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westom
Nov 01, 2016Explorer
laknox wrote:
The =main= reason that race engines are only 4 cyl, is to =limit= performance to =limit= speeds.
Reason for 4 cylinder engines: those better engines provide sufficient (maximum) power while lasting longer due to innovations that make V-8s unnecessary, wasteful, inefficient, and less reliable.
4 cylinder engines represent advancement of technology. V-8s still exist because so many (management and consumers) fear innovation.
V-8s only exist because innovation (that makes low performance V-8s obsolete) was stifled - most often by cost controls as taught in business schools.
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