Mountune NGTC Engine
If you’re a Twitter user, you’ll understand the concept of ‘trends’. If you were to look at what has trended so far in the 2011 BTCC season, ‘turbo engines’ would be near the top.
Engines are complicated, especially if you’re not from a technical background. That’s why our latest article (Tech focus: Turbo engines explained) attempts to get under the skin the issue, by returning to basics and asking the boss of Mountune, David Mountain, to explain just why a turbo engine has such an advantage.
Another topic that would trend in the 2011 BTCC is ‘Jason Plato’. Although, that would probably be true of any BTCC season in the past eight years – the reigning champion always attracts attention and is consistently the most ‘searched for’ driver on this site.
Plato has been vocal in expressing his views on the engine issue – but what else would we expect from a professional who wants to win races? Especially when the regs promise ‘parity’.
Parity is a controversial concept, but one that the BTCC has embraced and promises to enforce between S2000 and NGTC engined cars until full NGTC takes over in 2014.
NGTC is the future of the BTCC – no arguments about that – but the present includes S2000. If Chevrolet had opted to fit turbocharged engines in its Cruzes this year, we probably wouldn’t have heard anything about the difference in engines. As a manufacturer in the BTCC, Chevrolet wants to win.
Expect to hear more about engine parity as the season goes on…
Tags: BTCC 2011, Mountune, NGTC, Parity, S2000, Turbo engines
