Team Racing Engine History |
All data are quite preliminary. I'm sure there are errors and
important omissions. Please correct or fill in by an e-mail to me!
Last update: 28th September, 2004
Engines rated in order of importance:
Major |
Medium |
Minor |
Little
(Note that this is not a performance or quality rating.)
Types of Induction:
FI = Front; RD = Rear Disc; DI = Rear Drum, air going radially
Into drum and axially to crankcase; DO = Rear Drum, air going axially into
drum and radially Out to crankcase; RR = Rear Reed
Team Racing A and FAI F2C 2.5 cc Diesels
In the beginning just about any ball bearing diesel could find its way into the T/R circle. Through the developments mainly by Bugl, Theobald and a number of Russians, T/R became an affair for purpose-designed specials, a process completed in the mid-'70s. | ||||
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Engine | Country | Designer(s)[Manufacturer] | Year | Comment |
ED Racer | England | K. E. Day | 1950-55 | RD |
Oliver Tiger | England | John A. Oliver | 1952-79 | FI. The classical T/R engine, vastly superior to anything else during the fifties |
Webra Mach I | W. Germany | Günther Bodemann ? | 1954-56 | RD |
DA Drabant 2.5D | Norway | David Andersen | 1952 | FI |
Barbini B40 | Italy | Bruno Barbini | 195? | FI |
Rivers Silver Streak | England | A. E. Rivers | 1958 | FI. Needle roller bearings |
Super Tigre G.30 | Italy | Jaures Garofali | 1956-58 | DI, Oliver style cylinder. |
MOKI TR-4 | Hungary | Gyula Kriszma | 1959 | FI |
MOKI TR-6S | Hungary | Gyula Kriszma | 1961 | FI, Oliver copy |
Eta 15 | England | Ken Bedford | 1960 | RD, Oliver style cylinder |
MVVS TR | Czechoslovakia | Sladky, Drazek ? | 1957 | FI |
Taifun Blizzard | W. Germany | Hans Hörnlein | 1958 | RR |
Zeiss-Jena 2.5 | E. Germany | ? | 1956-60 | Short stroke. RD or RR |
Super Tigre G.20/15D | Italy | Jaures Garofali | 1960-70 | FI, Cross flow porting without piston cam. |
Bugl | Austria | Paul Bugl | 1960 | FI |
Micron Meteor Racing 2.5 | France | André Gladieux | 1960-68 | FI |
Schlosser 2.5 TR | W. Germany | Benno Schlosser | 1961 | FI. Oliver Tiger style. |
Taifun Orkan | W. Germany | Günther Bodemann | 1962 | RD, ETA 15 copy |
Webra Mach II | W. Germany | Günther Bodemann | 1964 | FI, Oliver style cylinder, Cox style venturi, Long stroke |
CSKAM-1 | USSR | ? | 196? | FI |
RITM | USSR | Boris Krasnorutski | 1968 | DI |
MVVS TRS | Czechoslovakia | Josef Sladky, Milan Drazek ? | 1968 | FI, Rear exhaust |
HP 15D | Austria | Paul Bugl | 1966 | DO, Schneurle porting. First commerically available "modern" T/R engine |
Super Tigre G.15D RV | Italy | Jaures Garofali | 1967 | RD |
MOKI TR-7 & 8 | Hungary | Gyula Kriszma | 1967-74 | FI, Schneurle, Rear exhaust |
Kosmic 15D | Italy | Cesare Bossaglia, Italo Magrotti | 1969-74 | RD |
ARM | USA | Roger Theobald (John Barr) | 1969-72 | DI |
PB 15D | Austria | Paul Bugl | 1971 | DO |
Rossi 15D | Italy | Rossi brothers | 1970 | FI. Started as user diesel conversions of the glow that came in 1968 |
Rossi 15D RV | Italy | Rossi brothers | 1971-80 | RD |
TMA | USSR | Timofeev, Maslov, Krasnorutski | 1970 | DI |
OMB | USSR | Onufrienko, Maslov, Bebesko | 1972 | DI |
RAM | Canada | David Kelly, Ken Parent, Brian Fairey | 1972 | DO |
K&B 15 | USA | Roger Theobald | 1972 | DI, "Commercialized ARM", sold as a glow, had to be diesel converted by user. |
Cipolla 2.5 Master DTR | Italy | Cipolla brothers | 1975-84 | RI, DO |
LLAM | Spain | ? | 197? | Webra Mach II copy |
Pares | Spain | Pares brothers | 197? | RD |
Nelson 15D | USA | Henry Nelson | 1975-92 | DI, Developed from K&B, AAC in 1979. Major importance |
FMV | Netherlands | Enrico Flores, Rob & Bert Metkemeijer, Hans Visser | 1977 | DO or DI |
UFO | USSR | ? | 1978 | DI. ARM inspired? |
BBF | Sweden/Canada | Mats Böhlin, Gösta Bengtsar, Brian Fairey, Ronny Carlsson | 1978 | DI, Front lugs and long flange for inverted mounting. |
BG | Denmark | Jens & Hans Geschwendtner & Jørgen Kjaergård | 1979 | DO, DI. Developed from Bugl |
CB 2.5D | USSR | Vladimir Suraev | 1981 | DI |
OVM | USSR | Victor Onufrienko | 1982 | DI, '82 World Champ |
BP | Bulgaria | Bodurkov & Popov | 1980-87 | DI |
CS 15D-TR | Shanghai, China | ? | 1988 | DI |
MOKI TR-9 | Hungary | Zoltan Bimbi | 1989 | DI |
Indebted for their assistance are:
Per Ehnwall (pictures from magazines, data), Mario Ferrero (B40 picture and
data), Lloyd McLean (RAM), Jim Dunkin (virtually all colour pictures)