Sentences with phrase «honda racing engine»

HPD's sports - car racing debut in 2007 at the 12 Hours of Sebring marked the first win for the HPD LM - V8 engine and the first for a Honda racing engine designed and developed outside of Japan.

The structure is similar to those found in some Honda racing engines.

Not exact matches

The «Rookie» had been running in the top ten for the entire race and had led on multiple occasions until... you guessed it, his Honda engine blew.

The combination of a Gordon Murray - designed chassis, an effective Honda turbo engine (no, really) and the best two drivers in the sport helped the MP4 / 4 to win 15 out of 16 races in 1988.

Several times throughout 2017 Alonso has said that the McLaren chassis would be good enough to win races if it didn't have a Honda engine.

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier reckons the switch from Honda to Renault engines should be enough to thrust the team into a position to possibly win races in 2018

It might sound like a difficult task given the state of Honda engines this season, but there have been improvements in recent races.

Since Mercedes and Ferrari are about as likely to supply engines to Red Bull as the Force India teammates are to race each other cleanly, that means it'll be pretty much forced into using Honda engines, even if they're still as hopeless as they are now.

Yes, more power unit problems with his Honda engine meant he was unable to make the start and had to watch the race from the garage.

With Fernando Alonso losing yet another Honda engine in FP1 in Barcelona he's now already used all four of some of the elements of his power unit, and using any more could mean he get slapped with a grid penalty at the next race.

2:50 p.m. — Ryan Hunter - Reay's Honda engine expired with 63 laps remaining, the first failure for the manufacturer on the afternoon following a rash of issues in the buildup to Sunday's race.

Earlier this year Sauber announced that it would be ditching Ferrari to race with Honda engines in 2018.

All the hype of the Indy 500 was around Fernando Alonso, and he was delivering on it until his Honda engine expired towards the end of the race.

At the last race in Austria, McLaren and Honda debuted the Spec 3 engine and while Stoffel Vandoorne suffered very few issues, the same couldn't be said for Alonso.

Alonso will miss the Monaco Grand Prix to race his first Indy 500 with McLaren, powered by Honda engines and run by Andretti.

It's been 30 years since McLaren built the MP4 / 4 and absolutely smashed everyone, winning 15 of the 16 races with a great chassis, two of the greatest F1 drivers of all - time and a Honda engine that was actually good.

The two - time F1 champion ran at the front for much of the race before his Honda engine blew with just 20 laps to go.

In the race the reliability of the Mugen - Honda engine Damon talked about did get him and his Jordan to the end of the race (one of only nine cars to do so), but there was no reward of points as he crossed the line in eighth place, back when only the top six scored.

And although Honda has shown signs of improvement in recent races, there's still a chance the engines will be just as unreliable and underpowered as they have been since they returned to the sport in 2015.

Various woes with the Honda engine and hybrid system have put McLaren on the backfoot, following a disastrous winter testing and problems at the first two race weekends.

However, both cars failed to start the race, so we can only assume there are some Honda engines hidden away under an interesting choice of livery.

They know Honda is a disaster next season, so they kept poor drivers in the car and pray that Honda develop well over the year, so that the Red Bull racing team can have a decent engine supply in 2019.

Their performance in the last few races is hard to measure, as Renault did not seem to put their best effort in the PUs for Toro Rosso knowing they will use Honda engines next year.

If you had intention of winning races or even trying to win races you would be insane to voluntarily choose a Honda engine.

After studying mechanical engineering, he established Holeshot Racing — the first tuning shop to specialize in Honda engine swaps.

About the only bit of the original Lotus that remains is the badge, as the car features a tube - frame chassis and a 2.4 - liter turbo - four race engine sourced from Honda mated to a sequential manual gearbox.

Honda says that the aggressive - looking Civic Type R is heavily influenced by Honda's racing division, and this new Type R features a turbocharged engine for the first time.

