Issue 75 - Dec/Jan 2014

• Intro: THE EDITOR - Mark Webber’s love of Speedway mirrors the ethos at this magazine 
• Grid: IN THE NEWS - We look back over the V8 Grand Prix era, details of a new (and potentially legal) metal matrix composite, and much more… 
• In Conversation: HEINI MADER - Ian Bamsey talks to the man who fettled the most powerful engine in the history of Grand Prix racing 
• Dossier: PJR GM SPEEDWAY SINGLE - Ian Bamsey ventures into a world populated by miniature methanol gulping demons that withstand Formula One V8 load levels 
• RACE ENGINE OF YEAR: 2013 - We reveal the category and overall winners of the Race Engine of the Year 2013, as judged by 50 engine engineers worldwide 
• Focus: CON RODS - David Cooper examines the demands placed on this conceptually simple component, from its design and manufacture to the materials and their application 
• Alternative Power: PMWE 2013 EV SEMINAR - Lawrence Butcher presents highlights of a RET seminar at last November’s PMWE on the future of electric vehicle race technology 
• Race Engine Digest: BEARS MOTORSPORT FORMULA VEE 1300 - Lawrence Butcher reports on how one Formula Vee supplier manages to more than double engine outputs – without resorting to exotic materials and bespoke parts
• Focus: ALUMINIUM - Dan Fleetcroft gives an insight into the state of the art of aluminium alloys, and explores their different applications in performance powertrains 
• Report: PMWE 2013 - Ian Bamsey reports from an historic German city on the opening salvo of the 2013-14 racing trade show season 
• Motorcycle: MOTOGP - Honda’s new bike may look a bargain but the details it discloses to its rivals are priceless, reports Neil Spalding 
• Focus: RADIATORS AND COOLERS - What goes in to designing and building an efficient device for rejecting heat from a race engine? Wayne Ward explains 
• PS: PORSCHE TYP 547 - Ian Bamsey traces the history of this intriguing, horizontally opposed boxer engine