Do you think the FIA should switch to a 3.0L I6?

[Howard]

I'm thinking that they could get more power out of an inline 6-cyl powerplant. What do you guys think?

Then again, you never know with the FIA. They want less speed because it's safer, but then they want to see more passing...

 

[Bignate603]

From my understanding they use the V10 engines because they allow them to have big flat cylinders (large bore, small stroke) which let them shoot RPM through the roof, giving them more top end power. The bigger cylinders of a I6 would give nice low end torque but that's not what FIA racing uses most of the time.

 

[boyRacer]

Hell no... FIA is made up of stupid idiots... so much for being the top Formula and the pinnacle of motorsports if they go that way... more power my @$$... all they want is to lower down cost (which makes no sense because the richer teams will still have more resources to develop techonology if a new formula of engines is introduced) and they want to wipe out any current advantage the dominant team has... which right now is Ferrari. If anything, I wanted V12s to be reintroduced... which was about to happen... but noooooooooo... its banned until the Concorde agreement expires... :disgust: Those 4 banger turbos of the past were awesome though... 1000hp out of a 4 banger... hahaha...😀



I swear... I hope the teams do breakaway from the FIA by 2007 or 2008... Max Mosley is a moron.

 

[Howard]

BMW's 1.5L put out 1000HP/L.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
From my understanding they use the V10 engines because they allow them to have big flat cylinders (large bore, small stroke) which let them shoot RPM through the roof, giving them more top end power. The bigger cylinders of a I6 would give nice low end torque but that's not what FIA racing uses most of the time.

Assuming bore/stroke ratio remains the same, would the I6 not rev higher? Less reciprocating mass. BTW, one Skyline currently has a rev limit of ~14K RPM, but I forget its name.

 

[brtspears2]

I dont care as long as I keep seeing very high speeds.

 

More cylinders equate to more valves which equate to better breathing, think of engines as air pumps, the more air you pump in, the more power you will produce.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Stick with the 3.0L V10.

 

[Zebo]

Where's the unlimited (open class) option. We need more crashes.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: Carbonyl
Where's the unlimited (open class) option. We need more crashes.

That's what NASCAR is for... 😀

 

[Howard]

Thanks again for reminding me, Roger. 🙂