IIRC (if i remember correctly) the 19,000rpm is a mandated (rules)
limit. I do remember someone running OVER 20,000rpm in qualifying.
IIRC Cosworth (who, until recently had more F1 wins than ANYONE) hasn't
made a motor for the current 2.4 formula.
They DO spin those puppies but no one seems to want to tell me how. (I
know its double cubic $, but what do they buy?)
David
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From: land-speed-bounces+davidadin=mercydurango.org@autox.team.net
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Behalf Of Dave Dahlgren
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:35 PM
To: jgmagoo@comcast.net; land-speed-digest
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Torque Drop>From>JG Magoo
Actually Cosworth is over 20k rpm in qualifying trim..LOL 19k is in
'endurance trim' LOL
Dave
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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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