RACE ENGINE TECHNOLOGY 160 August/September 2025

• Intro: The editor - Andrew Noakes settles into the editor’s chair at RET, recounts what the team has been investigating for this issue, and considers what the future will bring
• Upfront: Drag-and-drive engines - Developing reliable road-ready engines that can also power a car down a drag strip demands talent and determination. We check out six of the leading contenders
• Dossier: Noonan V10 - Noonan Race Engineering’s new design for a high-performance engine embraces all that is good in going down the 10-cylinder route
• Focus: Component cleaning - Matt Grant looks at the standards and practices adopted to ensure that a ‘clean-machine’ mentality is maintained when preparing race engines
• Insight: Thermal imaging - Monitoring temperatures inside combustion engines is vital in the process of engine development and testing. We investigate the advantages offered by thermal imaging techniques
• eRace: NASCAR - Environmental considerations affect us all and NASCAR is no exception. Andrew Noakes looks at what lies ahead for America’s most popular form of motorsport in an ever-greener world
• Focus: Powertrain test beds - Building a motorsport powertrain is one thing; assessing the performance and robustness of it and its component parts is another. Matt Grant scrutinises the test beds in common use
• In conversation: Mike Costin - One of the greats of motorsport manufacturing recounts the history of Cosworth; the company behind the most successful Formula One engine
• Expo: HPX Charlotte - Andrew Noakes tells of a successful showing of motorsport creativity at the High Performance Expo in North Carolina
• PS: Nitrous - It’s no laughing matter! The use of nitrous oxide in motorsport is as divisive as it is dangerous