Race Engine Technology Magazine - Issue 153

RACE ENGINE TECHNOLOGY 153 June/July 2024

• Intro: The editor - Ian Bamsey compares the pros and cons of hybrids, and finds he’s nostalgic for pure race and rally cars
• Upfront: IndyCar hybrids - A massive powertrain upheaval is under way that will see the cars exploiting more than 800 bhp
• Upfront: Grid - A roundup of 13 LMH and LMDh engines that propel the current protoype era
• Dossier: Ligier Storm V4 by SuperHP - This compact V4, initially seen on track in FIA Formula Four, has huge racecar potential, as Ian Bamsey finds out
• Focus: Wiring & connectors - Matt Grant dives into the challenges of high voltage, and all the electrical systems needed to satisfy today’s increasingly powerful racecars
• Digest: Electric drag bike - Wayne Ward interviews the True Cousins team, who have built much of the powertrain – including batteries, inverters and motors - of a bike that has spectacularly reached 206 mph
• Musings: 100 years of progress - Paul Weighell looks back over a colourful history of motoring at the Classic Car Show, contrasting the Shelsley Walsh Spider and Ferrari Testarossa
• Focus: Diesel race components - Matt Grant asks some manufacturers of diesel engine parts what makes their wares innovative
• Expo: Engineering the future - Andrew Noakes rounds up some potential winners in the world of motorsport, from Midgets and hydrogen combustion to sustainable fuels and ‘clean steel’
• PS: Indy engines not Indy race engines - Ralph Miller - A glimpse into the life of the developer of the Miller Cycle, another of our aspirants whose Gasoline Alley power plant didn’t make the start of the 500