProCharger cars dominated the Gatornationals, being nearly a                                    Saloon Car Championship (WSSCC), which caters for classic         transverse front-mounted I4 driving its front wheels, the Imp had a            valve operation but also in view of the possible adverse effect on the                      line was very advanced, with the Imp’s diecast alloy monobloc –                       CSS uses a billet aluminium block and heads.                                                                           the most popular choice being the 426 Hemi. Before his 2012 title,                                                                                                           heads will go on. We have seven sets of heads. We
     IC-engined sport. It attempts to bring motorsport to a new audience                           extent, they see the value of developing their own Formula E                                 systems testing, and a 15-minute track shakedown at a reduced power           next session, even without any problems, but if there are technical                                             team is powering its way to championships by using                                                                                               superchargers of this type require fuel to run through them to both                tenth faster than any other combination and occupying three out of                                  and contemporary machinery (writes Ian Bamsey).                   rear-mounted longitudinal I4 driving its rear wheels.                          latter approach from the high expansion coefficient of aluminium.                           combined cylinder block and crankcase – having molten metal fed                                             That said, in period fashion NTF cars shun clutch, ignition and fuel                             Sorokin won NTF Points using that Hemi. The rules call for a car to                                                                                                          have a lot of blowers and injectors.”
     and is attracting a wide range of automotive OEMs to compete.
       It is not only based on a type of powertrain that finds significant
                                                                                                   powertrains and control systems. Some of them have been significant
                                                                                                   participants in top-level motorsport for decades and are looking to
                                                                                                                                                                                                level. After that, there is time for more work on the cars before they are
                                                                                                                                                                                                placed into a secure ‘parc ferme’ area, which must be done by 11pm.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              issues or something physical like a crash, then the whole team is,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              according to Ross “on the back foot” and garage activity can be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 a Roots supercharger with its bespoke engine                                                                                                  lubricate and seal the rotors. A rule change can therefore cost teams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               a huge amount in time and money, which immediately puts less
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  the four spaces in the semi-finals of eliminations.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The big question that remains to be answered is if this rule
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Adrian Evans designed the Davrian in 1965-66 after
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      writing off his Hillman Imp. He decided to produce it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The Imp located its engine outboard of the rear axle. It
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        drove forward through a combined gearbox and final drive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The FW produced 36 bhp at 3500 rpm from 1020 cc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         An FWA version – the A standing for automotive – appeared at
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   into the mould from underneath. “My father went to Italy to research
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the technology as it was being used there for beer barrels!” he recalls.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         management. Teams collect data to assist engine and chassis set-up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         decisions in a way they couldn’t have in the Sixties but as Sorokin,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                weigh at least 4.6 lb per cubic inch so in theory, with its 377 Small
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Block, CSS has a (49 x 4.6 lb) 255.4 lb weight advantage over its Hemi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The CSS team has Bobby McLennan – and family
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                                                                                                                                                                                                   Like many race series, Formula E has been seriously affected               frantic. After the end of second practice, there are only 75 minutes                                                                                                                                                                                             well-funded teams who were competitive at a disadvantage.                          change will work too well. The efficiency range of the F-3X-140                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Cosworth subsequently used an inductive pump developed for

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     public support, but EVs are seen as the preferred way forward for                             showcase their increasing EV capability.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           commercially in 1967, selling the body/chassis unit at £275.      that set its longitudinal gearshafts ahead of the differential. The            Le Mans in 1954, and was used by Kieft. This development had a                                                                                                                    who continues to drive for CSS, puts it, “What you leave [the start                                                    426 opposition, but the current body offsets some of that.                                                                                                                   dedicated top-end specialists, a bottom-end specialist
     an increasing number of people and governments. Added to this,                                   Only one in that list also currently participates in Formula One                          by Covid, and again like many series, it has solved some of its               until the qualifying session begins.                                                              he Pro Modified category of drag racing has always been                             • Nitrous-assisted entries (910 cu in) – 2515 lb                             Centrifugal superchargers present a new challenge for the NHRA                   with the 1.4:1 gear ratio in the gear drive fell between 8627 and                                   Through to 1983, London- then Wales-based Davrian Cars            engine was canted over at 45º to assist packaging and weight                   displacement of 1097 cc and other modifications that released                               the nuclear industry to pump molten metal up into its sand casting                    line] with is what you’ve got”, just as it was back in the day. Also, the                                                 Nevertheless, CSS does exploit a lighter car than its rivals, which                                                                                                       and another for head repair. Other crew members look
     the regulations remain open enough to be attractive for OEMs to                               – Mercedes. I have worked for Mercedes in motorsport, and its                                scheduling woes by racing consecutively at the same venue.                      The 60-minute qualifying session is an unusual format that sees                                 defined by its diversity, from choices of drivetrain to body                        • Nitrous-assisted entries (960 cu in) – 2565 lb                           rules department, as this is a relatively new combination and thus                 9135 rpm, but now with the 1.2:1 gear ratio it is between 10,065                                    offered a series of two-seater sportscars that had a fibreglass   distribution. Clearly, to be cantilevered at the rear, the car needed          71 bhp at 6000 rpm. Through the rest of the 1950s and early ’60s                            moulds; the result of this ‘Cosworth Process’ was claimed to be                       NTF cars run the full quarter-mile whereas today’s Top Fuel cars are                                                   allows Sorokin to leave the line harder than opponents who are having                                                                                                        after the fuel, clutch – two on that job – and there is an
     become involved. Such companies are generally deterred from                                   participation in any type of competition is a serious engineering                            However, given that the venues are sometimes city centres, it is              the cars go out in groups of six for only 4 minutes, during which                                 styles, from 1930s coupes to contemporary muscle cars.                              • Roots supercharged entries (526 cu in) – 2615 lb                         there is not the experience of exactly how these cars will respond                 and 10,657, so simply revving the motor higher with a numerically                                   monocoque and for the most part used the Imp powertrain           an uncharacteristically light engine. That was derived from a                  came ongoing developments of the FWA for use in sports-racing cars                          only ‘micro-porosity’. Weighell remarks, “[Cosworth owner] Keith                      restricted to 1000 ft.                                                                                                 to be more careful with their rear tyres. He says, “Mainly it [the Small                                                                                                     all-rounder, so there is a strong support staff for the car.
