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Worth noting that seventy years ago we had 1.5L V16 F1 engines producing 600HP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Racing_Motors_V16 https://en.wikipedia.org
by arethuza 4y ago
Worth noting that seventy years ago we had 1.5L V16 F1 engines producing 600HP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Racing_Motors_V16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Racing_Motors_V16
They weren't the most reliable things though....
- scarier 4y agoI mean, in the 1980s turbo era F1 engines were putting out way more than that--try around 1000 hp/l! That was done with absurd levels of boost, fuel that bore little to no chemical resemblance to gasoline, and engines with a life expectancy (in qualifying trim) measured in single-digit laps. The advances in modern engines' efficiency and reliability are staggering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M12