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To: Chode

What If F1 ENGINES Had No Rules?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlKOrg0zpKY


5,983 posted on 05/17/2024 12:20:53 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode
"What If F1 ENGINES Had No Rules?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlKOrg0zpKY"

He left out one of the key lessons from the 3.5 liter era. The most thermally-efficient cylinder displacement is 300-350 CCs.

Ferrari stuck with the V12 during the 3.5L era because it was only 8 CCs/cyl short of 300. But when FIA reduced displacement to 3000 CCs, their 250 CC jugs wouldn't have been competitive, so they switched to the V-10.

And Enzo rolled over in his grave.

The third season for the 3-liter format, everybody on the grid was running V-10s.

So the most competitive engine you could build also would need to be built around 350 CC cylinders.

5,984 posted on 05/17/2024 7:50:05 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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