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Originally Posted by shakran
They tear down the engine of a pro dragster after it runs for less than a mile. One mile and you're in for a total engine rebuild. Comparing race car engines to street engines is like comparing apples to spaceships. There's just no comparison.
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Just the top fuel cars get torn down after every race
The rest: funny car, pro mod, ect don't get torn down
unless something breaks.
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Originally Posted by shakran
Well. . . actually if you're talking REAL street cars at the race track, they run on high octane gasoline. I'm talking real racing, with turns here, not drag racing. They've been rebuilt to take the massively increased power their engines are putting out. The specialized gasoline they run is only a higher octane to prevent predetonation, and the subsequent grenading of their engines.
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"REAL RACING"????......
I spend every chance I get at the drag strip
those curvy tracks
boring
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Originally Posted by shakran
Sure, I suppose you're right there. So we're going to totally redesign the entire automotive infrastructure for a fuel that costs more, both monetarilly and in natural resources, to make than the fuel we have now? Where are the advantages here?
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Unfortunately, I don't think we are going to have a choice.
The price of oil is going to continue to rise.
We have oil for now, but for how long?
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