Engineers have also decided to remove BMW's patented VALVETRONIC induction system, reverting to a conventional throttle due to the higher engine speeds demanded
by a racing engine.
348ci engine rebuilt
by racing engine specialist.
The 2006 Race Engine of the Year Awards were organized
by Race Engine Technology magazine.
The packages are developed
by race engine and road - car performance specialist Mountune, and boost output from the Focus STâ $ ™ s 2.0 - litre EcoBoost engine to 275PS.
Not exact matches
The pope was led around
by a parade of motorcycles flying papal and American flags, their
engines revving the whole time like the start of a NASCAR
race.
Senna didn't really want to drive for McLaren in 1993 as he didn't think the car (with its underpowered Ford
engine) was worthy of his talents, and instead of signing a contract for the whole year famously drove for the team on a
race -
by -
race basis.
Their boat, the 23 - foot Thunderballs, was the only boat in the
race with a single
engine, but that one
engine was a dilly, thanks to the supersupercharger mated to it
by Daigh.
The team's been hit
by numerous
engine and hybrid issues over the first three F1
race weekends, following on from a tough pre-season testing — which can only be described as a «disaster».
In qualifying itself Sato was second, the best ever
by a Japanese driver, and in the
race was fighting for a podium but a bit of classic Takuma over-exuberance left him without a front wing, and his
engine popped soon afterwards.
As well as one car for DragonSpeed, two will also be run
by the SMP
Racing squad - although they'll have twin - turbo V6 AER
engines, whilst DragonSpeed is going to run a naturally - aspirated V8 Gibson unit.
Unfortunately for Jenson Button that's exactly what happened at Monaco in 2010, and
by the time McLaren had noticed it was too late - Button's
engine overheated behind the safety car and he was out of the
race.
These
engines have been somewhat unpopular however, as fans have been turned off
by the lack of noise and requirement for drivers to save fuel during certain parts of the
races, which some think goes against the spirit of the sport.
By requiring teams to install the horsepower - sapping restrictor - plates on its engines, NASCAR is hoping slower speeds will allow for drivers to better race side - by - side and increase passin
By requiring teams to install the horsepower - sapping restrictor - plates on its
engines, NASCAR is hoping slower speeds will allow for drivers to better
race side -
by - side and increase passin
by - side and increase passing.
Will every car in the
race being powered
by the legendary Cosworth DFV
engine the sound is pretty incredible.
Alonso will miss the Monaco Grand Prix to
race his first Indy 500 with McLaren, powered
by Honda
engines and run
by Andretti.
It had the body of the 1991 Jaguar XJR - 14 with the (albeit with the roof chopped off), the Porsche
engine was first developed in the early 1980s, it was engineered
by Tom Walkinshaw
Racing and it was entered
by the Joest
Racing team.
Now backed
by Red Bull and heading to F1, Verstappen was relegated from pole to eleventh on the grid
by one of three ten - place grid penalties for a single
engine change in
race two at Imola.
Distraction: A howling fire
engine racing by wins hands down over nursing.
Last but not least, Liz Crowley, who is rumored to be a spoiler in the
race to detract from Lancman's electoral base, was endorsed
by the Uniform Firefighters Association on Thursday in front of Bayside
Engine Company 306.
«We have 100 students this year, designing and building full - sized track cars that are zero emission,» he explains, «and we're building a car that will be
racing at Silverstone this year against vehicles powered
by combustion
engines.»
With only a couple months left in a four - year - long
race, two well - known spaceflight heavy hitters — SpaceX and Boeing — have been joined
by a seeming underdog: Sierra Nevada Corp., a 51 - year - old company with spaceflight cred that includes supplying the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo
engine.
At the same time, the opposite tack is being taken
by services such as Captcha King, mentioned earlier in the Craigslist - spammer arms
race, that advertise a series of aristocracy - themed payment plans (Royal, Imperial, and Emperor) for CAPTCHA solutions sold in batches of thousands.Their method, which integrates with spamming software like automated Craig - slist posting
engines, Jiffy Gmail Creator, and MySpace bots, retrieves the CAPTCHA images «for manual entry.»
It had been completely transformed into a fire
engine red
race track inspired
by all things fast and furious.
In addition, the brand new graphics
engine in «Forza Motorsport 5,» powered
by the Xbox One, will let «Forza» players get closer than ever to these amazing cars and to really build an appreciation for these masterpieces of
race engineering.»
