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ha its still exciting. i liked it better when manufacturers had the choice of how many cylinders to have and valves and all that stuff, only limited by displacement.
i went last weekend to the austrailian v8 super cars at circuit of Americas. now that was exciting! 10 times cooler then the F1 in my opinion. the cool thing about them is there are 4 manufacturers, nissan, Holden, ford, and Mercedes. all 5 liter, limited at 7,500 rpm, 630 hp i think. each of them made a very distinct sound. the Merc sounded just like a and F1 car, and the nissan sounded really nice too. and the others sounded burly. but they are all factory engine blocks just built up. de-tuned in some cases. i got to go into the garage and talk to some of the drivers and crew. (me being a huge nissan fan i was biased towards the altimas) but man it was a great experience.
sorry to get off topic haha. the KERS is sick and even with the 2 super long straights in austin i think 20 seconds. mmmm... may or may not be to much. i cant imagine it being useful coming out of turns in second gear. but hey ive never driven one. they probably make enough traction to hold it down. but from where i was sitting on turn 19 they were just ripping the tires off coming out of the turns it was nuts!!! bouncing off the rev limmiter... ahh ill shut up now
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