The British Racing Motors V8 was a four-stroke, naturally aspirated, 1.5 L (92 cu in), V-8 racing engine, designed, developed and built by British Racing Motors (BRM) to compete in Formula One racing, also an enlarged 2.0 L (120 cu in) version was used for sports car racing.

By the end of the 1961 season BRM had managed to build an engine designed by Peter Berthon and Aubrey Woods (BRM P56 V8) (2.6975 x 2.0 in, 68.5 x 50.8 mm) which was on a par with the Dino V6 used by Ferrari and the Coventry Climax V8 used by other British teams.

Jul 21, 2018 · How many V8 F1 engines existed at any time? Starters with BRM engines at the British GP give an indication: * 1961 -- zero (BRM entered Climax engined cars) * 1962 -- three cars * 1963 -- ten...

Formula One World Championship Grands Prix only. The BRM P83 was a Formula One racing car designed by Tony Rudd and Geoff Johnson and built by British Racing Motors for the new engine regulations of 1966.

Oct 12, 2014 · Graham Hill’s 1962 championship winning mount was a BRM V8 engined variant of the P57 spaceframe chassis, 1.5-litre Coventry Climax FPF engined car used in 1961. Hill fought a season long battle with Jim Clark in Colin Chapman’s revolutionary monocoque Lotus …

With the new engine the car was designated P578. This engine was a brand-new fuel injected V8 which revved up to 11000 rpm. A huge improvement on the Coventry Climax's 7500 rpm engine.

Mar 29, 2020 · The BRM V8 also proved highly effective in enlarged form into the early years of 3-litre Formula 1 racing, 1966-68. It was enlarged first to 1880, then 1998 and finally 2070cc form for single-seater Tasman Championship and World-class endurance racing, powering most notably the early Matra coupes.

Car: BRM B56 / Engine: 90º V8 / Maker: BRM / Bore X Stroke: 68.5 X 50.8 mm / Year: 1962 / Capacity: 1,498 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 188 bhp at 10,250 rpm / Wheelbase: 89.8 inches / Track...

With a total of 18 Race wins in all competitions with 6 of them in Grand Prix, the P261 was most successful car built by BRM. Graham Hill driving P261/2 debues the P261 at the Snetterton Spring Meeting. The P261 makes it Grand Prix debut at Monaco, P261/4 and P261/3 driven by Graham Hill and Ritchie Ginther finish 1st & 2nd.

Feb 5, 2016 · The ‘Stackpipe’ 1.5-litre P56 BRM V8 nestled in one of Graham Hill’s BRM P57/578 chassis’ during his and BRM’s victorious 1962 season… This series of engines was immensely successful being competitive throughout the 1961-5 1.5-litre F1 and was a bit stiff not to have won the title on multiple occasions.