Re: Audi & F1

[Allan Jones <ampj@tiac.net>]

I asked:
> >       Although I am a fairly new fan of F1...........
> >...........sound thrilling without using turbochargers!??

frankbauer@thevine.net wrote:
> allan:15K rpm helps!
> pneumatic valve actuation is the key...

MSV96@aol.com wrote:
> By making them rev to 16-17k rpm's!!!!

ScHiZo wrote:
> Uhhh. . .lots of money?

Paul_Royal@idx.com wrote:
>           turbos tend to quiet race motors..think about the design of turbo
>            vs.
>           NA engines.

Tom Haapanen wrote:
> Actually racing cars tend to sound better *without* turbos -- an exhaust
> turbocharger acts, to some degree, as a muffler, and damps those
> wonderful engine notes.  The glorious scream of a nornally aspirated V10
> turning 15,000 times a minute just can't be beat!

	O.K., I'll accept most of these answers, but tomorrow's quiz will have
questions that demand your answers to be more specific! ;-)

	Seriously, though, I understand how a turbo can 'quiet' a race motor,
but I REFUSE to believe that ALL racing cars "sound better *without*
turbos! Have you watched the Indy 500 time trials at all this year!? If
so, have you sat down and_listened_to the IRL's idea of a race car!??!
Those V-8s(Olds and Infinti, right?) sound so un-inspiring, so American,
so slow, so horrible, so....well, nasty...just MHO. I have no idea how
many RPMs those V-8s are achieving, but the "scream of a nornally
aspirated V8 turning X times a minute" certainly CAN be beat and is
definitely NOT "glorious!(IMHO, of course) Others may think otherwise,
but I doubt it, because it's quite obvious that those IRL engines sound
significantly less thrilling than the turbocharged engines of CART/PPG,
which I have heard in person twice. Unfortunately, for my only close and
affordable opportunity, I am left suffering with the IRL cars from now
on, or at least until the IRL goes under and CART returns to the
N.H.I.S. in Loudon, NH. :-(
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          ALLAN    ampj@tiac.net    '86 COMMEMORATIVE DESIGN COUPE GT
          JONES    Burlington MA     169K and sitting in many pieces
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