Which would be the best race engine?

[Welshbeef]

If you had a race series where the engine capacity was 6.0 Ltrs and petrol but that’s as tight as the controls would be which of the following would be the best choice. Remember this is racing on track only on road utterly irrelevant.

V8
V10
V12
Rotary

And why?

Also it is N/A only and cost totally uncapped.

[Welshbeef]

Given all are N/A would they all produce the same power and torque or would more cylinders give more torque?

I’m guessing BHp would be way north of 1,000 for any of he configurations.

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Bill said:

Are we talking drag, sprint, oval, circuit or endurance?

It's a bit small for tractor racing so I'm discounting that.

To answer this let’s say endurance - specifically 24hours.


So far it sounds like the rotary engine would have a massive power advantage over all others (remember N/A only).



Lol on the 535d - sorry petrol only in this thread

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Ahonen said:

The Mazda was something like 200kg underweight, because no one thought it would be in with a chance. Mazda were generally also rans and pretty much raced in their own class in previous years. Sadly the quick cars all managed to shoot themselves in the foot as the race progressed and the Mazda hung on. It was 13 seconds off the pole position time, so it certainly wasn't fast by any stretch of the imagination.

So the only rotary success in racing with other power types won simply as others had failed.

[Welshbeef]

Of course

But would a 2 stroke version of a 4 stroke prepared in exactly the same way be superior for the race track or just different?

I’ve only used strimmers that had 2 stroke but I remember when younger petrol stations had 2* 4* diesel and then premium petrol.

[Welshbeef]

24 hour endurance races

Re the rotary and quantity let’s say all configurations 6ltr or the FIA recognised equivalent.