▁forth coming ▁DB 4 . ▁Ted ▁C ut ting ▁was ▁allocated ▁four ▁of ▁the ▁six ▁prototype ▁DB 4 ▁engines ▁made , ▁these ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁DB R 2 ▁cars . ▁This ▁was ▁much ▁to ▁the ▁dis may ▁of ▁T ade k ▁Mare k . ▁When ▁Ted ▁C ut ting ▁got ▁his ▁hands ▁on ▁the ▁newly ▁designed ▁DB 4 ▁engines , ▁he ▁made ▁some ▁fundamental ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁oil ▁delivery ▁system ▁before ▁the ▁unit ▁was ▁fitted ▁into ▁the ▁production ▁DB 4 s . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁hor r ific ▁crash ▁at ▁Le ▁Man ▁some ▁years ▁before , ▁a ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁cc ▁limit ▁was ▁put ▁on ▁championship ▁race ▁car ▁engines , ▁so ▁the ▁DB R 2 s ▁at ▁ 3 . 7 0 0 ▁cc ▁could ▁no ▁longer ▁comp ete ▁at ▁championship ▁events . ▁Sir ▁David ▁Brown ▁then ▁had ▁the ▁idea ▁to ▁send ▁both ▁the ▁DB R 2 s ▁to ▁the ▁USA ▁and ▁to ▁use ▁them ▁as ▁a ▁prom ot ional ▁tool ▁for ▁his ▁new ▁DB 4 . ▁Both ▁DB R 2 s ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁USA ▁with ▁R ex ▁Wood gate ▁and ▁used ▁to ▁good ▁effect . ▁ ▁The ▁all ▁al umin ium ▁bodies ▁for ▁the ▁DB R 2 ▁were ▁also ▁designed ▁by ▁Ted ▁C ut ting . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁similar ▁design ▁to ▁the ▁one ▁he ▁later ▁used ▁on ▁his ▁Le ▁Man ▁winning ▁A ston ▁Martin ▁DB R 1 . ▁The ▁DB R 2 ▁was ▁slightly ▁larger ▁and ▁more ▁aer