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Re: turbo notes

To: rjbfspso@ix.netcom.com, autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: turbo notes
From: "Jeffrey Lloyd" <jslz3@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:25:50 PST
I thought F1 was just that A unlimited Road Racing Class where anything 
goes or was that just the theory

Jeff Lloyd

>
>For those interested in more turbo trivia: the F1 turbo formula from 
the mid 
>to late '80's was only 1.5 liters!!!!! There is a copy of a research 
paper in 
>the SAE book "Design of Racing and High Performance Engines" about the 
Honda 
>motors. They claim the power of the 1987 motor was 750 kW (kilowatts?) 
at 
>about 12,000 rpm!!! I'm not sure how that converts to horsepower but if 
Fejda
>shows up with that much he can count on a rules change!!!!
>
>                                                Bob   
>
>Bob Barone



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