Issue 42 - November 2009

• Intro: THE EDITOR - Ian Bamsey admits his surprise at discovering a new level of sophistication in supercharged, nitromethane-fuelled race engines
• Upfront: GRID - Cosworth returns to Formula One; Ford gets Petty; NASCAR goes injected; swap firing order in Top Fuel and more…
• Dossier: PUMA TOP FUEL MOTORCYCLE I4 - Puma Engineering produces the world’s most powerful motorcycle engines. We reveal what makes these blown fuel motors so effective
• Musings: PAUL WEIGHELL on KERS - Have the Formula One teams made a fundamental mistake by jointly agreeing not to employ KERS in 2010?
• Focus: HEADS AND BLOCKS - Wayne Ward discusses the state of the art in the technology of components forming key aspects of a race engine’s architecture
• Insight: ORAL MOTOGP I3 - We discuss the return of legendary Ferrari engine designer Mauro Forghieri to international racing, this time in MotoGP
• Dossier: NISSAN V6 TURBO - Ian Bamsey investigates the pioneering Project Zed, which aims to take a Nissan V6-engined turbocar into the five-second zone
• Short take: LESSMAN STREAMLINER - The Lessman Streamliner continues to explore the plus-300 mph zone as it edges towards its next target of 400 mph… on CNG
• Expo: THE PRI SHOW - We look back at how the phenomenon that is the modern racing industry tradeshow started with PRI way back in 1988
• Focus: MACHINE TOOLS - Race engine quality is ultimately down to the processes and machines used during manufacture: Jack Murtagh reports
• Insight: LSR STEAM CAR - Paul Weighell explores the innovative British Land Speed Record breaker that this year put steam power back into the limelight
• RER: ADRL - Anne Proffit investigates the American Drag Racing League, which tests engines over the eighth mile with lots of technical freedom
• PS: COSWORTH XB 1993 - How the XB was the best engine at Indianapolis in 1993 but didn’t win - in spite of Mansell’s valiant late-race effort