Issue 58 - November 2011

• Intro: THE EDITOR - Toyota’s return to Le Mans next year looks set to end the argument about rules relating to spark ignition/compression ignition equivalency
• Grid: IN THE NEWS - Toyota’s return to Prototype racing; four types of Le Mans ERS; advanced flow sensing; cooler evaluation and more…
• Grid: RACE ENGINE DIGEST - White Alligator Racing snaps up a play-off place in the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle category – without using a Vance & Hines engine
• In Conversation: DOUG YATES - Ian Bamsey talks to Doug Yates, head of the organisation powering Ford’s NASCAR effort and rejuvenating its presence elsewhere
• Dossier: ECR NATIONWIDE & TRUCK CHEVROLET V8 - Ian Bamsey investigates the Chevrolet setting the pace in 2011 NASCAR Nationwide and Truck races – the ECR R07
• Focus: CON RODS - What are the current trends in the design and manufacture of con rods for race engines? Wayne Ward reports
• Motorcycle: KTM IN MOTO3 - KTM has drawn on its motocross heritage to produce a new engine for Moto3. Neil Spalding reports
• Insight: MAX MOSLEY ON ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEMS - Max Mosley explains to Paul Weighell the thinking behind the adoption of Energy Recovery Systems technology in Formula One
• Insight: PUMA ENGINEERING I4 UPDATE - How far can the development of a nitromethane-fuelled, supercharged race engine go? Ian Bamsey investigates
• Focus: HEAT EXCHANGERS - Ian Bamsey considers the technology behind the water, oil and charge air coolers keeping today’s race engines alive
• Insight: CHRIS GORDON RACING 500 cc V8 - A remarkable New Zealand electrical technician has produced a twin-crankshaft 500 cc V8 four stroke. Dave Britten reports
• Report: LE MANS & PETIT LE MANS GT - What does it take to field a competitive engine in the fiercely contested world of GT endurance racing? Ian Bamsey and Anne Proffit investigate
• PS: SOLLENSKOG’S SAAB RECORD-BREAKER - The US-based expat Swede is pushing Saab two-strokes to new limits on the Bonneville salt flats – and breaking records