Generic and
by - the - numbers, 007
Racing shoehorns one of the world's best - known licenses into a dated car combat
engine that wouldn't be taken seriously without it.
Smith and Robbie have been split up
by the screenplay for reasons that don't make much sense, and suddenly, Nicky's working a long con on a decadent Formula One honcho (Rodrigo Santoro) trying to steal the guy's secret
race engine MacGuffin.
And outside, students further their studies of air pressure
by racing hovercraft they have designed using large circles of plywood with plastic - bag cushion edges and leaf - blower
engines.
Gianluca opens the hood to show off the supercharged 6.2 - liter V - 8
engine tuned
by industry masters Claudio Lombardi, ex-Scuderia Ferrari director, and Mario Cavagnero, the man behind the Lancia
Racing team and father of championship - winning cars like the famous Integrale and 037.
Built and
raced by driver Jim Downing, a racer who found tremendous success with Mazda rotary - powered
race cars, this car features a English - engineered Argo chassis mated to a 350 - hp, two - rotor
engine.
I don't know Formula One
engines or Lambo / Ferrari / Volkswagen
engines, but I do know a lot about American
race engine stuff, so it is influenced
by what I know.»
There's no word on how much power the
engine makes when heavily modified for
race use
by Michael Shank
Racing, which will campaign the EcoBoost - powered car, although the 2014 Ford F - 150 Tremor extracts 365 hp and 420 lb - ft of torque from the
engine.
But it's very much designed as a
race car; the
engine is designed
by Aston Martin
racing, certainly couldn't use that car very easily on the road, and it's not road - legal.
Alpine started off as a small French automaker specializing in the production of
racing and sports cars powered solely
by Renault
Engines.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, however, and
racing rules say that
by improving its hybrid system, Audi's internal combustion
engine must use 2.5 percent less fuel than before.
With its turbocharged
engine tuned to deliver even more power than the standard JCW (which is rated at 208 hp for 2013), an adjustable GP - specific suspension, «
race - spec» brakes, unique aerodynamic aids, and high - performance tires, the new GP achieves Mini's best - ever Nuerburgring time of 8:23 (besting the previous GP
by nearly nineteen seconds).
Now imagine it being turned
by a
racing car with a 1.5 - liter
engine.
Powered
by a 203bhp naturally aspirated 2.0 - litre
engine, the GT was inspired
by the MX - 5
race car, and the extra power means it can now rival the Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ for 200bhp rear - wheel drive fun.
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.
One blessed with beautifully resolved styling and exemplary fit - and - finish but fused with the purity of
race - proven hardware and propelled
by an
engine from the gods.
The partnership between Red Bull
Racing and Aston Martin began in 2016 when the pair collaborated on the ridiculously bonkers Aston Martin Valkyrie, a hypercar penned
by former Red Bull design chief Adrian Newey, featuring a 1,000 - horsepower hybrid V - 12
engine and aerodynamics that wouldn't look misplaced in the world of «The Jetsons.»
But as Manuel Lage has discovered the first car to bear the name was an Alfonso Hispano - Suiza / Americans to the Rear — Rear
engined designs — Part Three / Americans to the Rear — Concluding his series on American rear
engined cars Karl Ludvigsen examines the role played
by General Motors / Epicyclic Gearing — Workshop — Part Two / Settlers Special — A cut - down 1933 Riley Monaco shipped to Vancouver
by an ex-pat in the»50s formed the basis for Miles Fenton's ideal supercharged special /
Racing in the Rain — Alan Smith has been using his camera to good effect at motor sporting events for over 50 years / Ards TT 75th Anniversary — John Payne reports on the 75th Anniversary of the Ards TT / The Little
Engine that could — Gavin Farmer celebrates the Jowett Bradford / It's quicker
by Rail — Brian Heath's subject this month is a 1939 Railton long chassis special limousine.
Italian Spice — Gavin Farmer tries out a 1959 Lancia Appia Zagato that spent nearly 40 years in America before being rebuilt in Australia / Ground Breaker — Douglas Blain slips into the cockpit of a priceless Type S Grand Prix Delage / Stoop's Sebring — Michael Bowler looks back at 10 years» ownership of one of the three historic Frazer Nash Sebrings / Ripple Over the Water — Malcolm Tucker tells the story of a Rolls - Royce that might have been / Atlanta's Golden Apples — Further reminiscences of Richard Gaylard Shattock about his Atlanta
racing days as told
by Anthony Pritchard / The Grimsby Giant — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the tall tale of the Lloyd made in Grimsby / Ballot Breeding — After the Great War Ernest Ballot embarked on a
racing programme to promote his proprietary
engines.
