Mark Radelow wrote:

> 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.

Wrong.  1.4 liters/1400cc.  Well over 1500hp in qualifying trim, an easy
1200 in race trim.  And ain't NO friken way they used production blocks -
all alloy.  I have literally DOZENS of VHS tapes of the turbo era races.

--Holland
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