Race Engine Technology

March/April 2008 (Issue 029)

The Challenge of: FORMULA ONE 2008
Surviving life in Grand Prix racing’s freezer is a whole new challenge for the 11 teams and the six companies producing their 19,000 rpm V8 engines…

Motorcycle: KAWASAKI
The MotoGP paddock was startled when Kawasaki fired up its latest I4 contender. We explain why it is developing a ‘screamer’ rather than the usual ‘big bang’ motor

Special Investigation: F1 v NASCAR
F1 and Cup V8s are very different animals but both are very highly stressed. That being the case, how do their crucial operating numbers compare?

Profile: FORD BOSS 500
We go inside the most powerful engine ever made by Ford; the first brand new, supercharged nitromethane-burning NHRA engine in a third of a century

Focus On: PUSHRODS
Development of the pushrod system is one of the greatest challenges of many contemporary racing engines; we look at current lifter, pushrod and rocker technology

Insight: BDR TOYOTA V8
Bill Davis Racing is doing its own development of the TRD Toyota V8 for NASCAR Cup competition; we go inside this formidable 2008 contender

GRID
The Race Engine Technology world

EXPO
News from Autosport International

IRED: NHRA TOP FUEL
The 2008 engine builders

PS: NITRO
Eye-watering stuff!