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Slick tyres - 1967?
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Early fifties, for American drag racing.
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Pneumatic engine valves Renault 1976?
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Yes, they were the first to race them, but pneumatic valves, in one form or another, have been around for ages. They are only of any real use on very high revving engines. The compressor required to operate them only returns more power than it consumes at very high rpm.
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Electronic engine management Williams and TAG I think.
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1979 on the BMW 633 CSi. But used in aviation long before then.
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Renault bringing the turbo 1500cc into racing - it was widely acknowledged that a 1500cc turbo could not compete with a 3 litre normally aspirated engine! How wrong they were!
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Hardly a new innovation in engine technology. Took a while to get them to work well too, by which time.............