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In a drag race you fight for traction and have to have the timing, shifts, etc right on. In a road course, however, your tractions problems are not only from accelerating, but braking. Then you have acceleration while turning, braking while turning, and so on. In a formula 1 race those cars...

I'm glad I read this thread, as I've been having somewhat similar thoughts. When you're cruising around in your perfectly tuned stang, it's the best thing in the world. But when you're sitting in traffic in 95 degree heat without a/c, worrying about how long your car is gonna last before it...

When I'm in the twisties (that means a tight, twisty road, for all you drag racers), I never go below 7500-8000 rpms. .. Course that's on a sport bike :)

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but: Alright, obviously getting higher ratio gears doesn't affect how much hp your engine makes. However, if I remember right a dynojet dyno just measures how fast your tires can spin those big drums (for measuring rwhp. for torque you need engine rpm as...

Hey guys, I'm new here.. been reading for a while. I sorta wandered over here from the vintage-mustang forums. I've got a 68 so don't kick me out of here :) Anyway, I was reading up on the formula 1 engines and I still can't get over how they rev past 18000 rpms. Alright, so they've...