On Mar 15, 2004, at 8:54 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
"...Top fuel drag racing engines now make around 8000 horsepower from 8liters". Yep. For about 4 to 5 seconds!
Kenneth Waller
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On Mar 15, 2004, at 5:36 PM, frank theriault wrote:
It wasn't aerodynamics. In truth, it's not hard to make well over 1000Must 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.
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>.