[Land-speed] Fw: Test

joseph lance jolylance at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 24 17:34:26 MDT 2007


If I remember correctly those Offys were producing about 1100 HP ?

 Any body remember what their displacement was ?

1000 HP per Liter seems to be about the upper limit for turbo engines.

Lance in Springdale


> 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
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>>> 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


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