20,000 rpm cosworth v8
08-05-2005, 04:13 PM
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Re: 20,000 rpm cosworth v8
This may be a dumb question, but... why do those engines rev so high?
I mean, why do they rev them all the way up to 20k as opposed to 10k or so?
What does the torque curve look like for those? Do they make power all the way up there?
Crazy ----.
I mean, why do they rev them all the way up to 20k as opposed to 10k or so?
What does the torque curve look like for those? Do they make power all the way up there?
Crazy ----.
08-05-2005, 04:22 PM
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Re: 20,000 rpm cosworth v8
Originally Posted by random-strike
Originally Posted by djfob
wonder how that would pull? 
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08-05-2005, 04:44 PM
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Re: 20,000 rpm cosworth v8
Originally Posted by ej1 wilcox
This may be a dumb question, but... why do those engines rev so high?
I mean, why do they rev them all the way up to 20k as opposed to 10k or so?
What does the torque curve look like for those? Do they make power all the way up there?
Crazy ----.
I mean, why do they rev them all the way up to 20k as opposed to 10k or so?
What does the torque curve look like for those? Do they make power all the way up there?
Crazy ----.
08-06-2005, 06:54 AM
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Re: 20,000 rpm cosworth v8
Originally Posted by baldur
That's a 2.4L N/A V8 because the FIA are ******** and Formula 1 is ----. Formula 1 cars were slow already, now they're completely killing the sport.