When Honda decided to take its adorable N360 across the Pacific, it used tricks gleaned from decades of campaigning in Grand Prix motorcycle racing to build a new, high - output, low - displacement air - cooled engine for the U.S. Engineers pried 45 horsepower from an all - aluminum, 598 - cc parallel - twin with a 9,000 rpm redline — better than 1 horse per cubic inch.

Honda announced earlier this year it would return to Formula 1 racing as an engine supplier for the McLaren team.

The McLaren Honda team will start racing in the 2015 racing season, with the new 1.6 - liter turbo V - 6 engines mandated for the racing series from next year.

Although the development of a road car was canceled, the front - engine NSX project served as the basis of Honda's HSV - 010 GT race car for the Japanese Super GT project.

Michael Shank Racing is the only LMP2 team in the world running the Honda engine at every round in 2016.

Vanthoor is very complimentary of the Honda engine, built and prepped by Honda Performance Development for this year's 24 Hours, even though it is smaller and makes 100 fewer horsepower than what is raced in the WeatherTech series.

Early on, when Penske was building his own chassis and Carl Haas (of Newman / Haas, the other top Indy - car team of the day) was the distributor of Lola, Ganassi became the first Indy - car owner to race a Reynard chassis, and by mating the Reynard with Honda engines and Firestone tires — both relative newcomers — he put together a nearly unbeatable package.

It participated as a Honda team from 1964 through 1968, supplied engines to other racing teams from 1983 through 1992, supplied engines and jointly developed some chassis from 2000 to 2005, and participated as a Honda team from 2006 through 2008.

Wiseco Piston stopped by 4 Piston Racing and talked to Wilson about their recent 500 naturally aspirated horsepower Honda K24 build for a specific FWD drag class that limits engine displacement.

Honda has previously competed in Formula 1 racing both as a fully independent team and as an engine supplier.

Honda will return to Formula 1 racing in two years, supplying engines for racing cars built by McLaren.

Honda CR - V's all - wheel drive powertrain puts you at the helm of 184 - horses of power, ideal for zipping around town or commuting to work in an efficient, race - borne engine that's significantly more powerful than it's Toyota RAV4 class brethren.

The car is powered by a 1.6 - liter turbocharged engine, developed by Honda R&D, and would later race in Japan, China and Macau before a two car team joined the 2013 championship racing.

Honda is world - renowned for its ability to squeeze maximum horsepower out of a small engine package, technology it has developed in part through its success at the top levels of racing.

Honda has announced that the Civic Type R's 2.0 - liter VTEC Turbo engine — the motor that makes Type R the fastest front - wheel - drive production automobile in the world and the most powerful Honda ever sold in America — is now available as a crate engine for purchase through Honda Performance Development's (HPD) Honda Racing Line program.

The car is powered by HR412E - a bespoke, new 1.6 - liter direct injection turbocharged engine developed by Honda's R&D centre in Tochigi, Japan, and would race from October in Japan, China and Macau before a two car team join the 2013 championship race.

The NSX GT3, which is based on Honda's reborn supercar and utilises the same 3.5 litre twin - turbocharged V6 engine, is a race winner in the North American - based IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship and Pirelli World Challenge.

[59] The engine aims for higher efficiency and is said to herald «a new generation of high performance racing engines from Honda» and innovations during the engine's development will «further increase the efficiency of [Honda's] road car engines».

There's more than a hint of Honda's long years in motor racing in the engine - transmission combination, and short of competition - level driving, the package delivers more than enough capability and excitement.

Honda has announced that the Civic Type R's 2.0 L turbocharged engine is now available as a crate engine through Honda Performance Development's Honda Racing Line program.

The 306 - horsepower 2.0 L K20C1 engine that powers the Civic Type R is now available to U.S. grassroots and professional racers for verified, closed - course racing applications through the HPD Honda Racing Line prracing applications through the HPD Honda Racing Line prRacing Line program.

The Honda Racing Line program will sell the K20C1 turbocharged crate engine for $ 6,519.87, excluding shipping cost.

Honda has announced that the Civic Type R's 2.0 L turbocharged engine is now available as a crate engine through Honda Performance Development's Honda Racing...