BLUE THUNDER

Soon making plans to build a new record-breaking car that would be capable of even greater speeds, Campbell advertised the Sunbeam for sale at £1,500 but with not much interest in it from other dri

Subsequently subjected to a gradual restoration process, in 1987 the car was repainted and the wheels rebuilt, and in 1972 it moved into the newly created National Motor Museum where it has been on

Interestingly, further subsequent investigation also showed that one of the camshafts had an end cap missing which, if the engine had been allowed to run for any longer, would have resulted in majo

Then, on January 29, 2014, the Sunbeam was fired up again, the first time it had been heard in public in over 50 years - a sound which described as being akin to the roar of a Rolls-Royce Merlin en

VERTICALLY CHALLENGED

The Editor investigates an interesting air-cooled aero engine, and comes away with just as many questions as answers…

The basic layout was certainly familiar from air-cooled engines of my previous acquaintance, with a longitudinally-split crankcase and individual finned cylinder barrels topped with individual finn

A subsequent exchange of e-mails with the museum curator, Susan Lindsay, revealed that they were still researching the engine themselves.

First flown in October 1943, the R-6A used the same rotor and transmission as its predecessor but the fuselage was completely redesigned to reduce air resistance and improve pilot visibility, compa

Tenneco Inc.'s Powertrain business group has developed an innovative new material which delivers wear-resistant performance with greatly reduced Cobalt content, helping engine manufacturers mitigat

Tenneco's research started from two well-proven existing sintered products; FM-8100, an iron-based Cobalt-free sintered material, and FM-T95A, a Cobalt-based (54% Cobalt by weight) sintered materia

THE BEST OF BRITISH

The British Motor Museum at Gaydon is well worth a visit for anyone with an interest in engines and engineering…

Based at Gaydo

1984 AUSTIN ROVER S SERIES

This S-series 4-cylinder inline single overhead cam 8-valve petrol engine was used in conjunction with a Volkswagen 5-speed gearbox for the Austi

HALVED MGB GT

Known affectionately by the museum staff as 'The Divorce model' this unique 1965 MGB GT was sectioned into two halves for a special display when it was launch

H-SERIES HONDA (ROVER) ENGINE

Superb cutaway of the H-series Honda engine that was used in the Rover 623 between 1993 and 1999.

JAGUAR F1 COSWORTH ENGINE

This naturally-aspirated 800 hp 3-litre (2998 cc) V10 CR1 engine was first used in the 1999 Stewart Formula One car (SF3).

1958 MGA TWIN-CAM

While the MGA was introduced in September 1955, the MGA twin-cam which followed three years later was superficially similar but had a specially developed

1934 MG PA MIDGET

Introduced in March 1934 a total of 2000 MG PAs were manufactured, with either two- or four-seat open bodywork configuration, up until October 1935, when

MARCH-TRIUMPH F3 ENGINE

Although British Leyland no longer ran 'works' rallying or race teams during the late 1970s, many of the companies which formed the group still main

PROTOTYPE JAGUAR V12 QUAD-CAM

This is a pair of twin-cam cylinder heads from a prototype V12 engine that was developed for use in the Jaguar XJR programme.

On top of that comes 600 hp at 7500 rpm and 600 Nm (between 2000 pm and 7000 rpm) from the twin-turbocharged 2.0-litre Freevalve engine that is the main focus of our attention here.

Freevalve technology also enables many other initiatives, such as a unique twin-turbo concept and unlimited cylinder de-activation, resulting in a reliable power output of 300 hp per litre combined