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      04-28-2010, 12:58 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by michaelthepsycho View Post
LOL. I read that too! Mechanical engineering FTW!

I think V8's are the minimum. Anything below that has negative torque between power strokes... Why not just turbo the current V8? Keeping it the same power while reducing the rev limiter? Surely that could save some fuel and reduce emissions...
Your suggestion is unfortunately too brilliant for F1 to grasp.

It's like Steve Matchett's suggestion that instead of switching to V8s, F1 should have just put in air restrictors for their V10s
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