Highlights in this issue include a conversation with Bruno Engelric Mecachromes head of motorsport, a dossier on Rider Racing 410 CU IN V8, Race Engine of the year nominations, challenges of World Superbike, focuses on cylinder liners and surface treatments and coatings, an insight into Neil Brown Engineering Formula Three Engine and AIE 650S Single Rotor and a digest on MEXXSPEED PRO-NITROUS VW Engine.
Issue 106 - November 2017
- Intro: THE EDITOR - Let’s hear it for the lone engine developers, whose ingenuity can still bring something new and improved to motorsport
- Grid: IN THE NEWS - How Nismo developed its VR38DETT for DPi, Energica goes full-factory with its 2018 TT Zero bid, and more…
- In Conversation: BRUNO ENGELRIC - Mecachrome’s head of motorsport tells Lawrence Butcher about the company’s latest engine project and shares his views on current motorsport powertrains
- Dossier: RIDER RACING 410 CU IN V8 - Mike Magda explains what goes into building one of these denizens of the dirt for the World of Outlaws sprint car series
- RACE ENGINE OF THE YEAR 2017 - Here we present the 12 nominations for the Race Engine of the Year 2017, in four categories
- Challenge Of: WORLD SUPERBIKE - Stewart Mitchell explains the demands this top-flight race series places on engine development
- Focus: CYLINDER LINERS - Manufacturers can call on an array of techniques for creating the optimum surface finish on a cylinder liner, as Matt Grant explains
- Insight: NEIL BROWN ENGINEERING FORMULA THREE ENGINE - Stewart Mitchell reports on how a rules change prompted NBE to develop its own pure-bred Formula Three race engine
- Focus: SURFACE TREATMENTS AND COATINGS - The advent of additive manufacturing and hybrid power units is pushing coatings and surface treatment technology in new directions. Wayne Ward reports
- Race Engine Digest: MEXXSPEED PRO-NITROUS VW ENGINE - Lawrence Butcher looks at how one racer has shown that if you want a record-breaking dragster, build most of the parts yourself
- Insight: AIE 650S SINGLE ROTOR - Ian Bamsey examines this innovative rotary, which could herald the technology’s return to motorsport
- PS: DESERT NITRO - Desert Aircraft’s DA150 horizontally opposed twin for giant-scale model aircraft racing