Mmmmmmm.... M power.... 1350hp out of a 1.5L cylinder production car block...
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Mmmmmmm.... M power.... 1350hp out of a 1.5L cylinder production car block...
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../12/0043-1.jpg
My mate was telling me about this last night!!!!
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and comes with an all-inclusive 15 minute warranty! LOL
ah the 1980's - they need to relax the regs in F1 to make it a bit more interestingQuote:
Originally Posted by Blitzen
i'll post some vids from some turbo f1 cars at the Goodwood festival when i get a chance
the engines were capable of producing over 1500hp, but they were qualifying specials - ie they would only last enough time to do a warm up lap, a qualifying quickie and a cool down lap before they were screwed
Benetton Ford V6
and a vid of a JPS Lotus warming up at Goodwood
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work equip 01's?!?!? hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by bigfoot
I took this pic at the BMW museum at Spartenburg, in South Carolina. It was funny, looking at the block, seeing where the the old alternator mounts and other stuff from the stock 2002 1.6L had been machined off... What alot of people don't realise is that these blocks had done at least 100,000km in a normal BMW 2002 road car before they were made into a fire breathing monster... This is why they are classed as the most powerful production car engine ever produced.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigfoot
apparently they used to leave the blocks out in the weather and the engineers used to wee on themQuote:
Originally Posted by Blitzen
its all to do with the metallurgical structure of cast iron :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bigfoot