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Originally Posted by wgknestrick
Why do they then only permit poppet valves, or fixed length intakes?
F1 was such a good "think tank" for engineering development and it should be treated that way. Now I don't really like the super high rev limits on the engines, (would rather see around 8K RPM) and then force the teams to make their HP other ways that are more easily adaptable to production engines. Stock short block would be another good rule, Diesel, turbines, etc.
The aero rules are where teams are spending so much money now, not engine development. Racing without engineering development is wasteful entertainment.
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I agree with aspects of your arguement, but 8K redline? WTF, there are stock production cars that rev higher than that. You can't do anything with that kind of redline, gearing would have to be extremely long, and the engines would have to be huge in order to make the kind of power necessary to run the way they do. The world is leading towards other means of energy etc for production engines, let the race cars do what they do best. Race!