Classic Racing Engines: Design, Development and Performance of the World's Top Motorsport Power Units

Ludvigsen, Karl

ISBN 10: 1859606490 / ISBN 13: 9781859606490

Published by Haynes Publishing, 2001

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A beautiful clean crisp hardcover copy in fine condition. DJ in fine condition and in protective mylar cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Classic Racing Engines: Design, Development and Performance of the World's Top Motorsport Power Units
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859606490
• ISBN 13: 9781859606490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

This authoritative book gives an overview of fifty classic motor racing engines selected from an eighty-year period starting in 1914, when racing engines emerged as a distinct type of power unit. Including many famous engines as well as others that are less well known, it gives a clear sense of each unit's significance in terms of both its racing history and the advancement of technology. Each unit has a full description, plus technical drawings and photographs.

About the Author

Karl Ludvigsen has a distinguished record of accomplishment at senior levels throughout the worldwide motor industry. He has received wide recognition for his work as an editor, journalist, historian and author. Not only has he been employed at senior levels with Ford of Europe, Fiat North America, and General Motors, but he has also been involved in editorial roles with Motor Trend magazine, Auto Age, and Sports Car Illustrated and Car and Driver. Ludvigsen is in demand from the press of North America and Europe as a source of information on industry trends, and he is a frequent speaker at conferences. Currently, Ludvigsen acts as Chairman of Ludvigsen Associates Limited (a consulting company), Managing Director of Euromotor Reports Limited and Director of Ludvigsen Library Limited.