17,000+ RPM? not really o/t video

F1 engine running in a shop, I don't usually post non trad stuff, but the throttle response is unreal .At about the halfway point the revs start, don't know how it stays together. Its a hotrod to me anyhow,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGK2bepbRXo

 

whoa thats insane.

 

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!

if you like engines and you don't like that video, there's somethin' wrong with you...


awesome!

 

I think I need to go clean myself up. That was incredible...

 

wow.... that is amazing.

-scott noteboom

 

Hmm.. if only I had a kergillion dollars to spend on one of those. I'd put it in a roadster.

 

Some of the newer F1 engines can turn 20k rpm. To acheive this they don't have camshafts. The valve are actuated using compressed air.

If you like that first video, check this one out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGEqlNU30Tg

The engineers play God Save the Queen with engine revs.
Justin

 

The first engine is amazing, and the secong one is a little funny. The guy with the laptop must be programing the motor to rev the tunes out, thats pretty cool.

 

That didn't sound like the Sex Pistols!

 

holy shit!

 

Jesus. proof that even the f1 guys have way too much free time sometimes.

I wonder if he could do "The eyes of Texas are upon you"...or mabey "prison Bound"...

 

Prison Bound!

 

All the same, you wouldn't see me standing right next to it like that.

 

AMAzin!

 

there are worse ways to die than taking a 'bullet' from an F1. you'd die w/ honor and respect if that was your motor

-scott noteboom

 

bitchin!

 

Good point Scott--if it was my motor I'd probably have more faith in its integrity

 

I love F1 , any one watching the monza race tomorrow?

 

I love how quick those inconel headers become incandescent

 

And to think they run like that for hours on end...

 

I was wondering what those were made of.

 

Amazing! I thought rotarys could rev up fast... Can't believe how bright those headers get!

 

I could watch that over and over. As a matter of fact I DID watch that over and over.

 

Its crazy to think the stroke on those engine is only about an inch and a half.

 

They do have camshafts. I think that you are referring to the valvesprings which are air springs. Not normal metal valve springs. Air does not fatigue like metal will at those revs.