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Old 19th February 2010, 10:15 AM
Tilly819 Tilly819 is offline
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Originally Posted by davidimurray View Post
A great example of how weight affects performance is FSAE/Formula Student type cars. Typically cars will weigh less than 200kg but only have 50-70hp as they are limited by a 20mm diameter restrictor in the intake system.

So what happens when you put a 470bhp Merc E55 AMG against one of these cars .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmp1LiCY5dM

"Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere." - Colin Chapman, the legendary F1 engineer

thanks for that dave i was wondering what to do for my next project.... , i recon with some slight modification you could get one of those threw IVA

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