RACE ENGINE TECHNOLOGY 147 June/July 2023
- Intro: The Editor - Cost and road relevance could stymie race engine development, but in the meantime marvel at the Cosworth GMA V12 and MotoGP screamers featured in this issue
- Upfront: MotoGP - We visit the French Grand Prix to take stock of the naturally aspirated four-strokes being campaigned in MotoGP this season
- Upfront: Grid In the news - Details of the A110 and Model 62-2, with which Alpine and Radford Motors plan to contest this year’s Pikes Peak hillclimb
- Dossier: Cosworth GMAs V12 - Cosworth has developed a circuit-specific T.50s version of the supercar V12 it designed and produces for Gordon Murray Automotive. Ian Bamsey learns how. With research by Matt Grant
- Focus: Fuel injection - Experts tell Matt Grant how the design of a fuel injector and the spray pattern it creates depend on the type of car and race series
- Challenge of: Pikes Peak - Wayne Ward talks to one of the top Pikes Peak drivers, who explains why driveability is valued more than outright power
- Insight: EV testing - Gemma Hatton looks at how to set up dynos for testing e-motors and inverters, and details the technologies that make them work
- e-Race: Nitro RX/NitroCross - Wayne Ward reports on how this electric rally series provides what some would say is much needed viewing excitement
- Focus: Heat treatments - Matt Grant explains the various heat treatments available for race engine components, and the benefits they can bring
- PS: Fire pumps and race retro - Recalling the fire pumps provenance of the Coventry Climax FW derived from the Hillman Imp engine