Cosworth - the Search for Power (6th Edition)
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-84584-895-8 (ISBN)
Not only has Cosworth designed and supplied many race car engines, which won F1, CART, and many other Championship races, but it has also produced many celebrated high-performance road-car engines. In more recent times, its growing expertise in developing electronic data capture components, and in providing ultra-high-tech engine manufacturing facilities, has made it a world leader. The expansion continues, and in this book the Cosworth story has been brought up-to-the-minute to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the legendary DFV F1 engine.
After a varied career in the automotive industry Graham Robson has gained a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has more than 160 books to his credit. Born in 1936, and educated at Ermysteds Grammar School in Yorkshire, Graham then went on to study Engineering at Oxford University. He joined Jaguar Cars as a graduate trainee, becoming involved in design work on the Mk II, E-Type and Mark X. Beginning as a hobby, he became a rally co-driver, eventually joining the Sunbeam 'works' team in 1961, and took part in rallies up to International level (once with Roger Clark), but stopped rallying by 1968. During this time he joined Standard-Triumph in Coventry, in 1961, as a Development Engineer, mainly on sports car projects. He then ran the re-opened 'works' motorsport department from 1962 to 1965, this being the period of the birth of Spitfire Le Mans cars, TR4, Vitesse, Spitfire and 2000 rally car developments. Graham Robson’s writing began with rally reports for magazines which evolved into a job with Autocar from 1965-1969. He was recruited back to industry at Rootes to run the Product Proving department, then after a brief period in 1972 as technical director of a safety belt company, became an independent motoring writer. Graham has lived 'by the pen' and 'by the voice', not only writing but commentating, presenting and organising events of all types.
ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionForeword Chapter 1Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin- the foundersChapter 2Early days in North LondonChapter 3Big moves- to Northampton, and into F2Chapter 4Fame in F1- the DFV projectChapter 5Belt-drive- BDA and its successorsChapter 6Diversions - cars, motorcycle engines, and automatic transmissionsChapter 7The world's motor industry comes shoppingChapter 8DFV developments- Cosworth's amazing V-8Chapter 9Turbocharging in F1- the Ford V-6 projectChapter 10Company into Group -Worcester, Wellingborough, UEI and CarltonChapter 11The Sierra project- a quantum leap into the futureChapter 12A new 'atmo' F1 engine for the 1990sChapter 13New business in the 1990s ...Chapter 14Motorsport - winning all around the worldChapter 15Turbo V8s and V10s- the pace quickensChapter 16Cosworth Racing + Ford - a new life beckonsChapter 17Cosworth in the new centuryChapter 18Cosworth's last F1 enginesChapter 19New products, and new horizonsAppendix 1Cosworth engines from 1960Appendix 2Cosworth-engined road carsAppendix 3Victories by Cosworth-Ford engined cars in World Championship F1 racesAppendix 4The list of F1 makes which have used Cosworth-Ford engines - 1967 to 2013 inclusiveThe thoughts of Chairman Duckworth
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.06.2017 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 259 x 260 mm |
| Gewicht | 1528 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84584-895-0 / 1845848950 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84584-895-8 / 9781845848958 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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