"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:08:22 GMT, Jerry Wass
wrote:

Bill Daniels wrote:
Oh, I dunno, you don't win races by blowing up engines - you have to
finish.

In th '50s my dad raced Forumula 3 cars (on methanol ditto fluid, but
that's another story.)

One race he won, he didn't take a victory lap, he just pulled into the
winners circle. When my mom asked him why he said "6 lap race, 6 lap
engine."

I can remember a not to be named but once well known Formula 1 air race guy
thinking out loud as follows ...

"Cooling drag is about 40% of my total drag on the airplane. The average
air race only lasts about 15 minutes. I think an O-200 will run at least 15
minutes without cooling before it siezes. What will happen if we eliminate
the cooling completely?"

Some of the things we consider for racing advantage are not altogether
practical on an everyday non-racing machine! :-)

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