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Old 01-24-2006, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by caveman
It sounds cool driving 1/10TC at 100Km/h with a 4T mod, but the fact is very few people can handle that, TC mod class may died. With 4cell, we will see some power loss initally, but with the pace of battery & motor(especially brushless)technology, in 2-3 years time, horsepower will back to present level. In F1, 1995 they cut engine capacity from 3500cc to 3000cc, they lose about 100HP, from 850HP to 750HP, around 2000 they recovered all the power loss back to 850HP level. Last season some engines(e.g Mercedes) had close to 1000HP.
Back in the time they used 4cil 1500cc BMW motors with a turbo as big as a jet engine 1500HP was the result ..
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