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Old Dec 11, 2011 | 10:58 PM
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Default Re: stock vs. stock
Originally Posted by jjeling
................There is no replacement for displacement............
That is hardly a true statement. The current F1 engines, 2.4 liters, V8, and normally aspirated put out about 720 HP at a regulated max of 18,000 rpm, maybe 800 hp at 20,000 rpm. The old 3 liter SC'd V10's reached 1,000 hp.

There are many more engines that are small in displacement that put out a lot of power. So displacement is not the be all and end all as technology trumps it.
 
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