[Shotimes] OT: F1 Slowdown

[Jason Hartberger]

well that just sucks... I've always associated V6 = european, V8 = american.
The analogy of course being finesse and extracting more power per cylinder
rather than just throwing more cylinders on it and making the cylinders
bigger to get more power. I never did like that. I've always felt that
making a better piston design and more efficient engines was always better
than smashing a fly with a buick as far as engine sizes go. One more reason
I highly prefer F1 over NASCRAP.

Jason


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
To: <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:05 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] OT: F1 Slowdown


> http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=56918
>
> If you like your screaming 3.0L 1000hp V10 engines, better watch the races
> for next year and a half because starting in 2006 the teams will be racing
> 2.4L V8s.  The catalyst for the move up in timetable by 2 years presumably
> is due to the near fatal accident of Ralf Schumacher at Indy.  The impact
> was approximately 78Gs in force and broke his back despite wearing the
> HANS device.
> At Silverstone, the cars are now turning in lap times of 3 seconds faster
> than last year, so the continuing development of this technology continues
> at a rapid pace.
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
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