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Introduction xi CHAPTER 6 Acknowledgments xiii The First “In-House” McLaren Foreword xv Engine Shop 33 Preface: Two Men, Two Visions xvii SECTION II. FOUNDING Mc LAREN SECTION I ENGINES, In c .

CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 7 The Beginning: Tragedy and Perseverance 3 Moving to Detroit 41

McLaren’s Headquarters in America 42 CHAPTER 2 Bruce McLaren: Driver to Europe 7 CHAPTER 8 1970: Indy and Can-Am 47

CHAPTER 3 The First McLaren Indy Car 47 The 1970 Can-Am Season 51 Rev-Em Racing: Teddy, Tyler, and Bill 13 Reynolds Block 52 Chevrolet Racing 53 Chevrolet Racing: The Cosworth Vega 55 CHAPTER 4 NASCAR Engine Development 56 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd. (BMMR) 17

The Tasman Cooper 17 CHAPTER 9 Cooper-Oldsmobile—The Zerex Special 18 1971: Knutson Returns—With Bailey 59 Roger Bailey’s Ticket 61 CHAPTER 5 “Herbie Horsepower” 62 McLaren’s Engine Program—Before Detroit 23 Roger Meets Herbie 63

The Oldsmobile F-85 Aluminum V8 23 CHAPTER 10 Gary Knutson 24 The F1 Indy Ford 25 McLaren Racing 1971–1976 67 The Chevrolet “Small Block” 26 A New McLaren Indy Car 67 The Chevrolet “Big Block” 29 1971 Can-Am Season 70

1972—McLaren’s Last Can-Am Season 71 SECTION III. A NEW Mc LAREN Can-Am Big Block Summary 75 ENGINES: THE RACING BUSINESS 1972: McLaren M16 Wins the 1972 Indy 500 77 1973: The IndyCar Program Continues 77 CHAPTER 15 The Tragic 1973 Indianapolis 500 79 1974 IndyCar Season 80 Rebuilding 117 Team McLaren’s First Indy Victory 81 The 1975 Indianapolis 500 82 Mayer Motor Racing 117 1976 Indianapolis 500: Another Win for McLaren 83 The CART Technical Committee 118 BMW Engine Programs 118 The McLaren Mustang 120 CHAPTER 11 Peugeot V6 Turbo 121 Developing the Turbocharged Porsche Turbos 924 and 944 121 Cosworth DFV 85 1997 Saleen Mustang at Le Mans 122

Taming the Vibes 89 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 12 The Buick Turbo V6 Racing Engine 127 IndyCar Racing: 1977–1979 93 The ARS Engine 131 1977: The M24-DFX Makes Its Debut 94 A Version for IMSA 131 The 1977 Indy 500: Touching 200 96 Buick Turbo V6 Drag Car 133 The 1978 Season 96 Buick LeSabre Turbo V6 Bonneville Car 133 The 1979 Season 97 The Buick Hawk: Six Valves per Cylinder 134

CHAPTER 13 A Skunkworks F1 Engine 1977–1979 101 CHAPTER 17 BMW Returns: The IMSA The BMW 320 Turbo Engine 101 GTP Car 139 1977: Ready to Race 106 The 1978 Season 107 The 1979 Season 109 CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 14 Project 734: McLaren Goes Offshore 145 Crisis and Crossroads 113 SECTION IV. A NEW Mc LAREN Team McLaren Leaves America 113 ENGINES: THE AUTOMOTIVE Decision 114 ENGINEERING BUSINESS A Reprieve … 114

CHAPTER 19 SECTION V. TRANSITIONS McLaren International, McLaren Engines, and ASC-McLaren 155 CHAPTER 23 ASC-McLaren 156 The McLaren Engines/ASHA Merger 199 The Buick GNX 157 The Cadillac LMP Engine 201 The Pontiac Grand Prix Turbo 161 The Ramjet ZL1 Crate Engine 205 The Transition Continues: A New Investor 206 CHAPTER 20 Indy Car Racing: One More Time 206 Acquiring Dart Machine, Ltd. 206 Other Niche-Market Program Selling Gerodisc 207 Opportunities 169

The GMC Syclone Prototype 169 CHAPTER 24 The Supercharged Oldsmobile W-Car Convertible Linamar Acquires McLaren 209 Proposal 170 A Niche-Market Postmortem 171 CHAPTER 25 CHAPTER 21 McLaren Acquires New OEM Programs 213 A New Customer: Ford Motor Co. 175 Generation III Viper Engine Development 213 The Breakthrough 177 The Generation IV Viper Engine 214 “Belden Court”–The Vehicle Development Center 179 Lamborghini Huracán Competition Engine Programs 215 Electric Vehicle Powertrain 218

CHAPTER 22 CHAPTER 26 Other Automotive Engineering Business 183 A New Headquarters and a New Name 221

Legend Industries 183 Project Unity: Going Forward 222 The PPG Pace Cars 185 Appendices 225 O’Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt 188 Other OEM Projects 190 About the Author 247 General Motors 190 Delphi 192 Index 249 Eaton Corporation 193 Catalytic Converter Testing and Development 194 Other Projects 194