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Originally Posted by Richard Casto
Sorry for quoting myself... When I typed the above, I was thinking about something like this...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1937747336
That book is by ex-Ilmor people and tells the story of the pushrod engine built by Ilmor Engineering for the 1994 Indy 500 that was eventually badged as a Mercedes (this was back before Mercedes bought that company which eventually became the group that built the current F1 engine for Mercedes).
I am not sure this current Honda saga is book worthy (I would buy a copy), but I do expect at some point, someone will step out of the shadows and tell the story.
Richard |
That would be Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines Ltd. In 2005, Mario Illien in partnership with Roger Penske bought the Special Projects division from Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines Ltd., because it was involved in developing the Honda IndyCar engine from 2003-2006 with HPD, Honda Performance Development. The new company, which is totally independent of Mercedes, is again called Ilmor Engineering Ltd.