What's the big deal about HP/L? I'll betcha I could design a turbo engine that
produces 2000 HP/L... (getting someone to build it is another matter)
HP/L isn't that meaningful unless you are only comparing very closely sized
engines. For instance, I can go to a store by my house and pick up a naturally
aspirated engine that makes over 700 HP/L. That's a stock engine, nothing
fancy. And it's pretty close to what those F1 engines are doing. I wouldn't
want to put it in my race car though as it's only .21 cubic inches.
I'd agree that 1000 HP/L is the upper limit for 1.5L turbo engines conforming
to the F1 rules in the 1980's. But I don't think it's an absolute upper limit
in general.
Mike
----- Original Message ----
From: joseph lance <jolylance@earthlink.net>
To: Jim Dincau <jdincau@qnet.com>; land Speed List <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:34:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Fw: Test
If I remember correctly those Offys were producing about 1100 HP ?
Any body remember what their displacement was ?
1000 HP per Liter seems to be about the upper limit for turbo engines.
Lance in Springdale
> According to Gordon White's book "Offenhauser" at the end of the Offy
> turbo
> era (1976) they were running 115" of boost for qualifying and 85" in the
> race. I think that is approximately 58 and 44 pounds respectively.
> Jim in Palmdale
>
>
>
>
>>> The F1 cars are the ones that ran the crazy boost in the 80's with 1500
>>> cc engines.. How about 60 lbs.. And 1400 hp or so.. They ran them on
>>> toluene benzene and acetone for fuel I forget the exact mix but if
>>> memory serves me right around 85/10/4 and a splash of gasoline so you
>>> could call it 'gasoline with some additives' LOL
>>>
>>> Indy cars run 7 or 7.5 pounds above atmospheric
>>> Dave
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