<VV> Flat six at Indy?

[moonpie8n at comcast.net]

You guys are always one step ahead of me, ..... but , I think we all know the formulas at INDY are politically designed [whatever Penske and Ganassi like]. IN the '80s [maybe a little later too] you had to have a March , or McLaren to be competitive [like Penske and the "POWERS THAT BE"] My understanding is that the "Aero" package was designed for those cars. I wish the "BIG" race was made up of American race cars and engines [like the "OLD" days]. With the exotic metals , and coatings we have today, I am surprized they haven't figured a way to get even expansion and control the heat while making 800 hp [or more]. After all , you can feed it with 200 mph air, then duct it to where you want it to make the "AERO" work...... 
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From: jvhroberts at aol.com 
To: Sethracer at aol.com, moonpie8n at comcast.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org 
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 6:02:04 PM 
Subject: Re: <VV> Flat six at Indy? 

Oh, you did it now! You mentioned the P name!! LOL 

John Roberts 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Sethracer at aol.com 
To: moonpie8n at comcast.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
Sent: Wed, Dec 15, 2010 3:50 pm 
Subject: <VV> Flat six at Indy? 




In a message dated 12/15/2010 11:58:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
moonpie8n at comcast.net writes: 

The flat motors wouldn't work at INDY either. They would have to make 
the 
cars wider which screwed up the "AERO" package. Even though the 180 
motor 
has some real advantages, .... Since it has equal thrust on the 
crankshaft 
from each side [not down on a 45 dgree angle], ...,friction can be 
reduced. 
That' s why you never saw one of "Enzo's" engines at "Indy". They were 
obviously powerful enough [kick butt in Formula "1"]..... 
Bob Isaac 



Someone forgot to tell Porsche! 1980 Porsche specs below - Allowable 
boost 
reduced due to political pressure from Cosworth engined teams. Porsche 
withdrew. 


Engine: 2.65 litre, air cooled cylinders and water cooled heads, six 
cylinder boxer. Four valves per cylinder. Over 800 bhp. 

Derivative of the 935 motor. AIr cooled Cylinders! - Cool! 

Seth Emerson 

C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro, Corvette 
San Jose, CA 



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