     competing where there is insufficient technical freedom to develop                            exercise; it is determined and well-resourced. Its motorsport                                impractical to build and dismantle the circuit twice over consecutive         they need to set their best time. The top six drivers go through into                             The challenge of Pro Mod therefore not only exists for its                          • Centrifugal supercharged entries (526 cu in) – 2615 lb                   to changes in supercharger speed. Centrifugal superchargers                        lower gear ratio is unlikely to yield anywhere near the same level of             and suspension. More than 500 had been sold by 1983.                                development of the Coventry Climax FW (‘featherweight’) water-                 and single-seaters. It was the basis from which Hassan developed                            Duckworth knew my father but I cannot be sure that’s where they                                             Where current 500 cu in Top Fuel engines have twin 44 A magnetos                                 Block-Hemi comparison] is about the power band and the torque the                                                                                                              Sorokin says, “The thing you are always looking
     their own powertrains.                                                                        operations are an integral part of the larger company, and are                               weekends, so Formula E has chosen to run two ‘e-prix’ (as it calls its        Superpole for a one-lap effort to claim pole.                                         competitors, the rule makers also have a huge challenge to maintain                             • Turbocharged entries (526 cu in) – 2665 lb                               by design require very high impeller speeds – in the case of                       performance as before, not to mention the increase in parts attrition                     The Imp’s naturally aspirated I4 was straightforward to bore up             cooled fire pump engine of 1951.                                               World Championship-winning Grand Prix engines (Mundy having                                 got the idea from. I think several had tried it and it worked well,                   and two plugs per cylinder, NTF cars are limited to a single 44 A                                                      motor makes. The Hemi tends to come on at half-track, whereas our                                                                                                            for is having that magic of everybody just wanting
       Formula E allows those competing to develop their own                                       expected to project a successful image and to develop useful                                 races) on consecutive days over the same weekend this year.                     A car that goes out in the first group and qualifies for Superpole                  parity between the permitted combinations.                                                                                                                                 the ProCharger F-3X-140, the currently mandated centrifugal                        that goes with higher engine revs.                                                to 998 cc, and it was notably light and had a racing pedigree. The                    Designed by former ERA and Jaguar (XK) engine designer Walter                switched in 1955 to technical writing).                                                     although the traditional processes had to be upgraded of course as it                 magneto, single-plug ignition and a Roots-type supercharger of half                                                    Small Block is very quick from starting line to half-track and then tends                                                                                                    to be part of a collective team, and that there are no
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     propulsion motors, motor control hardware and, critically, to have                            technology. It is a strong link that Mercedes uses to the advantage of                          Saturday is race day, and typically sees race staff begin work at          might be involved in qualifying for almost the whole hour, but for                      The current NHRA rules package is based around these engine                                      An interesting side note is that nostalgia-style body shapes (1937-38   supercharger, the peak efficiency window is between 68,000 and                       Another element to this conundrum is that of atmospheric                        Davrian was consequently popular in the up to 1.0 litre class of race,              Hassan and former ERA and BRM (V16) engine designer Harry                        A short-stroke FWC version was 744 cc to fit the 750 cc Le Mans                           was very different from normal iron casting.                                          the displacement of the units used these days. On top of that, the NTF                                                 to fall off a bit.                                                             powers this front-engined dragster
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             superstars. I don’t win races unless they’ve put the
     a lot of control over software and powertrain control. Such is the                            the larger car company.                                                                      the circuit at 6.30am or possibly earlier. The parc ferme is opened           most cars their involvement is limited to their 4 minutes of track                    combinations and minimum weights:                                                               Chevrolet, 1941 Willys, 1953 Studebaker, 1953-62 Corvette and 1955-        72,000 rpm.                                                                        conditions, which seem to affect the performance of the centrifugally             rally and speed events.                                                             Mundy, the FW was notable for its all-aluminium construction and               class, and offered 59 bhp at 8000 rpm. Using this, a Lotus Eleven                              “Because the Imp was a greenfield project they had a lot of leeway                 rules limit the fuel pump such that the cars are drinking nitro at the                                                    “But the beauty of the Small Block for us is that it is a really small                                                                                                    car together right.”
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