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Spring retainers 18 Dec 2012 | 04:33 pm
The development of a race engine is most often concerned with maximising efficiency. An integral part of many engine development projects is improved ‘breathing’, and in addition to developing the inl...
Torque converters 18 Dec 2012 | 04:25 pm
Originally introduced in 1948 alongside Buick’s two-speed Dynaflow transmission, the torque converter originally helped make transmissions fully automatic, eliminating the clutch necessary for manual ...
Dynos: torque sensors 18 Dec 2012 | 04:23 pm
One of the key parts of a modern engine dynamometer is the torque sensor. But how do these sensors work and what recent developments have there been in sensing technology? The vast majority of conven...
Chromating 18 Dec 2012 | 03:54 pm
The term ‘chromating’ is a contraction of Chromate Conversion Coating, which itself is a little misleading. They are not typical coatings in the sense we would normally define as a separate layer whic...
The piston as part of the combustion chamber 18 Dec 2012 | 03:53 pm
It is often said that the combustion chamber is the heart of any internal combustion engine, although the lungs might be an anatomically more accurate analogy. What is in no doubt though is that it ha...
Motorcycle engine dry sumps 18 Dec 2012 | 03:51 pm
The concept of using a motorcycle engine to power a small racecar or sidecar outfit is well established and very effective - bike engines are small, light and very powerful, giving excellent straight-...
The air filter 18 Dec 2012 | 03:48 pm
Viewers of Grand Prix in recent years can’t fail to have noticed the increasing amount of debris littering the sides of the track as the race proceeds. Clearly this is the inevitable result of the hig...
The fuel rail 18 Dec 2012 | 03:46 pm
It seems strange to think that 30 years ago electronic fuel injection systems as we know and understand them now were really only in their infancy. Computers of course were really only for the ‘nerds’...
Producing internal threads 18 Dec 2012 | 03:44 pm
The entire racing powertrain, from the engine, through the clutch to the transmission, is littered with threaded fasteners. Studs and bolts are responsible for holding together everything from the mos...
World Superbike 18 Dec 2012 | 03:42 pm
Almost 25 years ago, when World Superbike first started, the machinery was pretty much showroom-standard 750 cc four cylinders and 851 cc twins. When 500 cc Grand Prix bikes had 50% more power than a ...
