Issue 97 - September/October 2016
- Intro: THE EDITOR - Brake by wire, drive by wire, hybrid power units – do today’s Formula One drivers have it all too easy?
- Grid: IN THE NEWS - Audi explains how it works to gain parity with its gasoline-fuelled LM P1 rivals, Ilmor responds to our argument for a common core engine, and much more…
- In Conversation: JORG ZANDER - Audi went for a total revamp with its 2016 R18 Prototype, and here its technical director tells Lawrence Butcher about the team’s new approach
- Dossier: DUTTWEILER TWIN-TURBO V6 - Mike Magda describes how one engine builder took a Big Block Chevrolet V8 and converted it to a V6 to make some prodigious horsepower
- Report: BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2016 - Ian Bamsey looks at the power unit development efforts by the rest of the grid to erode Mercedes’ continuing Formula One dominance
- Focus: COATINGS - Dr Dave Cooper discusses some of the widely used high-performance coatings and processes, as well as more specialist options
- Race Engine Digest: POLESTAR AUSTRALIAN SUPERCAR V8 - Stewart Mitchell traces the development of this bespoke engine produced by Volvo’s in-house performance division
- Motorcycle: APRILIA RS GP16 MOTOGP - Aprilia’s latest MotoGP bike has gone through some intensive development this season, as Stewart Mitchell explains
- Insight: ADVANCED COMBUSTION - Lawrence Butcher examines the emerging approaches to extracting the utmost engine power in the current fuel flow-limited regime
- Focus: BEARINGS - Stewart Mitchell brings us up to date on the latest developments in motorsport engine bearings technology
- Report: ENGINE EXPO 2016 - Ian Bamsey picks out the motorsport-relevant products and services from this annual automotive exhibition
- Insight: CORVETTE GTE/GTLM V8 2015-16 - Fresh fine-tuning of this 24-hour races champion has boosted its durability and potency. Ian Bamsey reports
- PS: THE MEADOWS I6 - This pre-eminent and multi-series race engine of the 1920s and ’30s continues to perform to this day