Supercharged Cars
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Aftercooler (Charge air cooler)
Charge air cooler explained A charge air cooler is used to cool engine air after it has passed through a turbocharger, but before it enters the engine. The idea is to return the air to a lower temperature, for the optimum power for the combustion process within the engine.Charge air coolers range i ...
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Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta (1938-1951)
Race cars
Alfa Romeo 158 159 Alfetta Race car (1937 to 1951) Constructor Alfa Romeo Designer(s) Gioacchino Colombo Successor 177 Technical specifications Chassis Single-seater, tubular frame Suspension (front) Trailing arm, transverse leaf springs, hydraulic dampers Suspension (rear) Swing axle*, transverse ...
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Alfa Romeo P3 race (1932-1935)
Race cars
Alfa Romeo P3 (1932 to 1935) Category Grand Prix 750 kg Constructor Alfa Romeo Team/s 1932 - Alfa Corse 1933/1935 - Scuderia Ferrari Designer Vittorio Jano Chassis channel section side members Suspension (front) Semi elliptic leaf springs, friction dampers 1935 independent Dubonnet system with trai ...
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Alta (1929)
Manufacturers
Alta racing car History The Alta Car and Engineering Company was a British sports and racing car manufacturer, commonly known simply as Alta. Their cars contested five FIA World Championship races between 1950 and 1952, as well as Grand Prix events prior to this. They also supplied engines to a sma ...
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Arab (1926-1928)
Manufacturers
Arab Car History Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK between 1926 and 1928. 1927 Arab 2-litre The Arab was a high-performance English automobile designed by Reid Railton and manufactured in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, between 1926 and 1928. The car came about following discussions between J. G. Parry-Thom ...
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Arnott (1951-1957)
Manufacturers
Arnott Cars History Harlesden, London UK ,from 1951 to 1957. The Arnott was a car made by Arnott’s Garages in Harlesden, London, from 1951 to 1957. Miss Daphne Arnott commenced production with a Formula 3 car designed by G. Thornton that used a tubular ladder frame with a torsion bar suspension. Th ...
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Arrol-Aster (1927-1930)
Manufacturers
Arrol-Aster Car History Arrol-Aster was a British car maker founded in 1927 when Arrol-Johnston and Aster merged. The Wembley, London works of Aster was closed and production concentrated at the Heathhall, Dumfries factory of Arrol-Johnston. At first, manufacture of all the cars previously made by ...
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Dellow (1949-1956)
Manufacturers
Dellow Car Range history Birmingham, England UK Dellow cars were made in a factory at Alvechurch, near Birmingham, England between 1949 and 1956. Dellow was a product of Dellow Motors, a small garage business in Alvechurch, near Birmingham, and the name was derived from the partners, K.C. Delingpol ...
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Jaguar AJ6 engine (1984-1996)
Jaguar AJ6 engine Production 1984 to 1996 Jaguar AJ6Overview Manufacturer Jaguar Cars Production 1984–1996 Layout Configuration DOHC I6 Straight 6 The AJ6 (Advanced Jaguar 6-cylinder), and the similar AJ16, was an inline-6 piston engine used by Jaguar in the 1980s and 1990s. It was designed to repl ...
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TVR Typhon (2004)
Sports Cars
TVR Typhon (2004) Manufacturer TVR Production 2004 (2 road-legal cars produced) Class Sports Car Body style 2-door coupe Layout FR layout Engine TVR Speed Six Related TVR T440R The TVR Typhon was a sports car designed and built by the British car manufacturer TVR in their former factory in Blackpoo ...