[Land-speed] Fw: Test

[Jim Dincau]

 According to Gordon White's book "Offenhauser" at the end of the Offy turbo
 era (1976) they were running 115" of boost for qualifying and 85" in the
 race. I think that is approximately 58 and 44 pounds respectively.
 Jim in Palmdale




>> The F1 cars are the ones that ran the crazy boost in the 80's with 1500
>> cc engines.. How about 60 lbs.. And 1400 hp or so.. They ran them on
>> toluene benzene and acetone for fuel I forget the exact mix but if
>> memory serves me right around 85/10/4 and a splash of gasoline so you
>> could call it 'gasoline with some additives' LOL
>>
>> Indy cars run 7 or 7.5 pounds above atmospheric
>> Dave