There is a class for Hybrids at LeMans, are GM going to race the Volt there? LOL I doubt it.

There is a class for Hybrids at LeMans, are GM going to race the Volt there? LOL I doubt it.

…or, I would like to see, removing fuel altogether from F1 and concentrate on compressed air; there are so many different opportunities in The Environment to produce compressed air.

…or, I would like to see, removing fuel altogether from F1 and concentrate on compressed air; there are so many different opportunities in The Environment to produce compressed air.

Way back in the “dark ages” NASCAR used real stock cars. Then they allowed “safety” improvements. Someone found that the roll cage could be used to strengthen the frame (frames were separate items then) and that helped handling. Ford’s 9″ differential was the strongest so everyone used them. The design was carried over to the current cars, but the differential is built by an after market supplier with stronger materials than were ever in the ones used in the ’60′s and ’70′s. Fuel injection could reduce fuel consumption and increase power, but then NASCAR would have to find another way to slow the cars. I believe that the records that Bill Elliot set at Talledega (212.+) and Daytona (210.+) with his ’85 or ’86 Thunderbird still stand. Smaller engines and restrictor plates under the carburetors solved the speed problem even though the cars became smaller and more aerodynamic.

Current major organization racing rules definitely kill innovation.

NASCAR could fix this. Set the engine displacement limit to 4.0 liters rather than the current 5.7. Require that the stock design fuel system be used, although with different flow capacity injectors. Require that the showroom wheel geometry must be used within the service limits. Require showroom ride height less not more than 2 inches. Require the bodywork to be showroom stock. (Anyone else for Plymouth “Superbirds” and Ford “Torino Talladegas”?)

I know. IT JUST AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN.

Way back in the “dark ages” NASCAR used real stock cars. Then they allowed “safety” improvements. Someone found that the roll cage could be used to strengthen the frame (frames were separate items then) and that helped handling. Ford’s 9″ differential was the strongest so everyone used them. The design was carried over to the current cars, but the differential is built by an after market supplier with stronger materials than were ever in the ones used in the ’60′s and ’70′s. Fuel injection could reduce fuel consumption and increase power, but then NASCAR would have to find another way to slow the cars. I believe that the records that Bill Elliot set at Talledega (212.+) and Daytona (210.+) with his ’85 or ’86 Thunderbird still stand. Smaller engines and restrictor plates under the carburetors solved the speed problem even though the cars became smaller and more aerodynamic.

Current major organization racing rules definitely kill innovation.

NASCAR could fix this. Set the engine displacement limit to 4.0 liters rather than the current 5.7. Require that the stock design fuel system be used, although with different flow capacity injectors. Require that the showroom wheel geometry must be used within the service limits. Require showroom ride height less not more than 2 inches. Require the bodywork to be showroom stock. (Anyone else for Plymouth “Superbirds” and Ford “Torino Talladegas”?)

I know. IT JUST AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN.

It is not really new technology. Automobiles are just a new application. and just out of curiosity, wouldn’t a regenerative braking system such as Ford has in the 2010 Fusion also qualify as a KERS system? I know. This is also just a new application and Ford wasn’t the first.

It is not really new technology. Automobiles are just a new application. and just out of curiosity, wouldn’t a regenerative braking system such as Ford has in the 2010 Fusion also qualify as a KERS system? I know. This is also just a new application and Ford wasn’t the first.

He’s right about F1. They will still use a boatload of fuel.

BTW, nobody has sold or has a KERS system production ready.