Actually Cosworth is over 20k rpm in qualifying trim..LOL 19k is in
'endurance trim' LOL
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: <jgmagoo@comcast.net>
To: "land-speed-digest" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:28 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] Torque Drop>From>JG Magoo
> Doc,
>
> You wrote: "if you can keep the cylinders filled"....
>
> Right there you came very close to answering your own question. ;o)
>
> Think about this. A current Formula-One V-8, NATURALLY ASPIRATED, turns
> 19,000 RPM. That means each cylinder needs to be 'completely filled'
> 158-TIMES PER SECOND!
>
> Can you immagine a beer-bottle-filling-machine at a brewery trying to fill
> 158 beer bottles per second?
>
> At some point, it just can't be done..........and efficiency drops off.
> ;o)
>
> JGMagoo
>
> Can you say, "Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow" 158 times per second? ;o)
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