"Dave Plowman (News)" through a haze of senile
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In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Anyway, there's absolutely no reason that they should not exceed
100BHP/litre, is there?

Cost
Fuel efficiency.
Tractability.
Noise
Pollution
Fuel.

Racing engines are optimised towards peak power to weight and peak
power.

Car engines are optimised towards low production cost, fuel efficiency
and tractability. Theyhave to meet noise and pollution standards. They
have to run off pump fuel. F1 engines may all run on the same 'lowish
octane fuel', but its not what you buy at Tescos..

Both the BMW and Honda units that are around

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