CFD cuts development time for a race winning engine
When an engine specialist as experienced as Brian Kurn is excited about a technology, others in the field tend to take notice. If they don't, they should. Kurn is currently in charge of valvetrain development together with all virtual prototyping technologies, including engine and valvetrain simulation, as well as CFD at ECR Engines, a division of Richard Childress Racing. In a career spanning 25 years he has worked for some of the biggest names in the sport, including Roush, Hendrick and with Toyota team Bill Davis Racing. Kurn started his craft building and improving V8 engines for the small dirt tracks and worked his way up to the elite series in NASCAR.
