New owners Bevan Davidson International Ltd  have big plans for Villiers. They understand and respect the great heritage of this old British engineering company. Famous for its large range of innovative engines which have been used to power a huge range of vehicles and equipment since its inception in of which many are still running today.

Its on this solid foundation of engineering excellence that the new owners plan to move forward again. Villiers have a very exciting range of engines already under development, with some already running.

These new  powerplants will be used in Villiers sister companies vehicles within the BDI group. They will also be offered for sale to outside companies and individuals. Here is an over view of these new engines which illustrates the companies dynamic approach engine design.

We will release more data and performance figures on all our engines together with videos of dyno test sessions as and when they become available.

V10 2 LITRE

This is an engine originally designed by Connaught (a sister company in the BDI Group) for use in the Type D Syracuse car. It has since had a major update and further development work by Villiers, led by the original Connaught chief engineer Tim Bishop. Tim is also MD of Villiers and as such is involved in all the companies engineering projects.

The V10 is unique in many ways not least being its extremely narrow 22.5 degree V layout. Indeed it uses just one cylinder head to cover both banks of cylinders. It was designed at the outset as a hybrid  engine being mated toan electric high torque motor which gets the vehicle up to speed when the v10 would kick in and take over. It was also developed to run a supercharger for a high performance application.

It is also unique in that it uses large needle roller bearings around the crank, which also serve as the main crank journals.

Its block, heads and intake manifolds are all cast in aluminium and it runs a dry sump.

Its design and firing order have been developed to ensure that the engine runs super smooth. In fact in testing when running there is virtually no vibration evident.

The basic specification of the V10 engineis:

The V10 development program is going well and we hope to have a new engine running on the dyno in a matter of weeks.

The engine was designed at the outset with modular characteristics. This allows the casting of a number of different configurations such as: V8, V6, V4, V2, V5 and indeed a V3 engine was made early on to run as a pump motor. A V6 version is already under development.

V6 1.2 LITRE

Villiershave been working on this variant of the V10 for the last 12 months. We now have the block, heads and intake manifolds cast awaiting machining. All the internal components are ready so it shouldn’t be too long before we have a running engine ready for testing.

The V6 shares the same design and architecture as the V10. Its 22,5 degree V design make for a very compact V6, so much so sister company Levis Motorcycles are using it to power their upcoming Café Racer Motorcycle and other variants in their planned range.

We also plan to twin turbocharge the engine for use in sports car applications. We will release further information on this at a later date.

The basic specification of the V6 engine is:

V TWIN 1.2 LITRE

This is a state of the art new air cooled 60 degree V engine designed to look like a traditional air cooled V Twin. It is very compact due to its short stroke compared to similar sized engines.

It runs 4 valve heads with twin cams driven by external belts and features dry sump lubrication. In terms of development we are at the bare casting stage with the major cast components done awaiting machining. We anticipate having a fully running engine within the next 6 months.

Our sister company Connaught Motorcycles plan to use this engine in their new retro inspired V Twin motorcycle.

The basic specification of the V twin engine is:

TWO STROKE TRIPLE

This enginecan be built in a 1 litre, 1,2 litre and a 1.3 litre configuration. It is a water cooled triple of extremely small size. The engine measures 355mm high x 315mm wide x 200mm deep. It does not run on an oil and petrol mix as does a traditional two stoke engine. Rather it runs on petrol only having an internal oil pump for essential parts lubrication. It runs like a four stroke engine but fires in a two stroke cycle. The result is more power and torque than a conventional four stroke engine with quicker throttle response.

It is lighter than a similar four stroke engine due to the lack of valve train gear and camshafts.

A prototype engine has been running in a test hill climb car to great success. We will be supplying sister companies Sopwith and ABC Motorcycles with this engine for use in their new vehicles.

The basic specification of the two stroke engine is:

X20 4 LITRE

This is at the moment an experimental engine. We have looked into the data and calculations of mating two V10 engines via a common spacer plate at the bases of the two engines. This gives an X20 configuration with the two motors mated together horizontally. Each engine will be linked via bevel gears or a chain drive to a central output shaft where the clutch and gearbox would be attached.

The engine would have ten exhausts – five above & five below per side, twenty exhausts in total. Running up to 10,000 RPM it should sound amazing!

The engine would be wide but it would be extremely low and compact vertically, helping to reduce the centre of gravity once installed in a vehicle.

We have a motor mocked up for evaluation though not yet running. Our intention is to develop this concept engine into a working prototype eventually adapting it to run a turbocharged injection system to maximise the power levels. We have plans to run it in a proposed new supercar being built by one of our sister companies.

The basic specification of the X20 engine is: