It was 1500cc and the motors only made in excess of 1200hp (they don't know
exactly because BMW's dyno's only went to 1200hp) in qualifying trim. In
race trim the motors were making well below 1000hp, more in the 600-700hp
range. BMW used factory road going blocks for the F1 cars. In fact they
went out and looked for "weathered" blocks with around 60,000 miles to use.
Speaks to the quality of construction.
Mark Radelow
From: "Holland J. Phillips" <[email protected]>
To: Ben Randolph <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: 1.8T stuff(my project-for those interested)
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:44:12 -0700
Ben Randolph wrote:
> if done properly and the same way, the reliability of any 4 cyl is
> pretty much the same, regardless of the number of valves it has. the 8v
> might even have the most reliability, since it has the least amount of
> moving parts.
As a case in point, back in the turbo era of F1, BMW was getting close to
2,000, yes that's 2,000, hp out of a 1400cc 4cyl engine in qualifying trim.
In race trim, they put out around 1400 hp, and stayed together for an entire
race...
--Holland
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