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      03-26-2012, 05:47 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by BMWonderful View Post
Holy shit. Did you guys read the part about max rpm's and the piston? It says that at the engines max rpm of 18,000 rpm the piston is moving up and down 300 TIMES A SECOND. God damn...
Technically, they're limited to 18000rpm to keep the R&D costs more equal between rich and poor teams. God knows how high they could go if there were no regulation
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