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>Same with a car - if it's making a lot of noise, it's poorly tuned or designed. Easily disproved. F1 cars produce about 600 horsepower, are extremely perform

• mootothemax 12y ago
  F1 cars... are loud as fuck. Formula one's new V6 engines are so quiet that they caused a lot of controversy when first introduced: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/06/17/f1-spectators-say-new-engines-2/ http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/06/17/f1-spectators-say-new-...
  • na85 12y ago
    Oh really? That's hilarious. The only race I've been to was in the early 2000's so it was a different engine back then.
    • Already__Taken 12y ago
      3 Litre V10 or 12 oh yes quite different. Long gone are those sounds. Down to 1.6L v6 now is something like what 20% of that displacement? Still nearly as powerful.
• exDM69 12y ago
  Since 2014, F1 cars have a turbo charger and a single exhaust pipe in a very clever hybrid drive system with two electric motor-generator units. In case you didn't follow F1 last year, there was a lot of complaints about the lack of noise. The noise coming out of the exhaust pipe is wasted energy. In previous years, this wasted energy was utilized by putting the exhaust pipes to blow the diffuser, creating more aerodynamic downforce. The 2014 F1 cars consume a lot less fuel (fuel tank is 100 liters vs. 190 liters in 2013), with very little loss in actual performance.