>"...Top fuel drag racing engines now make around 8000 horsepower from 8 liters". Yep. For about 4 to 5 seconds!
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT:Racing Movies-was:Pentaxc in the movies > > On Mar 15, 2004, at 5:36 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > > Must have been aerodynamics or suspension or something, because I > > refuse to believe that those big Chevy V8's could move the cars as > > fast as that Turbo. > > > > > It wasn't aerodynamics. In truth, it's not hard to make well over 1000 > horsepower with a normally aspirated Chevy V8. The ports and valves are > sewer size, and the chamber design allows for at least 13.5:1 > compression ratio with little valve restriction. That's horsepower. The > engine doesn't know it has pushrods. Hell, the world's most powerful > automotive engines are pushrod engines. Top fuel drag racing engines > now make around 8000 horsepower from 8 liters. That would be 8 litres > to the Porsche boys <g>. >
