Originally posted by afm
Show me a winnning engine that runs consistently over a 60 minute main at 300°F without destroying itself, or at least become useless afterwards.
Come on TG!!!!........ Until then, lets be realistic with what the market has to offer.
AFM
Talk to the winning guys who realy runs fast and 60 minuts race and they will tell you what temp their engine come out from A-main.
Winning engine is engine which is installed on winner's car, but there is touthands of similar engines which are not winners. If you look the statistic, some brands has more problems, some less.
Novas are much more reliable that any other well known brand today and Sirio is known has a lot problem with conrods and cranck pins.
BTW, tether cars at speed 320 km/hour come out from track 425 F. I know it is short period of time, but it is 425 F!!!!!!!!!
Nothing is going to be destroyed ( or shouldn't be at 300F), if it is, it is big error of design or it is done in perpouse to keep people buying new engines every time when they make even very small mistake in tunning. It is realy easy to blame racer that he tuned engine too lean and this is why engine blew up.
Have you ever see any of the manufacturers take blame of blew up piston? Give me one sample. Please.