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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.
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An overview of 50 classic motor racing engines selected from an 80-year period starting in 1914, when racing engines emerged as a distinct type of power unit. The book highlights each unit's significance in terms of both its racing history and the advancement of technology.
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Classic Racing Engines by Karl Ludvigsen (Haynes)
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Classic Racing Engines: Design, Development and Performance of the World's Top Motorsport Power Units
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Classic Racing Engines; Expert technical analysis of fifty of the greatest motorsport power units
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Classic Racing Engines. Expert technical analysis of fifty of the greatest motorsport power units
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Classic Racing Engines: Expert Technical Analysis of Fifty of the Greatest Motorsport Power Units
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Classic Racing Engines: Design, Development and Performance of the World's Top Motorsport Power Units
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