Acetylene lighting — The story of the development of acetylene for vehide lighting is recorded for us
by Dr. C. Brooks / Mercedes at Indianapolis — Martin Flower writes about the successes of Mercedes
racing cars at the speedway from 1911 to 1957 / Vauxhall 30/98 — A superb 1922 example of the delectable E-type is described
by David Hawtin / The Don Garlits Collection — Zoe Harrison recently visited a fascinating old - car museum in Florida USA / La Buire — made in Lyon — The French La Buire company made their first petrol -
engined car in 1904.
All Steamed Up — Mike Clark was just an old - car person who liked steam until a Stanley Model H Gentlemen's Speedy Roadster took over his life / Americans to the Rear — Rear
engined designs — Part Two / Americans to the Rear — In Part Two of his series on American rear eninged cars Karl Ludvigsen follows the involvement of Ford Motor Co / Commercially Speaking / No Idle Boast — Anthony Pritchard investigates the Jowett Javelin and Jupiter and concludes that both were outstanding designs marred
by inadequate development / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / The Miller's Tale — A straight eight Miller
racing car was to be seen in the Marendaz works in 1935.
Graham Robson describes a well known series of the period: the MCC National Rallies1950 - 56 / Back on the Road — Michael Ware looks at more readers» rebuilds / Ford Popular — Back on the Road / 1939 Raymond Mays — Back on the Road / 1953 Bristol 403 — Back on the Road / 1902 Delahaye 0A / End - of - Term Report — Douglas Blain reviews his first season's historic
racing with a Morgan Plus Four / Wet & Dry Liners — Workshop / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Something Up their Sleeve — Sleeve Valve
Engines & their Users — Part Two / Something Up Their Sleeve — In the second part of his examination of sleeve valve engines and their users Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the Burt - McCollum single sleeve design / Rally Car Replica — Triumph TR4 / Rally Car Replica — Brian Heath tries out a replica of the Triumph TR4s entered by the works in such classic»60s rallies as the RAC and Liege - Rome Liege / Commercially S
Engines & their Users — Part Two / Something Up Their Sleeve — In the second part of his examination of sleeve valve
engines and their users Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the Burt - McCollum single sleeve design / Rally Car Replica — Triumph TR4 / Rally Car Replica — Brian Heath tries out a replica of the Triumph TR4s entered by the works in such classic»60s rallies as the RAC and Liege - Rome Liege / Commercially S
engines and their users Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the Burt - McCollum single sleeve design / Rally Car Replica — Triumph TR4 / Rally Car Replica — Brian Heath tries out a replica of the Triumph TR4s entered
by the works in such classic»60s rallies as the RAC and Liege - Rome Liege / Commercially Speaking
by Michael W - W / Excursion with a 1923 Belsize — The Editor drives a light car with an oil - cooked
engine / Antibes — Juan les Pins - Malcolm Elder took part in this event in the South of France / Four - hour
race in Blois — Pictures of this French event
by Malcolm Elder.
The doors open upwards, a sloped glass rear window exposes the
engine bay, and the rear fascia, with its blacked - out design and twin parallelogram exhausts, is said to be inspired
by that of the McLaren 12C GT3
racing car.
The
engine is based on the unit found in the Evora 400, but in the 3 - Eleven, hardware and software revisions have upped power
by 12.5 per cent to 460bhp at 7000rpm for the
racing version (410bhp for the road car), and torque
by 10 per cent to 332 lb ft between 3500 - 6500rpm.
1967 Nickey - Thomas Camaro Owned
by: Dean Klein, Minneapolis, MN Restored
by: Owner
Engine: 427ci L72 V - 8 Transmission: Muncie M22 Rock Crusher 4 - speed manual Rearend: 12 - bolt with 3.07 gears and Positraction Interior: Black vinyl bucket seat Wheels: 14 × 6 Nickey / Bill Thomas Camaro Wheels (
by Rader Wheels) Tires: D70 - 14 Firestone Wide Oval Super Sport front, F70 - 14 Pos - A-Traction cheater slicks rear Special parts: Bill Thomas
Race Cars headers, Hush Thrush transverse muffler, S - W Green Line 8,000 - rpm tachometer and gauges, Bill Thomas Traction Kit
The acceleration is borderline ridiculous, and you can alter its severity
by scrolling through a range of different
engine maps; road 1, road 2, track,
race 1 and
race 2.