LOL craigslist ad...

[RidinRails]

thrash;317271 wrote:
How much torque do you think an F1 engine makes?

For simplicity's sake, lets assume that in an F1 engine under 2010 rules makes about 750bhp at its rules-limited redline of 18,000 rpm, and that peak torque happens at peak power. (in reality, i beleive that peak torque would be a bit lower in the rpm band)

HP = Torque * RPM / 5252

Torque = HP * 5252 / RPM
torque = 750 * 5252 / 18000

= 218 ft/lbs

Even under the earlier rules where the formula was 3 liter V10s, unlimited on revs, and they were pushing 1000hp, there was still under 300 ft/lbs of peak torque.

are you really comparing a f1 car to a honda civic? WOW!

[DelSlow]

Yes, that's *exactly *what he is doing.

Reading comprehension is difficult.

[Rexwagon]

oh shit son 200 ft/lbs

[Slowica]

RidinRails;317275 wrote:
are you really comparing a f1 car to a honda civic? WOW!

Where do you think F1 got all of their racing knowledge from?

[capitlj]

Slowica;317278 wrote:
Where do you think F1 got all of their racing knowledge from?

From Honda civics of course, not 60 years of research and development by the various teams.:icon_scratch:

[thrash]

Actually, what I am pointing out is that there are plenty of race cars with only around 200 ft/lbs I'd be happy to have in my garage. None of them are honda civics, however.

[out there]

I guess nobody ever bothered to think about most of the older rotary engines, and even the newer NA ones. The current RX8 is only rated at 159 ft/lb.
Unless I misremember, plenty of race-tuned S2000s are/were less than 200 ft/lb of torque.

What about how light F1 cars are? The minimum race weight is 620kg (1367lb). How fast is a stock S2000/RX8/etc? How fast would it be with half the weight and less wind resistance? Science rules.

[thrash]

[zbrown]

that is a keeper right there ^^

[out there]

If your goal with posting that was to incite paralysis from laughter, I think you managed to succeed 100%.