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Old 4 Jun 2014, 20:10 (Ref:3415433)   #765
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knighty should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridknighty should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
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I am pretty sure that all high revving engines are oversquare because the bottleneck is piston speed, and because you can fit bigger valves, and at high rpm that makes a big diffrence

I would also agree with that, but as above its acelleration and therefore low mass, not speed.....really there are many reasons......all of them totally un-related to road car technology for the mass market!

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