F1 Engine Test (HONDA RA06 , 2006 ) & Jenson Button

[ferrarinic]

nuffin like being there n i have been itsa a sound that vibrates thu u....love it!!

[transonicbuoy1]

Sounds like a Honda VFR 750.

[ABUNAI888]

V TEC INSIDE

[op3l]

F1 cars I love because they are technological masterpieces. I would love to drive one, but I can already predict what will happen... I'll stall the car so damned quick, the engineers won't have time to go "!!!!!"

[sunnyb4u]

ohh man the sound i love it :D man it gives me shivers down my back hehe thx for the video mate :D

[3Equis]

I miss the V10's already. I never get tired of hearing them idle or in full sing

[1D0N]

@3Equis 2005 was the last year of the V10's. This is a V8.

[Nelso90]

I think Mclaren was doing 21,500RPM with the FO108's. That was towards the end of the season.

[macro820]

too bad they are rev limited now :(

[OregonDARRYL]

Those engines sound like monsters. What amazing machines.

[p1t3n6]

damn nice..!! i really like the sound of F1 machine..!!

[gibletoid]

2.4l V8 Rev Limited to 19,000 RPM, but last year they were doing nearly 21,000 RPM and the FIA capped the engine speed.

Somewhere above 21,000 or so the speed of the air entering the engine would need to be going at supersonic speeds, so they are basically only 2000 RPM away from the theoretical maximum for a piston driven internal combustion engine.

[ndgall]

Depends on the intake design. There are IC piston engines that rev to over 30,000 rpm. Also, you can have air entering the engine approach sonic speeds at well, well below F1 engine rpms.

[gibletoid]

Not just about revs, but about CFM airflow within a set of regulations. The speed of the air going in to F1 cylinders WAS approaching the speed of sound. Look it up. It is widely known that engineers in F1 considered this the next technical hurdle, within the regs, until the regs were changed and engine development was frozen.

[Mtrhd0024]

Yea, the average Nitro RC motor (around 2.5cc) will revo to well over 30,000 RPM.  I've heard of some in the 40k region.

[badgirl00007]

v8 I think

[fatalkebab]

What about the V12(that was the best sound)

[l34052]

Did you know that an F1 engine actually idles at 8000rpm, idles!!!!!!!

[YodaPala]

Correct me if I'm wrong, someone told me that F1 cars have so much downforce that if you drove thru a tunnel, it will stick to the ceiling up-side-down has anyone heared of this? fact or is it b.s?

[gibletoid]

Sort of true. The myth was debunked in F1 magazine. While the downforce of the car in fact exceeds the weight of the car, the car requires gravity for its fuel and oil systems to work.

[ojee66]

mythbusters !!! do your work

[Tuttobeneuk]

in theory yes so long as you are travelling at a great enough speed for there to be sufficient downforce...dont forget the whole car is designed to be "glued" to the road with the aerodynamic package so if you flip is upside down the downforce created would "glue" it to the ceiling of the tunnel but "gibletoid" made a very good point about needing gravity for oil and fuel to work...completely forgot about that concept.

[tsblanche]

Yes it is the RA06 the SAo6 is the 2006 Super Aguri car

[soska12]

SA06??????? I think it's RA06

[VonVoltage]

The pneumatic valves in f1 engines make the engine sound so damn vicious.

[GJN2]

By far, the most beautiful sound of the world!

Dang!

[potatomato]

These kinds of engine tests always sound so extreme to me, even though these engines are designed to run like this for hours at a time.

Just amazing.