|
Off Topic Off Topic - General non-Corvette related discussion. |
|
Share | Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
10-12-2020, 9:06pm | #1 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Woodland, CA
Posts: 12,542
Thanks: 7,769
Thanked 5,598 Times in 1,990 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1524159
|
Richard Hammond documentary about the design of Formula 1 cars - free on Youtube
They start the heater 3 hours before the race to get the block up to operating temperature, before they can start it. Never knew this. The fit of the pistons in the cylinders is so tight, that if they started it cold, they would damage the engine due to metal expansion.
|
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to Wathen1955 For This Useful Post: |
10-12-2020, 10:32pm | #2 | ||||||
Vette Barn Crew
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Virginia
Posts: 591
Thanks: 44
Thanked 460 Times in 213 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $152956
|
Very cool.... some interesting details...
|
||||||
|
|
Support the Barn: |
Download the Mobile App; |
Follow us on Facebook: |
||