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F-1 - Whatever happened to these?



F1 is going to move to new fuel types, so maybe there's some chance
for development that eventually hit street cars...

On Nov 8, 2007 11:42 AM, Greg Pallett <greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dan, I bet the ladies love it when you use this kind of language with them.
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> On Nov 8, 2007 11:46 AM, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > As engine RPM increases friction increases as the square of the speed. As
> > a result you'd expect the engine's torque per unit displacement and BMEP to
> > decrease with RPM. Before F1 engines were limited to 19,000 RPM this year
> > they had been approaching 20,000 RPM for a race distance. What's interesting
> > is that the torque and BMEP have not dropped even at these stratospheric RPM
> > due to surface coating and friction reduction techniques.
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