[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Audi & F1
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! Looking forward to the Canadian GP in Montreal -- only one month to go! ----- Tom Haapanen -- Software Metrics Inc. -- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada A Microsoft Solution Provider Partner -- http://www.metrics.com/ >-----Original Message----- >Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 06:09:33 -0400 >From: Allan Jones <ampj@tiac.net> >Subject: Re: Audi & F1 > > Although I am a fairly new fan of F1, I've been completely sucked >in...I now get up on Sunday mornings! to watch races live and I am also >reading various F1 articles in publications to absorb as much info as >possible...I don't even read PPG CART articles anymore! I am still >clueless, however, about all the differences, specs, and rules. But >after reading the above posts, what I really want to know is how they >make the engines sound so god-damned thrilling without using >turbochargers!?? > >
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