Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 2008 USPG Ticket Renewals & Montreal?

[LarryT (l02turner]

Thanks for the help Todd!  I'd forgotten the exact size.    One thing I did 
remember was they had the capacity of less than a big 2.0L Coke bottle!  And 
from that they could crank out almost 1500hp - granted, it wasn't for long, 
but just the same, having something called a "Grenade Engine" inches behind 
your head must have been pretty darned  exciting!
;-)\

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Walke" <racertod [at] racertodd.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 2008 USPG Ticket Renewals & Montreal?


> LarryT wrote:
>
> > Ahhh... the memories of being at the 84 Detroit GP  - the last couple of
> > years of the Turbo Time - those little cars - turbo cars were around 2.0L
> > IIRC, and they would absolutely *Scream*!!  I walked thru a parking deck
> > when moving from one location to another and Good Lord!,  the noise was
> > amazing!  Can't recall which engine they ran - probably the whole range of
> > V8s, 12's ?  - must have had pistons like thimbles to stay under 2.0L/
>
>         The turbo-era motors were 1.5 liters.  Interestingly, the BMW
> 4-cylinder motor used a stock production block from the BMW1600/2002 
> street
> cars.  I've heard they would source the blocks from running cars in local
> junkyards as opposed to using new blocks.  The idea being that a used
> engine was well seasoned from many hot/cold cycles.  I've also heard that
> in addition to bolting the head to the block, some of the turbo motors 
> also
> had the heads welded to the block to try to keep them from blowing off
> under the 70-80lbs of boost they ran.
>
>
> Todd
> Seattle,WA
> '86 GTI, Red of course. (exciting racey car)  265,000 miles
> '87 Golf, Polar Silver. (boring work car)     619,000 miles <- Yeah, baby!
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