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Old 18 Mar 2008, 01:33 am   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: F1 Information

Less than 5secs...

Braking G force - 5.5Gs

Cornering G - About 5 in the Suzuka´s 130R corner, some say 6g has been obtained

Older V10 used extremely high end technology to obtain close to 1000hp (actually current F1 cars do make 1000hp, but after pumping and friction losses it goes down to about 800, wich is considered extremely good...) but current engines are all 90º flat crank V8 with máx of 19.000rpms and 4v per cylinder. and can only use metal in their construction, wich makes all their capabilities all the more amazing. The machines that make them have a precision of microns. (FYI: a micron is 75times smaller than a human hair) Magnesium, titanium and even carbon fiber has been used for the transmission casing wich is a full stressed component, so is the engine... etc, etc

If you want more info check in here

Formula One car: Information and Much More from Answers.com

If I find some more cool info I´ll post later
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