Following our recent theme of videos on the Lotus T125, here Brian Wood who is Technical Director of Cosworth talks about the companies involvement in the T125 program with Lotus. The unit, as used in the IZOD IndyCar racers is a 3.5l V8 producing 640bhp which in a car weighing 560kgs gives almost 1000bhp/tonne. Designation: Cosworth GPV8 Duty cycle type: 4 stroke reciprocating piston, normally aspirated Configuration: 8 cylinders in banked ‘V’ configuration at a 90 degree angle Construction: Cast aluminium alloy block/heads, … [Read more...]