Simviation Forum - V8's to stay

Oct 24^th, 2007 at 11:40am

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This is a good and a bad thing. I was hoping that someday the V10's would return. But on the plus side we dont need to worry about the idea of a 1.4L 4 cylinder engine in the back of the cars. The V8's sound and perform well enough so 10 more years of them is fine by me.

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Reply #1 - Oct 24^th, 2007 at 1:30pm

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I'm glad they're sticking with the 2.4 V8s but I would have been interested to see just how fast and how much bhp they could have got from a 1.4 litre engine...
Somehow I don't think they'd have been quite the same as your average Ford Fiesta/Vauxhall Corsa 1.4s Grin

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Reply #2 - Oct 24^th, 2007 at 3:17pm

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I'm glad they're sticking with the 2.4 V8s but I would have been interested to see just how fast and how much bhp they could have got from a 1.4 litre engine...
Somehow I don't think they'd have been quite the same as your average Ford Fiesta/Vauxhall Corsa 1.4s Grin

A historical study of F1 shows they're very adept at squeezing horsepower from tiny places. I only hope they never decide to reintroduce turbos. Just my 2¢

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Reply #3 - Oct 24^th, 2007 at 3:27pm

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Mushroom_Farmer wrote on Oct 24^th, 2007 at 3:17pm:

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I'm glad they're sticking with the 2.4 V8s but I would have been interested to see just how fast and how much bhp they could have got from a 1.4 litre engine...
Somehow I don't think they'd have been quite the same as your average Ford Fiesta/Vauxhall Corsa 1.4s Grin

A historical study of F1 shows they're very adept at squeezing horsepower from tiny places. I only hope they never decide to reintroduce turbos. Just my 2¢

that was going to be a concession to the teams if they had to goto the 1.4's. Turbos with unlimited output.

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