Sentences with phrase «racing engine using»

This is a kart racing engine using mode 7.

The race engines use E85R ethanol racing fuel in the ALMS and E10 fuel in Le Mans.

The Corvette C6.Rs» LS5.5 R is a naturally aspirated race engine, based on the Corvette Z06's 7.0 - liter LS7 engine (which in turn was developed with the 7.0 L race engine used in the C6.R GT1 cars), built on production cast - aluminum cylinder blocks.

So small displacement engines with light pistons show little effect, and racing engines use long connecting rods.

Not exact matches

Toto Wolff has since confirmed the contrary, that Mercedes did use a quali - spec engine map for Q3, giving the team an advantage that won't be as much use in the race.

It'd certainly be interesting if drivers were forced to use the same engine mode for qualifying and the race.

As for creating a rotary engine for use in such ultra-exotic races as Indianapolis or Formula I, Rudolph Uhlenhaut, the now - retired chief engineer of the firm, is said to have told insiders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Establishment that perhaps three years and $ 5 million would be necessary to develop a winning rotary - engine car for the annual 500 - mile race.

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.

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.

Mileage amassed while using a manufacturer development engine does not count against a team's maximum of 10,000 miles during team tests, Open Tests and race events in a calendar year.

«In the old days, before we had a set number of engines per driver you can use, you could use one engine per race and that cost a lot of money.

Instead of the original carbureted pushrod V - 8 of 350 horsepower, it uses a four - overhead - camshaft, fuel - injected engine — again in lightweight aluminum and again burning gasoline rather than racing alcohol.

Horner went even further, saying that because teams are taking the extra engine parts to each race it isn't helping with cost - cutting and that allowing them to use more each year would benefit everyone.

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.

But if you've got an idea for an engine change penalty which both leaves the driver unaffected and deters teams from using one engine per race, I'm all ears!

Xenon engines and solar sails are tortoises in the space race, and the low - energy paths that put them to best use can take many years to complete.

The giant Chrysler Corporation is now testing its Patriot, which will be the first race car ever to use a hybrid powertrain (the engine and driveshaft which transmits torque to the gears).

When the body is primarily using fat for fuel as exercise, increasing carbohydrate won't be a big help because the body's fat - burning engine (which is what the body will depend on for racing) won't be availing itself of those carbohydrates as a main source of fuel.

However, as the menu screen and the manual states, this Full Rebuild lasts for only three races and if you use it after that you'll blow your engine.

Hideo Kojima likened the development of Death Stranding using Guerrilla's Decima Engine to the Space Race during the Cold War in a series of recent tweets.

Each race won in the game earns you cash, which you can use to pay the entrance fees for new races or to improve your car with upgradable tires, turbo, and engine categories.

The engine is derived from the one used in Ford Daytona Prototypes that race in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.

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.

Prior to the 757, Mazda had partnered with other motorsports engineering firms on their prototype race car chassis designs and used a two - rotor engine directly linked to the 13B rotary unit found on production RX - 7 models.

• Engine As befits a car with an engine built to near - racing standards, an RS4 is happiest when used regularly and vigorEngine As befits a car with an engine built to near - racing standards, an RS4 is happiest when used regularly and vigorengine built to near - racing standards, an RS4 is happiest when used regularly and vigorously.

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.

After Peugeot racers proved that Henry's invention was valid with several grand prix and Indy 500 wins, the French firm Ballot et Cie hired him to design engines for racing and road use.

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.

The engine made headlines upon its initial debut for its use of a flat - plane crankshaft, a feature most commonly found in racing applications.

If you drive a Ford Flex, give yourself a pat on the back: the 3.5 - liter EcoBoost V - 6 in your boxy crossover is the same engine used in Ford Racing's Riley Technologies prototype racer.

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.

Initially designed for use in the BMW M1 supercar, the M88 was closely related to the engine for use in Group 5 racing where it produced upwards of 887bhp.

While a F1 engine must be rebuilt after four or five races, its tamer Project ONE sibling is good for 30,000 miles, so don't even think of using this car as daily driver despite the extra durability.

The first saloon to use the legendary XK engine, Jaguar's Mk VII was a 100mph luxury car just as happy winning touring car races as cruising the home counties.

Power comes not from a conventional combustion engine, but using laser pulse shock waves, and the driver operates the vehicle leaning forwards, in a kind of fusion between drag - bike racing and skeleton sledding.

The 4.0 L engine is derived from engine used in racing and suspension architecture is based on race and GT RS versions.

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.

Scott Barrett investigates / 1924 RAC Small Car Trials — Ninety years after they took place, we look at the RAC Small Car Trials with the help of outstanding period photographs of the proceedings / Italian aero - engined specials of the 1920s — Alessandro Silva tells the little - known story of those Italians who adapted WW1 aero engines for competition use in the»20s / Armstrong Siddeley race and rally — The late Anthony Pritchard talked to Tommy Sopwith about his Sphinx special and «works» entries in international rallies in the»50s

Featuring snarling engines, these cars are characterized with their heavy use of downforce, insane wings, fat race tires, and velocity stacks sticking out of the rear decklid, just inches behind the driver's helmet.

In Initial impact, Simon Charlesworth tells the story of a rare survivor of this important Vintage tourer / / For this month's Auto - biography, Matthew Bell meets graphic designer, historic racer and lover of Americana Julian Balme to discuss his life behind the wheel / / The first saloon to use the legendary XK engine, Jaguar's Mk VII was a 100mph luxury car just as happy winning touring car races as cruising the home counties.

The BM - 8 used the latest BMW 2.0 - liter four - cylinder race engine and contested the European 2 - liter Championship series.

The R18 TDI is a 3.7 litre V6 530 - ish HP diesel engine used in Audi's Le Mans car that won 16 of 33 races it took part in.

It seems that the reason this engine can afford such a high CR is because it is intended to be used with detonation - resistant race fuel.

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.

Drag racing is world apart from production consumer cars, drag diesel engines run advanced injector timing and lots of fuel delivery, since diesels to not control power using an intake throttle plate like gasoline engines, they use the amount of fuel injected to control power delivered, lots of fuel lots of power.

If Aston Martin finally does make the decision to join F1 as an engine supplier, expect Red Bull Racing to be the first team to use the British automaker's powerplant, as the two companies entered a sponsorship deal earlier this year.

That's despite it also using a 1.6 - litre turbocharged four - cylinder engine; like the similarly potent Citroen DS4 Racing concept from earlier in the year, the RCZ R gets a seriously wound up engine with development input from its motorsport arm.

To understand the reason for this, you have to look at the difference between high performance race engines and those used in road cars.

Lancaster, Typhoon, Hurricane — Jonathan Wood looks at the first models produced by Armstrong Siddeley after the Second World War / Alfa Romeo 6C — Douglas Blain encounters a recreation of one of a handful of short chassis 6C 256 Alfa Romeos prepared for racing just before World War Two / Porsche's Magnificent Mixtes — At a time when early automotive technology was in a state of flux, Ferdinand Porsche dared to use electricity to transmit power from engine to wheels.

The DS4 Racing concept, to be officially unveilled at the Geneva motor show, will use a version of the PSA / BMW 1.6 - litre THP turbo engine, which has been boosted to 256bhp.