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Issue 29: March/April 2008 Issue 30: May 2008 Race Engine Technology 19 www.highpowermedia.com THE COMMUNICATIONS HUB OF THE RACING POWERTRAIN WORLD USA $20,UK £10,EUROPE e 15 ISSUE 029 race engine TECHNOLOGY MARCH/APRIL 2008 www.highpowermedia.com MARCH/APRIL 2008 FORDBOSS 500 •F12008 •KAWASAKISCREAMER •CUPV8 vF1V8 •PUSHRODFOCUS •ASISHOW •BDRCUPTOYOTA • IREDTOPFUEL GRAND PRIX V8 CHAOS? Formula One in 2008 F1 VERSUS NASCAR How the best V8s stack up POPPING MORE NITRO What is the effect of 90%? JohnMedlen: FORD’SMOST POWERFULENGINE,EVER 00RETMACOVER 2.indd 1 20/3/08 16:07:27 THE COMMUNICATIONS HUB OF THE RACING POWERTRAIN WORLD USA $20,UK £10,EUROPE e 15 ISSUE030 race engine TECHNOLOGY MAY 2008 www.highpowermedia.com MAY 2008 LEMANSENGINES 08 •EMSTECH •DUCATISUPERBIKERULES •BEARINGS •MAZDAROTARY • IREDGRANDAM •ANDYRANDOLPH • JOHNSON& JOHNSON DUCATI RACE TWIN Superbike rules wrangle ENGINE MANAGEMENT The state of the art HOW TO CHEAT AT NASCAR Anyone for traction control? AndyRandolph: CUPCOMBUSTIONSPY 00RETMAYCOVER.indd 1 9/5/08 11:52:10 The Challenge Of: Formula One 2008 Surviving life in Grand Prix racing’s freezer is a whole new challenge for the 11 teams and the six companies producing their 19,000 rpm V8 engines… Motorcycle: Kawasaki The MotoGP paddock was startled when Kawasaki fired up its latest I4 contender. We explain why it is developing a ‘screamer’ rather than the usual ‘big bang’ motor Special Investigation: F1 v NASCAR F1 and Cup V8s are very different but both are highly stressed, so how do their crucial operating numbers compare? Profile: Ford Boss 500 We go inside the most powerful engine ever made by Ford, the first brand-new, supercharged nitromethane-burning NHRA engine in a third of a century Focus On: Pushrods Development of the pushrod system is one of the greatest challenges of many contemporary race engines; we look at current lifter, pushrod and rocker technology Insight: BDR Toyota V8 Bill Davis Racing is doing its own development of the TRD Toyota V8 for NASCAR Cup competition; we go inside this formidable 2008 contender In Conversation: Dr Andy Randolph The combustion analysis expert explains why he has moved from BDR to ECR Motorcycle: Superbikes Are the radical new UK rules the way forward for international racing? Special Investigation: EMS Where it came from, where it is going and what it means for you Focus: Plugs and Injectors Investigating the state of the art in spark plug and fuel injector technology Insight: Johnson & Johnson How an NHRA Pro Stock Dodge Stratus V8 makes competitive horsepower Time Machine: Mazda Rotary A quarter of a century ago Mazda made its mark at Le Mans, going on to win Focus: Rolling Element Bearings The future of bearing technology for the transmission and maybe the engine? Focus: Fluid Film Bearings The magic of crankshaft bearing operation and where it is headed