Inside an F1 engine - "King of Speed: Cosworth's CA 2.4l V8"

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Inside an F1 engine - "King of Speed: Cosworth's CA 2.4l V8"

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Saw this article and immediately though of you guys!

http://www.f1technical.net/features/188 ... 5e881c9361
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Nice! I look forward to building some horsepower in future. I'll use some of the same techniques. Pretty well known, in the most part, though, these days. No article like that will ever tell you the nitty gritty detail that you really wanna know :-)
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Saw this the other day too which gets a bit grittier!

http://f1framework.blogspot.co.nz/2013/ ... -head.html

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Yep, that was more interesting, some really nice touches on that head! I like it. Only looked at the pics, will have to have a read in future :-) Thanks!
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+++ Thanks for the excellent articles! Top stuff.

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